Question: Amelio Rodriguez Computing wants to establish an assembly line for producing a new product, the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The tasks, task times, and immediate

Amelio Rodriguez Computing wants to establish an assembly line for producing a new product, the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors for the tasks are as follows:

Task

Time

(sec)

Immediate Predecessor
A 11
B 14 A
C 8 A
D 5 B, C
E 20 D

Amelio's goal is to produce

180

PDAs per hour.

Part 2

a) The cycle time for the production of a PDA =

enter your response here

seconds (round your response to two decimal places).

Part 3

b) The theoretical minimum number of workstations that Amelio can achieve in this assembly

line=33

(round your response up to the next whole number).

Part 4

c) For one to assign the tasks to the actual workstations and be able to use the "theoretical minimum" number, the activity assignment should be:

Workstation # Tasks Assigned to Workstation
1 A C

Part 5

2 B D

Part 6

3 E

Part 7

Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

Yes

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