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A paced assembly line has been devised to manufacture​ calculators, as the following data​ show:                                                                                                                            LOADING... Station Work Element Assigned Work Element Time​ (min) S1 A 4.0 S2 ​D, E 0.9​, 1.5 S3 C 5.0 S4 ​B, F, G 1.1​, 1.0​, 1.3 S5 ​H, I, J 1.1​, 0.5​, 1.8 S6 K 4.0 a. What is the maximum hourly output rate from this​ line? ​(Hint​: The line can only go as fast as its slowest​ workstation.)   The maximum hourly output rate is nothing calculators per hour. ​(Enter your response as an​ integer.) B. What cycle time corresponds to this maximum output rate? C. If a worker is at each station and the line operates at this maximum output rate, how much idle time is lost during each? 10-hour shift? D. What is the line's efficiency?

A paced assembly line has been devised to manufacture​ calculators, as the following data​ show:                                                                                                                            LOADING... Station Work Element Assigned Work Element Time​ (min) S1 A 4.0 S2 ​D, E 0.9​, 1.5 S3 C 5.0 S4 ​B, F, G 1.1​, 1.0​, 1.3 S5 ​H, I, J 1.1​, 0.5​, 1.8 S6 K 4.0 a. What is the maximum hourly output rate from this​ line? ​(Hint​: The line can only go as fast as its slowest​ workstation.)   The maximum hourly output rate is nothing calculators per hour. ​(Enter your response as an​ integer.) B. What cycle time corresponds to this maximum output rate? C. If a worker is at each station and the line operates at this maximum output rate, how much idle time is lost during each? 10-hour shift? D. What is the line's efficiency?

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A paced assembly line has been devised to manufacture​ calculators, as the following data​ show:
                                                                                                                       
  
LOADING...
Station
Work Element Assigned
Work Element Time​ (min)
S1
A
4.0
S2
​D, E
0.9​,
1.5
S3
C
5.0
S4
​B, F, G
1.1​,
1.0​,
1.3
S5
​H, I, J
1.1​,
0.5​,
1.8
S6
K
4.0
a. What is the maximum hourly output rate from this​ line?
​(Hint​:
The line can only go as fast as its slowest​ workstation.)
 
The maximum hourly output rate is
nothing
calculators per hour. ​(Enter your response as an​ integer.)

B. What cycle time corresponds to this maximum output rate?

C. If a worker is at each station and the line operates at this maximum output rate, how much idle time is lost during each? 10-hour shift?

D. What is the line's efficiency?

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