Question: Assembly line / work cell - Excluding breaks and lunches there are seven hours of productive time available per day. Tasks and their times are

Assembly line / work cell - Excluding breaks and lunches there are seven hours of productive time available per day. Tasks and their times are listed below. Perform the following using the information provided. They are producing 1500 units per day (day defined as above)

Task Time (seconds)
A 45 Casting
B 12 Trimming
C 9 Buffing
D 49 Re-polish
E 26 QA inspection
F 11 buffing
G 12 inventory
H 10 Prepare to ship
I 9 packaging
J 10 shipping
Total 193

  1. Determine the takt time.
  2. Calculate the number of workers required.
  3. Determine the cycle time.
  4. Calculate the number of work stations.
  5. What is the efficiency of this layout?

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