Question: Maple Auto Inc. (MAI) is now setting up a process of manufacturing new sensors in electronic vehicles. MAI has hired a production consultant to help

Maple Auto Inc. (MAI) is now setting up a process

Maple Auto Inc. (MAI) is now setting up a process of manufacturing new sensors in electronic vehicles. MAI has hired a production consultant to help determine the best type of production pr to meet the forecasted daily demand which is 240 units for new sensors. New process of making sensor has been broken down into 12 working tasks and is to be organized as an assembly line MAI's factory has an 8-hours workday. However, the factory has two 15 minutes coffee breaks (15 x 2 = 30 minutes) and a 30 minutes lunch break, which are non-productive time. The precedence relationships and time requirements in seconds) for each task are as follows: TASK A - B D E F G H TIME IMMEDIATE (Seconds) PREDECESSOR/S 40 80 30 D, E, F 45 20 B 15 BG 60 45 G 10 H 75 FI 5 C, J 65 1 490 J K L Total a) Draw a schematic diagram for the new sensor manufacturing process. b) What should be the workstation cycle time in the assembly line to meet the daily demand? c) What should be the theoretical minimum number of workstations required? d) Balance the assembly line with minimum number of stations in meeting the daily demand. What is the percentage of total idle time for the entire assembly line? Use following rules: Primary rule: Largest number of following tasks Secondary rule for breaking ties: Longest task time Note: If secondary rule is not successful in breaking the tie, use alphabetical order as your second tie-breaking rule. Please fill in a table with column headers given below completely to answer part (d). Work Is the Secondary Feasible Remaining Task Selected Task Cycle Time Rule applied? Station/s Taskl(s) Selected Time (sec/s) (sec/s) (Yes/No)

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