BUSI 411 Operations Management Ch 6

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An assembly line with 17 tasks is to k bdarced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The lire will Werate for 450 minutes Fr day.

a. What are the minimum and maximum cycle tirnes? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

b. What range of daily output is theoretically pmsible for the line? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place. Enter the smaller value in the first box and the larger value in the second box.)

Range of output units/day

c. What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the maximum output rate is to be sought? (Round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Minimum nurnber of workstations

d. What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

Cycle time min/cycle

e. What output potential will result if the cycle time is (1) 9 minutes? (2) 15 minutes?

Cycle Time Potential Output (1) units

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Worksheet

Problem 6-1

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Learning Objective: 06-08 Solve simple line-balancing problems.

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