Solvo produces three types of trucks on one assembly line: the long-haul (L), the short-haul (S) and the vocational truck (V). Next month the company has orders for 1300 long-haul trucks, 1,950 short-haul trucks, and 650 vocational trucks. Chris Riggs, the production manager for Solvo, wants to try uniform production and mixed-model sequencing.   Assuming 20 working days per month, what assembly sequence would you recommend and how many times per day should the sequence be repeated? (Round answer to 0 decimal place, e.g. 9.)   Assembly sequence   Sequence should be repeated___________________times.

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Solvo produces three types of trucks on one assembly line: the long-haul (L), the short-haul (S) and the vocational truck (V). Next month the company has orders for 1300 long-haul trucks, 1,950 short-haul trucks, and 650 vocational trucks. Chris Riggs, the production manager for Solvo, wants to try uniform production and mixed-model sequencing.

 

Assuming 20 working days per month, what assembly sequence would you recommend and how many times per day should the sequence be repeated? (Round answer to 0 decimal place, e.g. 9.)

 

Assembly sequence

 

Sequence should be repeated___________________times. 

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