Practical Operations Management
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781939297136
Author: Simpson
Publisher: HERCHER PUBLISHING,INCORPORATED
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Chapter 6, Problem 17P
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The quantity that an assembly line can produce in 8 hours if the production line has a cycle time of 90 seconds.
Concept Introduction:
Cycle time is nothing but the time that starts when the operations begin to the point of time when the process ends. Cycle time can also be stated that the time required by a process from the beginning to the end to perform some specific task.
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