question archive Sam's Appliances has developed a new European-style convection oven that will be made on an assembly line
Sam's Appliances has developed a new European-style convection oven that will be made on an assembly line
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Sam's Appliances has developed a new European-style convection oven that will be made on an assembly line. The schedule requires 80 ovens in an 8-hour day. The assembly includes seven tasks. The table below indicates the performance time and the sequence requirements for each task.
Task Performance Time (minutes) Task must follow Task listed below
A 1
B 2 A
C 3 B
D 2 B
E 4 C, D
F 1 E
G 2 F
a) State the purpose of line balancing in an assembly line operation. (5 marks)
b) State the definition of Cycle Time. (5 marks)
c) What is the cycle time for this assembly operation? (5 marks)
d) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations? (5 marks)
e) Draw the precedence diagram. (5 marks)
