Homework MGMT 370 Chapter 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout 2. A producer of inkjetprinters is planning to add a new line of printers, and you have been asked to balance the process, given the following task times and precedence relationships Assume an eight-hour workday with two 10 minute rest breaks and a 30-minute lunch break'. The customer order is expected to be 330 printers per day. Length Task Immediate (minutes) Predecessor 0.2 b 0.4 0.3 d 1.1 bo e 0.1 08 e 0.3 df h 1.2 A) Draw the precedence diagram. C le B) State the Cycle Time Formula: C) Calculate the cycle time needed: D) State the Number of Workstations Formula: E) Calculate Number of Workstations: Operators work from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM and have a 30-minute lunch and two 10-minute breaks. (This equates to 430 minutes of operating time available per day.) Page 4 of 6 Homework MGMT 370 Chapter 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout W2 Continued. Assign tasks to workstations using this rule: Assign tasks according to the greatest number of following tasks. In case of a tie, use the tiebreaker of assigning the task with the greatest positional weight Station Time Remaining Eligible Will Fit Assign (task time) Revised time remaining idle Page 5 of 6 Homework MGMT 370 Chapter 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout #2 Continued F) Create the proposed' Operator Balance Chart. (Be sure to show each task.) G) State the percent idle Formula: H) Calculate percent idle ) State the Efficiency Formula: J) Calculate Efficiency: K) Which one of the workstations could become a bottleneck? Why? Page 6 of 6