$$Dr$.$ Lori$$ Baker, operations manager at Nesa$$ Electronics, prides herself on excellent$$ assembly$-$line balancing. She has been told that the firm needs to complete

$120120$

instruments per

$2424-$hour

day. The$$ assembly$-$line activities$$ are:

$$

Task

Performance

Time$($mins$)$

Predecessors

Task

Performance

Time$($mins$)$

Predecessors

A

$44$

minus$$

G

$55$

F

B

$66$

minus$$

H

$77$

$$D$,$ E

C

$88$

A

I

$11$

H

D

$77$

$$A$,$ B

J

$77$

E

E

$33$

B

K

$33$

$$G$,$ I, J

F

$55$

C

This exercise only contains parts$$ b$,$ c$,$ d$,$ e$,$ f$,$ and g$.$

Part $2$

$$b$)$ For the given daily

$(2424-$hour$)$

production rate of

$120120$

$$units$,$ the highest allowable cycle time$=$

enter your response here

minutes

$($enter

your response as a whole

number$).$

$$

Task

Performance Time

$($seconds$)$

Predecessors

A

$22$

minus

B

$30$

A

C

$15$

A

D

$14$

A

E

$10$

$$B$,$ C

F

$27$

$$D$,$ E

This exercise only contains parts$$ b$,$ c$,$ d$,$ e$,$ and f$.$

Part $2$

$$b$)$ Given the$$ demand, the cycle time for the production of the new train set$=$

$$

enter your response here seconds $($round your response to one decimal$$ place$).$