Question: Combinations! A company wants to develop a new layout for its production area for a new product. The total project consists of seven activities. The

Combinations!
A company wants to develop a new layout for its production area for a new
product. The total project consists of seven activities. The precedence
relationships and the time requirements of the tasks are given.
The duration of task G is depending on the number of workstations that need to be
constructed. One should take 4 days construction time per workstation. An
overview of the jobs that need to be done to assemble the new product is given.
(Line Balancing)
Additional information:
The jobs cannot be subdivided further.
The desired cycle time for the new product is given.
In case of using a parallel set-up of workstations, an extra 4 days for the construction of
switch points should be foreseen.
Also combination with 'Location' and/or 'LP' possible!
 Combinations! A company wants to develop a new layout for its

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