Students are requested to answer all the questions given below. Discuss and give examples for each question with references. (10 Marks)

1) Middle East Company is planning to open their branch by next year. Using the factor ratings shown below, determine which location alternative should be chosen on the basis of maximum composite score. (2.5 Marks)

		Location
Factor	Weight	A Score	B Score	C Score
Easy access	0.15	86	72	90
Parking facilities	0.20	72	77	91
Display area	0.18	86	90	90
Shopper (walking) traffic	0.21	94	86	80
Neighborhood wealth	0.16	99	89	81
Neighborhood safety	0.10	96	85	75

2). Charles Seasonings is planning to build one processing center to serve its four sources of seasonings. The four source locations are at coordinates shown below. Also, the volume from each source is provided. (2.5 Marks)

1. Calculate the volume-weighted center of gravity.
2. Calculate the simple center of gravity (all cities weighted equally)

Locations	X-coordinate	Y-Coordinate	Volume
Athens, Taxas	30	40	100
Beaumont, Texas	20	15	400
Carthage, Texas	55	60	150
Denton, Texas	20	70	250

3). Develop a solution for the following line balancing problem, allowing a cycle time of 5 minutes. The schedule requires 96 units in an 8-hour day. (5 Marks)

1. Draw the precedence diagram for the set of tasks.
2. Calculate the theoretical minimum number of workstations.
3. What tasks are assigned to which stations?
4. How much idle times is there?
5. What is the efficiency rate of this line?

Work Task	Task Time (seconds)	Task Predecessor(s)
A	70	-
B	60	A
C	120	B
D	60	-
E	240	C, D
F	100	A
G	190	E, F

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Note: Total marks for this assignment is 10 per student.

Marks will be given based on the proper explanation, examples, opinion, references, arrangement of the paragraph, content page, page numbers and font size.