Question: Demand per week is 2 5 0 0 units. The company works 5 - day weeks and one 8 - hour shift each day. Each

Demand per week is 2500 units. The company works 5-day weeks and one 8-hour shift each day. Each shift/day has 2 snack breaks of 20 minutes each. In addition, every hour there is a 10-minute rest break.
What is the available production time per week (in minutes)?(2 points)
What is the takt time? (2 points)
Balance the line (determine the workstation assignments) using the Longest Task Time first rule. (3 points)
Compute the efficiency of the line. (2 points)
Suppose the task time of G increases to 0.9 minutes, can we rebalance the line? Why or why not? (3 points)
Suppose the demand is expected to increase to 4000 per week. Can we use the longest operation time heuristic to rebalance the line? Why or Why not? (3 points)
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