Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134855424
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 15P

Johnson Cogs wants to set up a line to serve 60 customers per hour. The work elements and their precedence relationships are shown in the following table.

  1. What is the theoretical minimum number of stations?
  2. How many stations are required using the longest work element decision rule?
  3. Suppose that a solution requiring five stations is obtained. What is its efficiency?

Chapter 5, Problem 15P, Johnson Cogs wants to set up a line to serve 60 customers per hour. The work elements and their

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