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Management has decided to cut down 3 seconds from each operation (operation 1 - 8) to improve overall effectiveness.   (a) calculate the maximum cycle time (b) calculate the minimum number of work stations (c) produce the precedence diagram (d) produce the line design which achieves the required cycle time (e) calculate balancing loss

Management has decided to cut down 3 seconds from each operation (operation 1 - 8) to improve overall effectiveness.   (a) calculate the maximum cycle time (b) calculate the minimum number of work stations (c) produce the precedence diagram (d) produce the line design which achieves the required cycle time (e) calculate balancing loss

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A DIY product manufacturing company wishes to create a ‘product’ focused layout for the manufacture of their new cordless drill. There order book requires them to produce 480 drills per eight hour day. The assembly operations for the drill and the associated information are given in the table below. Therefore the key tasks are to: 

Management has decided to cut down 3 seconds from each operation (operation 1 - 8) to improve overall effectiveness.

 

(a) calculate the maximum cycle time

(b) calculate the minimum number of work stations

(c) produce the precedence diagram

(d) produce the line design which achieves the required cycle time

(e) calculate balancing loss

Operation No Time Predecessors (sec) 1 23 2 28 1 3 14 2,4 4 20 1 15 1 17 4,5 7 24 3,6 8 15 7
Transcribed Image Text:Operation No Time Predecessors (sec) 1 23 2 28 1 3 14 2,4 4 20 1 15 1 17 4,5 7 24 3,6 8 15 7
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