As part of a major plant renovation project, the industrial engineering department has been asked to balance a revised assembly operation to achieve an output of 250 units per 8-hour day. Task times and precedence relationships are as follows: TaskDuration(minutes)ImmediatePredecessora0.5-b0.4ac0.5bd0.3-e1.8df1.9cg2e, f Do each of the following: a. Determine the number of followers for each task. (Please answer number of tasks following task for A-G)

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As part of a major plant renovation project, the industrial engineering department has been asked to balance a revised assembly operation to achieve an output of 250 units per 8-hour day. Task times and precedence relationships are as follows:

Task	Duration (minutes)	Immediate Predecessor
a	0.5	-
b	0.4	a
c	0.5	b
d	0.3	-
e	1.8	d
f	1.9	c
g	2	e, f

Do each of the following:

a. Determine the number of followers for each task.

(Please answer number of tasks following task for A-G)

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Step 1

Assigning each task to a workstation within an assembly line to fulfill the necessary production rate and to achieve a minimum amount of idle time is known as assembly line balance.
The advantages of assembly line balancing are: