The Sun River beverage company is a regional producer of teas, exotic juices, and energy drinks. With an interest in healthier lifestyles, there has been an increase in demand for its sugar-free formulation. The final packing operation requires 13 tasks. Sun River bottles its sugar-free product 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Each week, there is a demand for 2,140 bottles of this product. TASK 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 TIME (MINUTES) 0.1 8.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 Efficiency 8.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 8.2 0.3 PRECEDING TASKS % 2 3, 4, 5 8 9 Using the following data, solve the assembly-line balancing problem and calculate the efficiency of your solution. Use the longest task time for your decision criteria. Note: Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place. 6 10, 11 12
The Sun River beverage company is a regional producer of teas, exotic juices, and energy drinks. With an interest in healthier lifestyles, there has been an increase in demand for its sugar-free formulation. The final packing operation requires 13 tasks. Sun River bottles its sugar-free product 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Each week, there is a demand for 2,140 bottles of this product. TASK 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 TIME (MINUTES) 0.1 8.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 Efficiency 8.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 8.2 0.3 PRECEDING TASKS % 2 3, 4, 5 8 9 Using the following data, solve the assembly-line balancing problem and calculate the efficiency of your solution. Use the longest task time for your decision criteria. Note: Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place. 6 10, 11 12
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Transcribed Image Text:The Sun River beverage company is a regional producer of teas, exotic juices, and energy drinks. With an interest in healthier
lifestyles, there has been an increase in demand for its sugar-free formulation.
The final packing operation requires 13 tasks. Sun River bottles its sugar-free product 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Each week, there
is a demand for 2,140 bottles of this product.
TASK
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4
5
6
10
11
12
13
TIME (MINUTES)
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
Efficiency
PRECEDING TASKS
%
TALENT
3, 4, 5
9
10, 11
12
Using the following data, solve the assembly-line balancing problem and calculate the efficiency of your solution. Use the longest task
time for your decision criteria.
Note: Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place.
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Step 1
Given :
Demand per week - 2140 units
Time taken for production - Hours * Days * Mins
= 5 hours * 5 Days * 60mins
= 1500mins.
Total time (to complete)
= 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.3 + 0.2 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3 + 0.2 + 0.3
= 2.4 mins.
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