Question: 19. A manual assembly line is to be designed for a certain major appliance whose assembly work content time = 2.0 hours. The line will

19. A manual assembly line is to be designed for
19. A manual assembly line is to be designed for a certain major appliance whose assembly work content time = 2.0 hours. The line will be designed for an annual production rate of 100,000 units. The plant will operate 1 one 8-hr shift per day, 250 days/yr. A continuous conveyor system will be used and it will operate at a speed =1.6m/min. The line must be designed under the following assumptions: balance delay =6%, uptime efficiency =96%, repositioning time =6 see for each worker, and average manning level 1.25, not counting utility workers, (a) How many workers will be required to operate the assembly line? If each station is 2.0m long. (b) how long will the production line be, and (c) what is the elapsed time a work unit spends on the line

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