The supervisor of ABC Corp. wishes to assign a number of workstations to an operator based on reducing the cost per unit of output. After studying the current set-up in the production floor, the following were gathered: Load machine standard time : 0.42 minute Unload Machine Standard Time : 0.17 minute Walk time between machines : 0.08 minute Operator Rate : $15/hr Machine Rate : $25/hr Power feed time : 2.43 minutes How many machines should be assigned to each operator?*

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The supervisor of ABC Corp. wishes to assign a number of
workstations to an operator based on reducing the cost per unit of
output. After studying the current set-up in the production floor, the
following were gathered: Load machine standard time : 0.42 minute
Unload Machine Standard Time : 0.17 minute Walk time between
machines : 0.08 minute Operator Rate : $15/hr Machine Rate : $25/hr
Power feed time : 2.43 minutes How many machines should be
assigned to each operator? *
Transcribed Image Text:The supervisor of ABC Corp. wishes to assign a number of workstations to an operator based on reducing the cost per unit of output. After studying the current set-up in the production floor, the following were gathered: Load machine standard time : 0.42 minute Unload Machine Standard Time : 0.17 minute Walk time between machines : 0.08 minute Operator Rate : $15/hr Machine Rate : $25/hr Power feed time : 2.43 minutes How many machines should be assigned to each operator? *
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