Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134130422
Author: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 16P

The following table details the tasks required for Indiana-based Frank Pianki Industries to manufacture a fully portable industrial vacuum cleaner. The times in the table are in minutes. Demand forecasts indicate a need to operate with a cycle time of 10 minutes.

Chapter 9, Problem 16P, The following table details the tasks required for Indiana-based Frank Pianki Industries to

  1. a. Draw the appropriate precedence diagram for this production line.
  2. b. Assign tasks to workstations and determine how much idle time is present each cycle.
  3. c. Discuss how this balance could be improved to 100%.
  4. d. What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
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The following table details the tasks required forIndiana-based Frank Pianki Industries to manufacture a fullyportable industrial vacuum cleaner. The times in the table are inminutes. Demand forecasts indicate a need to operate with a cycletime of 10 minutes.                                                                                                                                                         a) Draw the appropriate precedence diagram for this production line.b) Assign tasks to workstations and determine how much idle time is present each cycle.c) Discuss how this balance could be improved to 100%.d) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
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In reference to an Human Resource Management course 4th year college course at Malone University using the following textbook:   Gomez-Mejia, L. R., Balkin, D. B., Cardy, R. L., & Carson, K. P. (2020). Managing human resources. (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education.   Which one of the following functions is typically not a human resource management responsibility? a. Analysis and design of work b. Demand forecasting c. Performance management and development d. Exit interviews

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