Question: Atkinson Technical Company (ATCC) is setting up a process to manufacture computer chips. ATO runs two shifts everyday Monday to Friday. Each shift is 8

Atkinson Technical Company (ATCC) is setting up a

Atkinson Technical Company (ATCC) is setting up a process to manufacture computer chips. ATO runs two shifts everyday Monday to Friday. Each shift is 8 hours long, while on Saturdays they hav only one shift of 10 hours long. Demand for completed products is 6,750 units weekly. The process making these chips is broken down into 12 work elements (tasks) and is to be organized as an assembly line. The precedence relationships and time requirements for each element are as follow TASK A B D E F G H 1 J K L TIME TASK THAT (seconds) MUST PRECEDE 30 24 23 26 21 18 19 B 22 BD 20 E 21 D, E, F 26 32 1,J,K G H (a) Draw a schematic diagram for the process (b) What should the workstation cycle time be in the assembly line in order to meet the wee demand? (c) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations required to meet the weekly demand (d) Balance the line with minimum number of stations to meet the demand. What is the percentag of total idle time across the entire assembly line? Use following rules Primary rule: Largest number of following tasks Secondary rule for breaking ties: Largest task time Draw/use following table to answer part d. Selected Task Remaining Secondary Cycle Time Task (s) Selected Time (secs) Rule applied? (secs) (Yes/No) Is the Feasible Task Work Stations

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