Help pls$,$ My answer for question $2$ is already correct$(1\mathrm{.}5$mintues or $90$ seconds$).$ I need help with $1,3,4$ and $5.$

Operations and Supply Chain Management Line Balancing

Case $4$: $--$ Quality Technology $($QT$)$

Quality Technology $($QT$),$ Inc. is a small, low$-$volume company founded by two first$-$year college students.

They started the company to produce a customized knockoff of the popular Parker Brothers board game

Monopoly. Initially, they developed the game based on well$-$known local landmarks in their small college

town to help cover their college expenses. The game was a huge success, and they enjoyed running their

own business so much that they decided to pursue it full$-$time after graduation.

QT has grown rapidly over the last couple of years, designing and producing customed real estate trading

games for universities, municipalities, chambers of commerce, and recently even some businesses. Orders

range from a couple of hundred games to an occasional order for several thousand.

QT$$s orders are either for a new game board that has not been produced or repeat orders for a previously

made game. If the order is for a new game, the client first meets with a graphic designer from QT$$s art

department and the actual game board is designed. The board$$s design can take a few hours to several

weeks, depending on how much the client has thought about the game before the meeting. All design

work is done on personal computers.

After the client approves the design, a copy of the computer file containing the design is transferred

electronically to the printing department. Workers in the printing department load the file onto their

personal computers and print out the board design on special decals, $19\mathrm{.}25$ inches by $19\mathrm{.}25$ inches, using

high$-$quality color inkjet printers. The side of the printed decal is usually light gray, and the other side

contains an adhesive covered by a removable backing.

The printing department is also responsible for printing property cards, game cards, and money. The

money is printed on colored paper using standard laser printers. Ten copies of a particular denomination

are printed on each $8\mathrm{.}5-$inch by $11-$inch piece of paper. Money is then moved to the cutting department,

where it is cut into individual bills. The property cards and game cards are produced similarly, the major

difference being that they are printed on a material resembling a poster board.

In addition to cutting money, game cards, and property cards, the cutting department also cuts cardboard

as the substrate for the actual game board. The game board consists of two boards created by cutting a

single $19$ x $19\mathrm{.}25$ x inch piece of cardboard in half, yielding two boards, each measuring $19\mathrm{.}25$ x $19\mathrm{.}5$

inches. After being cut, game boards, money, and cards are stored in totes in a work$-$in$-$process area and

delivered to the appropriate station on the assembly line as needed.

Due to its explosive growth, the QT assembly line was never formally planned. It simply evolved into the

$19$ stations shown in Table $1.$ Handwritten submissions will not be graded.

Questions

$1.$ According to the product variety matrix, what is the appropriate Choice the QT should follow

during the design and printing process phases? Explain.

$2.$ What is the cycle time of the $19-$station line? What is the efficiency of the current process? $($ The correct answer for this is $1\mathrm{.}5$ minutes or $90$ seconds$)$

$3.$ What is the line$$s maximum daily capacity for an $8-$hour shift with less than three $10-$minute

breaks? What is the annual capacity if they operate $300$ days per year?

$4.$ Assign tasks to workstations using the "greatest number of following tasks" approach.

$5.$ Calculate the efficiency of the new process.