Question 12

Operation mangament:book: OM4 evans/collier

12. An assembly line with 28 operations is to be balanced. The total amount of
time required for all 28 operations is 39 minutes. The longest operation takes 2.2 minutes and
the shortest takes 0.8 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day. Please show all
work.
a. Determine the minimum and maximum cycle time.
b. What is the maximum output rate that this assembly line can achieve?
c. What is the output rate if the cycle time is set at 2.2 minutes?