Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, Julio’s Pizzeria, traditionally a high‐class, eat‐in only Italian restaurant in Malibu, has had to pivot in order to stay in business. One of their most sought‐after menu items is their sausage, ham, and pepperoni pizza. To accommodate the anticipated increase in carry‐out and delivery orders of this famous entrée, the restaurant manager, Kerry, has decided to create a small assembly line to speed up production of the pizzas. All tasks required to produce the pizza have been identified along with the time it takes to perform the task and the immediate predecessors for each task. if Desired Cycle time = Total time per hour / Demand per hour Desired Cycle time = 60 (minutes/hour) * 60 (seconds/minute) / 40 Desired Cycle time = 90 seconds and task are assigned to each work station below: Workstation 1: A, B Workstation 2: C, D, E, F, G Workstation 3: H, I then What is the efficiency of the most balanced line?

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Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, Julio’s Pizzeria, traditionally a high‐class, eat‐in only Italian restaurant in Malibu, has had to pivot in order to stay in business. One of their most sought‐after menu items is their sausage, ham, and pepperoni pizza. To accommodate the anticipated increase in carry‐out and delivery orders of this famous entrée, the restaurant manager, Kerry, has decided to create a small assembly line to speed up production of the pizzas. All tasks required to produce the pizza have been identified along with the time it takes to perform the task and the immediate predecessors for each task.

if Desired Cycle time = Total time per hour / Demand per hour

Desired Cycle time = 60 (minutes/hour) * 60 (seconds/minute) / 40

Desired Cycle time = 90 seconds

and task are assigned to each work station below:

Workstation 1: A, B

Workstation 2: C, D, E, F, G

Workstation 3: H, I

then

What is the efficiency of the most balanced line?

Task Identifier
Description
Inunedia te Predecessor
Task Time (seconds)
A
Prepare pizza dough
60
В
Flatten dough on cardboard base
A
15
Spread sauce
B
25
D
Distribute cheese
C
20
E
Distribute pepperoni
15
F
Sprinkle sausage
D
10
G
Distribute ham
10
E,F,G
Wrap pizza
Box pizza
H
15
H
10
Transcribed Image Text:Task Identifier Description Inunedia te Predecessor Task Time (seconds) A Prepare pizza dough 60 В Flatten dough on cardboard base A 15 Spread sauce B 25 D Distribute cheese C 20 E Distribute pepperoni 15 F Sprinkle sausage D 10 G Distribute ham 10 E,F,G Wrap pizza Box pizza H 15 H 10
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