The Action Toy Company has decided to manufacture a new toy tractor, the production of which is broken into six steps. The demand for the tractor is 4,800 units per 40- hour workweek. TASK, PERFORMANCE TIME(SECONDS), PREDECESSORS A, 24, - B, 28, A C, 15, A D, 15, A E, 10, B,C F, 30, D,E A.)Given the demand, the cycle time for the production of the new train set EQUALS how many seconds? (round to one decimal place) B.) The theoretical minimum number of work stations is?? C.) The total idle time per cycle for the process is?? (whole number)

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The Action Toy Company has decided to manufacture a
new toy tractor, the production of which is broken into six
steps. The demand for the tractor is 4,800 units per 40-
hour workweek.
TASK, PERFORMANCE TIME(SECONDS),
PREDECESSORS
A, 24, -
B, 28, A
C, 15, A
D, 15, A
E, 10, B,C
F, 30, D,E
A.)Given the demand, the cycle time for the production
of the new train set EQUALS how many seconds? (round
to one decimal place)
B.) The theoretical minimum number of work stations is??
C.) The total idle time per cycle for the process is??
(whole number)
TASK, WORKSTATION NUMBER
A, STATION 1
B, STATION 2
C, STATION 3
D, STATION 4
E, STATION 4
F, STATION 5
D.) The efficiency of the assembly line with 5 work
stations equals??(one decimal place)
E.) if one used 6 work stations instead of 5, the efficiency
of the assembly line would be what??(one decimal place)
Transcribed Image Text:The Action Toy Company has decided to manufacture a new toy tractor, the production of which is broken into six steps. The demand for the tractor is 4,800 units per 40- hour workweek. TASK, PERFORMANCE TIME(SECONDS), PREDECESSORS A, 24, - B, 28, A C, 15, A D, 15, A E, 10, B,C F, 30, D,E A.)Given the demand, the cycle time for the production of the new train set EQUALS how many seconds? (round to one decimal place) B.) The theoretical minimum number of work stations is?? C.) The total idle time per cycle for the process is?? (whole number) TASK, WORKSTATION NUMBER A, STATION 1 B, STATION 2 C, STATION 3 D, STATION 4 E, STATION 4 F, STATION 5 D.) The efficiency of the assembly line with 5 work stations equals??(one decimal place) E.) if one used 6 work stations instead of 5, the efficiency of the assembly line would be what??(one decimal place)
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