Question: (5 marks) Question 2 (40 marks) A production process includes 15 activities as shown in the table below. These activities are conducted in a production

(5 marks) Question 2 (40 marks) A production(5 marks) Question 2 (40 marks) A production

(5 marks) Question 2 (40 marks) A production process includes 15 activities as shown in the table below. These activities are conducted in a production line composed of a number of workstations. The activities, activity durations, and activity precedence constraints are as follows: Activity Preceded by: 1 WN- 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Activity Duration (Seconds) 8 25 15 17 21 18 20 13 12 19 10 11 6 9 7 1 1 4 6,7 5 9 3,8 10 11 12,13 14 The production process is planned to operate for 40 hours per week and must meet the customer demand of 3600 products in each week. (a) Construct the precedence diagram for the above activities of the production process. (5 marks) (b) Calculate the Takt time for the process in order to meet the weekly customer demand. (5 marks) (c) Use the largest candidate rule technique to balance the production process, show your full workings in your answer. (20 marks) ) (d) Compute the balance loss and explain the implication of the balance loss. What can you suggest to improve the line balancing? (10 marks)

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