An assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day.

a. What are the minimum and maximum cycle times?Round answers to 1 decimal place.

Minimum cycle time minutes/uni

tMaximum cycle time minutes/unit

b. What range of dailyoutput is theoretically possible for the line?Round answers to 1 decimal place. Enter the lower end of the range in the left (first) box and upper end of the range in the right (second) box.

Range of output___to ___units/day

c. What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the maximum output rate is needed?Round answer based on information provided in lecture.

Minimum number of workstations_____

d. What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day?Round answer to 1 decimal place.

Cycle timemin/unit

e. What output should result if the cycle time is (1) 9 minutes? (2) 15 minutes?Round answer to whole number.

Cycle Time Potential Output

(1) units/day

(2) units/day