Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337406659
Author: WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Illinois Furniture, Inc., produces all types of office furniture. The "Executive Secretary" is a chair that has been designed using ergonomics to provide comfort during long work hours. The chair sells for $130. There are 480
minutes available during the day, and the average daily demand has been 50 chairs. There are eight tasks:
Task
ABCDEFGH
Performance
Time (mins)
5
Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
A B C D E FL
G
5675768
H
Task Must Follow
Task Listed Below
a) The cycle time for the production of a chair = minutes (round your response to two decimal places).
(round your response up to the next whole number).
b) The theoretical minimum number of workstations =
c) The assignment of tasks to workstations should be: (Hint: Number workstations sequentially in terms of precedence relationships and combine any applicable tasks.)
Task
A, B
CDEE
F, G
Workstation Number
Station 1
Station 6
d) For this process, the total idle time per cycle =
minutes (enter your response as a whole number).
e) Given your answer in part (d), the efficiency of the assembly line = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to one decimal place).
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Transcribed Image Text:Illinois Furniture, Inc., produces all types of office furniture. The "Executive Secretary" is a chair that has been designed using ergonomics to provide comfort during long work hours. The chair sells for $130. There are 480 minutes available during the day, and the average daily demand has been 50 chairs. There are eight tasks: Task ABCDEFGH Performance Time (mins) 5 Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations? A B C D E FL G 5675768 H Task Must Follow Task Listed Below a) The cycle time for the production of a chair = minutes (round your response to two decimal places). (round your response up to the next whole number). b) The theoretical minimum number of workstations = c) The assignment of tasks to workstations should be: (Hint: Number workstations sequentially in terms of precedence relationships and combine any applicable tasks.) Task A, B CDEE F, G Workstation Number Station 1 Station 6 d) For this process, the total idle time per cycle = minutes (enter your response as a whole number). e) Given your answer in part (d), the efficiency of the assembly line = % (enter your response as a percentage rounded to one decimal place).
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