Mr. Henry produces a particular type of shoes on a Fancy line. The process involves eight different tasks. Mr. Henry would like to increase productivity on this line and asked you for some assistance. He would like to balance the assembly line in order to reduce idle time and increase efficiency. What information would you need in order to demonstrate to Mr. Henry how to balance the assembly line? Setup an example that will be used to demonstrate to Mr. Henry how to balance the Using the example that you set up in “b” above, demonstrate to Henry how to balance the line using the LOT heuristics. Based on the example above, calculate the efficiency of the line.

Mr. Henry produces a particular type of shoes on a Fancy line. The process involves eight different tasks. Mr. Henry would like to increase productivity on this line and asked you for some assistance. He would like to balance the assembly line in order to reduce idle time and increase efficiency. What information would you need in order to demonstrate to Mr. Henry how to balance the assembly line? Setup an example that will be used to demonstrate to Mr. Henry how to balance the Using the example that you set up in “b” above, demonstrate to Henry how to balance the line using the LOT heuristics. Based on the example above, calculate the efficiency of the line.

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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Chapter4: Linear Programming Models

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