In each of the following, name the term defined or answer the question. Answers are listed at the bottom. If you wanted to produce 20 percent of one product (A), 50 percent of another (B), and 30 percent of a third product (C) in a cyclic fashion, what schedule would you suggest? A term used to refer to the physical surroundings in which a service takes place and how these surroundings affect customers and employees. A firm is using an assembly line and needs to produce 500 units during an eight-hour day. What is the required cycle time in seconds What are the efficiency of an assembly line that has 25 workers and a cycle time of 45 seconds? Each unit produced on the line has 16 minutes of work that needs to be completed based on a time study completed by engineers at the factory.

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In each of the following, name the term defined or answer the question. Answers are listed at the bottom.

  1. If you wanted to produce 20 percent of one product (A), 50 percent of another (B), and 30 percent of a third product (C) in a cyclic fashion, what schedule would you suggest?
  2. A term used to refer to the physical surroundings in which a service takes place and how these surroundings affect customers and employees.
  3. A firm is using an assembly line and needs to produce 500 units during an eight-hour day. What is the required cycle time in seconds
  4. What are the efficiency of an assembly line that has 25 workers and a cycle time of 45 seconds? Each unit produced on the line has 16 minutes of work that needs to be completed based on a time study completed by engineers at the factory.
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