BUSI 411 Operations Management Ch 6

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Problem 6-7

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

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Problem 6-3 A manager wants to assign tasks to wor*stations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 4 units. The department uses a working time of 56 minutes per hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (tlmes are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules:

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