Question: Francis Johnsons plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 30 units per hour,

Francis Johnsons plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 30 units per hour, and there is room for only five workstations. The tasks and the order in which they must be performed are shown in the following table. Tasks cannot be split, and it would be too expensive to duplicate any task.

TASK TASK TIME (MINUTES) IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR
A 1.0
B 0.5
C 0.5
D 2.0 A, B, C
E 1.0 C
F 2.0 E
G 2.0

E

b. What is the workstation cycle time, in minutes? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

d. What is the efficiency of your line balance? Use the theoretical minimum number of workstations in your calculation. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related General Management Questions!