You have been asked to balance a flow shop assembly operation to achieve an output rate...
You have been asked to balance a flow shop assembly operation to achieve an output rate of 80 units over two eight-hour shifts - 16 hours. Task times and precedence relationships are shown in the table below:
| Task | Predecessor | Time (minutes) |
| A | -- | 2 |
| B | A | 4 |
| C | 7 | |
| D | A, B | 11 |
| E | C | 9 |
| F | D | 10 |
| G | E, F | 7 |
| H | D, G | 4 |
What is the cycle time in minutes?
What is the theoretical number of stations?
Based on Longest Operating Time, were you able to group based on the theoretical number of stations?
and what station is task E assigned to?
Based on your grouping and following the longest operating time rule, is there and opportunity to balance the line more efficiently?
If so, what is the new cycle time
efficiency
and idle time
What is the total actual idle time at all stations over the course of an 16 hour workday for the process based on your answer to letter d.?
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