A manufacturer is designing a product layout for a new product production. It plans to use a production line for 8 hours per day in order to meet forecasted demand of 70 units per day. The product requires 7 tasks in total. These tasks are namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G respectively. Task A does not have any predecessor to start. To start Task B, it requires Task A to be completed. Starting tasks C needs, the task B to be completed. Also, starting task D needed task B to be completed. Task E can only start upon completion of Task C. Whereas starting task F needs the completion of both the tasks D and E. Finally, starting task G needed, task F to be completed. The processing times for tasks, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are 2.8, 2.1,0.9, 1.0, 1.2, 1.8, and 4.7 minutes respectively. What should be the cycle time in minutes? O a. 7.5 Ob. 4.4 O c. None is the correct answer Od. 6.86 O e. 4.7

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A manufacturer is designing a product layout for a new product production. It plans to use a production line for 8 hours per day in order to meet
forecasted demand of 70 units per day. The product requires 7 tasks in total. These tasks are namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G respectively. Task A
does not have any predecessor to start. To start Task B, it requires Task A to be completed. Starting tasks C needs, the task B to be completed. Also,
starting task D needed task B to be completed. Task E can only start upon completion of Task C. Whereas starting task F needs the completion of
both the tasks D and E. Finally, starting task G needed, task F to be completed. The processing times for tasks, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are 2.8, 2.1, 0.9,
1.0, 1.2, 1.8, and 4.7 minutes respectively. What should be the cycle time in minutes?
O a. 7.5
O b. 4.4
c.
None is the correct answer
O d. 6.86
O e. 4.7
Transcribed Image Text:A manufacturer is designing a product layout for a new product production. It plans to use a production line for 8 hours per day in order to meet forecasted demand of 70 units per day. The product requires 7 tasks in total. These tasks are namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G respectively. Task A does not have any predecessor to start. To start Task B, it requires Task A to be completed. Starting tasks C needs, the task B to be completed. Also, starting task D needed task B to be completed. Task E can only start upon completion of Task C. Whereas starting task F needs the completion of both the tasks D and E. Finally, starting task G needed, task F to be completed. The processing times for tasks, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are 2.8, 2.1, 0.9, 1.0, 1.2, 1.8, and 4.7 minutes respectively. What should be the cycle time in minutes? O a. 7.5 O b. 4.4 c. None is the correct answer O d. 6.86 O e. 4.7
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