How many workstations are required by your design? A. 7 B. 5 C. 4 D. 6 E. 3
A company needs to design an assembly line to produce portable electric generators. They plan to use the assembly-line 6 hours each day to produce 2160 generators daily. The following table describes the tasks involved in the assembly of portable electric generator:
IMMEDIATE
TASK PREDECESSORS TIME (seconds)
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a none 3
b none 5
c a,b 6
d none 7
e c,d 9
Use the Longest Processing Time Rule (LPT) to design this assembly line.
How many workstations are required by your design?
| A. | 7 | |
| B. | 5 | |
| C. | 4 | |
| D. | 6 | |
| E. | 3 |
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