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Chapter 9, Problem 23P
Samuel Smith's company wants to establish an assembly line to manufacture its new product, the iStar phone. Samuel’s goal is to produce 60 iStars per hour. Tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors are as follows:
- a. What is the theoretical minimum for the number of workstations that Samuel can achieve in this assembly line?
- b. Use the most following tasks heuristic to balance an assembly line for the iStar phone.
- c. How many workstations are in your answer to (b)?
- d. What is the efficiency of your answer to (b)?
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9.23 Samuel Smith’s company wants to establish anassembly line to manufacture its new product, the iStar phone.Samuel’s goal is to produce 60 iStars per hour. Tasks, task times,and immediate predecessors are as follows:
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