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Chapter 8, Problem 2CQD
Summary Introduction
To find: The number of people needed for the outgoing wire process using assembly line balancing methods for the current staffing level of 11 full time equivalent employees.
Introduction:The cash movement operating unit is responsible for transferring money from bank to any of its customers.The number of employees are 11.
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A paced assembly line has been devised to manufacture calculators, as the following data show:
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Station
Work Element Assigned
Work Element Time (min)
S1
A
4.0
S2
D, E
0.9,
1.5
S3
C
5.0
S4
B, F, G
1.1,
1.0,
1.3
S5
H, I, J
1.1,
0.5,
1.8
S6
K
4.0
a. What is the maximum hourly output rate from this line?
(Hint:
The line can only go as fast as its slowest workstation.)
The maximum hourly output rate is
nothing
calculators per hour. (Enter your response as an integer.)
B. What cycle time corresponds to this maximum output rate?
C. If a worker is at each station and the line operates at this maximum output rate, how much idle time is lost during each? 10-hour shift?
D. What is the line's efficiency?
A paced assembly line has been devised to manufacture calculators, as the following data show:
Station
Work ElementAssigned
Work ElementTime (min)
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
A
D,E
C
B,F,G
H,I,J
K
2.7
0.6, 0.9
3.0
0.7, 0.7, 0.9
0.7, 0.3, 1.2
2.4
a. What is the maximum hourly output rate from this line? (Hint: The line can go only as fast as its slowest workstation.)b. What cycle time corresponds to this maximum output rate?c. If a worker is at each station and the line operates at this maximum output rate, how much idle time is lost during each 10-hour shift?d. What is the line’s efficiency?
An assembly line must be designed to produce 40 containers per hour. The following data give the necessary information
Table 1
TASK
IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR
TASK TIME (sec)
A
None
60
B
A
12
C
B
35
D
A
55
E
D
10
F
E
50
G
F, C
5
Draw the precedence diagram.
Compute the cycle time (in seconds) to achieve the desired output rate.
What is the theoretical minimum number of stations?
Assign the tasks to the workstation?
What is the efficiency of the line?
Calculate the idle time
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