Question: Assembly Line Balancing Problem A factory is being designed to produce a single, standard product at a rate of 320 units per day. The factory

Assembly Line Balancing Problem A factory is
Assembly Line Balancing Problem A factory is being designed to produce a single, standard product at a rate of 320 units per day. The factory operates for eight hours each day. In order to assemble the product, 11 tasks are required as shown in the table below: Task predecessors Time (seconds) 40 80 30 25 20 A A B H D GE 45 10 75 15 K HIJ 1. Specify the number of workstations and what tasks are assigned to that workstation, such that the assembly line produces 320 units during one eight-hour day of operation. 2. Suppose after building the factory and installing the assembly line (which cost millions of dollars) you just found out that demand for the product is going to be 400 units per day not 320. What would you do

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