Question: A small electronics company assembles microchips for use in computers, printers and fax machines. They want to set up an assembly line to make their

A small electronics company assembles microchips
A small electronics company assembles microchips for use in computers, printers and fax machines. They want to set up an assembly line to make their operation more efficient and plan to use line balancing with the longest-task-time heuristic. The demand for microchips is 70 per hour, and the productive time is 52 minutes per hour. The following table provides details on their operations. Question to answer: What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations? (hint # 1: remember to round your answer up to the nearest whole number) (hint # 2: you will need to use the cycle time you found in the previous question) Task Time (in minutes) Predecessors A 0.54 0.34 A 0.11 A D 0.09 A E 0.43 B, C F 0.22 D G 0.62 E 0.35 F,G 1 0.21 H 0.57 0.33 1, none B H H K

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