Problem 6-1
| An assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day. |
| a. | What are the minimum and maximum cycle times? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) |
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| e. | Compute the percentage of idle time for the assignment in part d. Use the actual bottleneck cycle time in your calculation. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) |
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| e. | Calculate the percentage idle time for the line using the 50 second cycle time. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Omit the “%” sign in your response.) |
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| b. | In order of greatest positional weight. |
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| c. | What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response. ) |
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