Dr$.$ Lori$$ Baker, operations manager at Nesa$$ Electronics, prides herself on excellent$$ assembly$-$line balancing. She has been told that the firm needs to complete $96$ instruments per $24-$hour day. The$$ assembly$-$line activities$$ are:

$$

Task

Performance

Time$($mins$)$

Predecessors

Task

Performance

Time$($mins$)$

Predecessors

A

$4$

$$

G

$5$

F

B

$6$

$$

H

$7$

$$D$,$ E

C

$8$

A

I

$1$

H

D

$7$

$$A$,$ B

J

$7$

E

E

$3$

B

K

$3$

$$G$,$ I, J

F

$4$

C

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

Part $2$

$$b$)$ For the given daily $(24-$hour$)$ production rate of $96$units$,$ the highest allowable cycle time$=$ enter your response here minutes $($enter your response as a whole number$).$