Question: A facility makes a product that has a manufacturing process consisting of tasks A, ... , H and requires that these be completed in an

A facility makes a product that has a manufacturing process consisting of tasks A, ... , H and requires that these be completed in an order that obeys a set of precedence requirements. The following table gives the performance time in minutes/unit and the preceding task(s) for tasks A, ... , H.

Task Completion Time (minutes/unit) Predecessor Tasks
A 5 N/A
B 6 N/A
C 9 A,B
D 4 C
E 10 D
F 9 D
G 8 E, F
H 1 G

The tasks have been assigned to 3 workstations: Station 1 performs tasks A and B; Station 2 performs tasks C, D, and E; Station 3 performs tasks F, G, and H.

What is cycle time for this configuration?

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