etermine the cycle time and the minimum number of stations

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Smart Kids Wonderland has decided to manufacture a new train toy set. The production process consists of which is broken into seven steps. If the company have an eight hours operating time per day with a desired output of 1450 units per day as display in Table 1. Determine the following: (Hint: Provides your answers in two decimal points)

Table 1

Task Time (seconds) Predecessors
A 15 -
B 18 A
C 14 A
D 12 B
E 11 C
F 20 D, E
G 16 F

 

(a) Draw the network diagram to connect each workstation.  

(b) Determine the cycle time and the minimum number of stations needed to achieve the desired production output.  

(c) The assembly line efficiency rate and how many work stations are actually needed in this production process? Comment on your answer.

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