Production System and Simulation

Production rate for a certain assembled product is 47.5 units per hour. The assembly work content time =42min of direct manual labour. The line operates at 98% uptime. Ten workstations have two workers on opposite sides of the line so that both sides of the product can be worked on simultaneously. The remaining stations have one worker. Repositioning time lost by each worker is 0.3min/ cycle. It is known that the number of workers on the line is two more than the number required for perfect balance. Determine : (i) Number of workers ( 2 marks) (ii) Number of workstations (2 marks) (iii) Balance efficiency (2 marks) (iv) Average manning level. ( 2 marks)