A steel workshop wants to improve its productivity by making small metal hooks by changing the layout of the workshop into a workstation. The workshop has made observations on the activities of its workers in the workshop and arranged these activities in the form of the table below. Activities Duration (in seconds) Predecessor A 17 None B 15 A C 18 B D 8 B E 12 B F 6 C,D,E G 14 F   The workshop aims to produce 225 small metal hooks for 2 hours. Based on this information, please answer the questions below. Sketch a precedence diagram of the above activity  Calculate cycle time and the minimum number of workstations to be made  Make a grouping of the workstations  Calculate the efficiency of the work with the workstation

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A steel workshop wants to improve its productivity by making small metal hooks by changing the layout of the workshop into a workstation. The workshop has made observations on the activities of its workers in the workshop and arranged these activities in the form of the table below.

Activities

Duration (in seconds)

Predecessor

A

17

None

B

15

A

C

18

B

D

8

B

E

12

B

F

6

C,D,E

G

14

F

 

The workshop aims to produce 225 small metal hooks for 2 hours. Based on this information, please answer the questions below.

  1. Sketch a precedence diagram of the above activity 
  2. Calculate cycle time and the minimum number of workstations to be made 
  3. Make a grouping of the workstations 
  4. Calculate the efficiency of the work with the workstation 
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