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A producer of inkjet printer is planning to add a new line of printers, and you have been asked to balance the process, given the following task time and precedence relationship. Assume that cycle time is to be the minimum possible.
a. Do each of the following:
(1) Draw the precedence diagram.
(2) Assign tasks to stations in order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker, greatest positional weight.
(3) Determine the percentage of idle time.
(4) Compute the late of output in printers per day that could be expected for that line assuming a 420-minute working day.
b. Answer these questions:
(1) What it the shortest cycle tone that will permit use of only two workstations? Is this cycle time feasible? Identify the tasks you would assign to each station.
(2) Determine the percentage of idle time that would results if two stations were used.
(3) What is the daily output under this arrangement?
(4) Determine the output rate that would be associated with the maximum cycle time.
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