What is the desired cycle time (a.k.a. takt time) in MINUTES if the company decides that it wants to be able to produce 498 bicycles per week on this assembly line?
What is the desired cycle time (a.k.a. takt time) in MINUTES if the company decides that it wants to be able to produce 498 bicycles per week on this assembly line?
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Transcribed Image Text:A company is setting its assembly line for producing bicycles. Information
corresponding to the steps is below:
Work Element
Label
A
B
Check
C
D
E
Align Frame on
Workstation
Answer: 4.82
Assemble Handle Bar
Assemble Gears and
Pedals
Assemble Wheels
Tune the bicycle
Precedence Time (Min)
A
A
с
B, D
4.2
2.2
2.4
1.5
Assume that the assembly line runs 40 hours per week.
What is the desired cycle time (a.k.a. takt time) in MINUTES if the company
decides that it wants to be able to produce 498 bicycles per week on this
assembly line?
1.9
Round your answer to 2 decimal places and do not list the units. For example,
answer like 2.34 and NOT 2.34 minutes.

Transcribed Image Text:From the previous 2 questions...
Label
Answer:
A
Check
B
C
D
E
Work Element
Align Frame on
Workstation
Assemble Handle Bar
Assemble Gears and
Pedals
Assemble Wheels
Tune the bicycle
Precedence
A
A
с
B, D
Time (Min)
4.0
2.2
2.4
1.5
Assume that the assembly line runs 40 hours per week.
Draw out the assignment of tasks to workstations in a diagram with labels as shown
in class. There may be a couple possible layouts so choose the one with the highest
potential output (Hint: you will need this to see the bottleneck workcenter, which
determines the actual cycle time).
1.6
What is the efficiency of this assembly line?
Round your answer to 3 decimal places and DO NOT list as a percentage. For
example, answer like 0.789 and NOT 78.9 or 78.9%.
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