Mylab Operations Management With Pearson Etext -- Access Card -- For Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management (13th Edition)
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Chapter 9, Problem 16P
The following table details the tasks required for Indiana-based Frank Pianki Industries to manufacture a fully portable industrial vacuum cleaner. The times in the table are in minutes. Demand
- a. Draw the appropriate precedence diagram for this production line.
- b. Assign tasks to workstations and determine how much idle time is present each cycle.
- c. Discuss how this balance could be improved to 100%.
- d. What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
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