An assembly line for inkjet printers is composed of 8 persons performing different tasks. Compute for the cycle time if the line has an 8-hour shift and requires 95 units to be finished in one shift.
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An assembly line for inkjet printers is composed of 8 persons performing different tasks. Compute for
the cycle time if the line has an 8-hour shift and requires 95 units to be finished in one shift.
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- An assembly line has 10 serial stations with process times of 1, 2, 3, 4,..., 10 respectively. The process time of the system is: a) 550% of its process cycle time. b) 18.18% of its process cycle time. c) 50% of its process cycle time. d) 100% of its process cycle time.A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). 6 units/hr Sawing 2.5 units/hr Sanding Drilling 1.8 units/hr Welding 7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hrA production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). 7 units/hr 5 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Sawing Sanding Welding Assembly 2.1 units/hr 0.8 units/hr Drilling 2.5 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr a) is the bottleneck. b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). c) The throughput time of the overall system is minutes (round your response to two decimal places).
- Dr. Lori Baker, operations manager at Nesa Electronics, prides herself on excellent assembly line balancing. She has been told that the firm needs to complete 96 instruments per 24-hour day. The assembly-line tasks for the production of the instrument are: Task Time (minutes) Predecessors A 3 ---- B 6 ---- C 7 A D 5 A, B E 2 B F 4 C G 5 F H 7 D, E I 1 H J 6 E K 4 G, I, J Draw the precedence diagram If the daily production (24-hour) production rate is 96 units, what is the highest allowable cycle time? If the cycle time after allowances is given as 12 minutes, what is the daily (24-hour) production rate? With a 12-minute cycle time, what is the theoretical minimum number of stations with which the line can be balanced? Assign task to workstations. Use the following decision rules (heuristics): longest task first, break ties by assigning the task with the most followers. What are the efficiency and the balance delay of the assembly line? Show detil of…The trim line at PW is a small subassembly line that, along with other such lines, feeds into the final chassis line. The entire assembly line, which consists of more than 900 workstations, is to make PW’s new E cars. The trim line itself involves only 13 work elements and must handle 20 cars per hour. Work-element data are as follows: Work Element Time (Sec) Immediate Predecessor(s) A B C DE F G H I J K L M 1.8 0.4 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.8 None None None A A E B C D F,G H J I,K,L a. Draw a precedence diagram.b. What cycle time (in minutes) results in the desired output rate?c. What is the theoretical minimum number of stations?d. Use the longest work element decision rule to balance the line and calculate the efficiency of your solution.e. Use the most followers work element decision rule to balance the line and calculate the efficiency of your solution.A production line is to be designed to make 500 El-More dolls per day. Each doll requires 11 activities totaling 16 minutes of work. The factory operates 750 minutes per day. What is the required cycle time for this assembly line?
- Consider an assembly line with 3 sequential operations A, B, and C with processing times per part of 20, 30, and 40 minutes, respectively. Operations A and B are performed by Peter, and operation C by Mary. The steady state process capacity in parts per 8-hour day is: A) 16 B) 12 C) 9.6A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). 2.1 units/hr Sawing 5 units/hr Sanding Drilling 5 units/hr Welding 2.5 units/hr a) Sawing is the bottleneck. b) The bottleneck time is 28.57 minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). c) The throughput time of the overall system is 89.58 minutes (round your response to two decimal places). Assembly Q 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hr Assembly 0.8 units/hrA production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). 1.8 units/hr Sawing 5 units/hr Sanding Drilling 6 units/hr a) Sawing is the bottleneck. b) The bottleneck time is minutes per unit (round your response to two decimal places). Welding 2.2 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr →→Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Q
- Esplanade Marine Parts Inc. wants to produce parts in batches of 60 parts. Each part must be processed sequentially from workstation A to B. Processing Workstation Batch Size (Q) Time per Part 40 seconds A B 60 60 15 seconds a. How many seconds are required to produce the batch under the assumptions of batch processing? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. seconds b. How many seconds are required to produce the batch under the assumptions of single-piece flow processing? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. seconds C. Compare the two solutions in terms of time saved. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Using the assumptions of -Select- processing saves seconds.The trim line at PW is a small subassembly line that, along with other such lines, feeds into the final chassis line. The entire assembly line, which consists of more than 900 workstations, is to make PW’s new E cars. The trim line itself involves only 13 work elements and must handle 20 cars per hour. Work-element data are as follows Work Element Time (Sec) Immediate Predecessor(s) A 2.4 None B 0.5 None C 2.1 None D 1.8 C E 1.1 B F 0.9 A G 2 A H 0.7 F I 0.7 D J…A production process at Kenneth Day Manufacturing is shown in the figure below. The drilling operation occurs separately from, and simultaneously with, the sawing and sanding, which are independent sequential operations. A product needs to go through only one of the three assembly operations (the operations are in parallel). Q a) is the bottleneck. 6 units/hr Sawing 2.4 units/hr Sanding Drilling 2 units/hr Welding 5 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr Assembly 0.7 units/hr OU