As the Roylan Bicycle Company completes plans for its new assembly line, it iden
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As the Roylan Bicycle Company completes plans for its new assembly line, it identifies 2:5 different tasks in the production process Time Precedence Task K3 K4 K9 J1 J2 J3 G4 G5 F3 F4 F7 F9 E2 E3 D6 D7 D8 D9 C1 B3 B5 B7 A1 A2 A3 Tasks sec 60 24 27 K3 K3 K3 K3 79 29 32 92 21 126 18 109 53 72 78 37 78 72 108 18 52 72 114 K4,K9 K9,J1 J2 J2 J3 G4 G5,F3 F3 F4. F9,E2,E3 E3,D6 D6 F7 D7,D8,D9,C1 C1 B3 B5 B5 B7,A1,A2 1) Balance the line with the goal of producing 800 bicycles for a standard 40 hour work week. 2) What would happen if the firm can change to a 41 hour work week, would this be worth it if you assume each work station has one worker, they are all paid the same, and you had to pay time an half to all workers for the extra hour?Explanation / Answer
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Ans to load balancing:
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So,
Hence it makes sense to have extra 1 hour.
Task Time Pre K3 60 K4 24 K3 K9 27 K3 J1 66 K3 J2 22 K3 J3 3 G4 79 K4,K9 G5 29 K9,J1 F3 32 J2 F4 92 J2 F7 21 J3 F9 126 G4 E2 18 G5,F3 E3 109 F3 D6 53 F4 D7 72 F9,E2,E3 D8 78 E3,D6 D9 37 D6 C1 78 F7 B3 72 D7,D8,D9,C1 B5 108 C1 B7 18 B3 A1 52 B5 A2 72 B5 A3 114 B7,A1,A2 TCT Total cycle time 1462 No of cycles 800 Time available 144000 Sec TC Cycle time 180 Sec (TCT/TC) Min Workstation 8.122222 9Related Questions
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