Principles of Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134181981
Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 15P
The Action Toy Company has decided to manufacture a new train set the production of which is broken into six steps. The demand for the train is 4,800 units per 40-hour workweek:
a) Draw a precedence diagram of this operation.
b) Given the demand, what is the cycle time for this operation?
c) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
d) Assign tasks to workstations.
e) How much total idle time a present each cycle?
f) What is the efficiency of the assembly line with five stations? With six stations?
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