A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and
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A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 4 units. The department uses a working time of 56 minutes per hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules 4 4 a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight. Work Station Tasks Click to select) A, G F, A, G IV D, B, C b. In order of greatest positional weight. Work Station Tasks (Click to select) (Click to select) (Click to select) Click to select) IV c. what is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Efficiency 1%Explanation / Answer
Demand per hour= 4 units/hr
Productive time per hour=56 mins/per
Cycle time= (Productive time/hr) / (Demand/hr)
= 56/4= 14 mins/unit
Task Table
Task
Task time
Precedence
Following Task
No of following tasks
Positional weight
a
3
-
b,c,h,i
4
23
b
2
a
c,h,i
3
20
c
4
b
h,i
2
18
d
7
-
e,h,i
3
25
e
4
d,g
h,i
2
18
f
5
-
g,e,h,i
4
29
g
6
f
e,h,i
3
24
h
9
c,e
i
1
14
i
5
h
-
0
5
Positional weight of a task is the sum of its own time and the time of all its following tasks.
The total station time is nothing but the cycle time. So, total station time of each station is 14 mins.
a. In order of most following tasks:
Workstation 1:
First task =f
Time left= 14-5=9
Second task=a
Time left=9-3=6
Third task=g
Time left=6-6=0
So, workstation 1: f->a->g
Workstation 2:
First task =d
Time left= 14-7=7
Second task=b
Time left=7-2=5
Third task=c
Time left=5-4=1
So, workstation 2: d->b->c
Workstation 3:
First task=e
Time left= 14-4=10
Second task=h
Time left=10-9=1
So, workstation 3: e->h
Workstation 4:
First task=i
Time left=14-5=9
Work Station
Tasks
1
f->a->g
2
d->b->c
3
e->h
4
i
b. In order of greatest positional weight:
Tasks in order of positional weight:
Task
f
d
g
a
b
c
e
h
i
P Weight
29
25
24
23
20
18
18
14
5
Task time
5
7
6
3
2
4
4
9
5
Workstation 1:
First task =f
Time left= 14-5=9
Second task=d
Time left=9-7=2
So, workstation 1: f->d
Workstation 2:
First task =g
Time left= 14-6=8
Second task=a
Time left=8-3=5
Third task=b
Time left=5-2=3
So, workstation 2: g->a->b
Workstation 3:
First task=c
Time left= 14-4=10
Second task=e
Time left=10-4=6
So, workstation 3: c->e
Workstation 4:
First task=h
Time left=14-9=5
Second task=i
Time left=5-5=0
So, workstation 4: h->i
Work Station
Tasks
1
f->d
2
g->a->b
3
c->e
4
h->i
c. Sum of task time: 45 mins
Minimum no of workstations = (sum of task time*demand per hr)/productive time/hr
Minimum no of workstations = (45*4)/56 =3.21
Efficiency= Minimum no of workstations/Actual number of workstations
=3.21/4=80.25 %
Task
Task time
Precedence
Following Task
No of following tasks
Positional weight
a
3
-
b,c,h,i
4
23
b
2
a
c,h,i
3
20
c
4
b
h,i
2
18
d
7
-
e,h,i
3
25
e
4
d,g
h,i
2
18
f
5
-
g,e,h,i
4
29
g
6
f
e,h,i
3
24
h
9
c,e
i
1
14
i
5
h
-
0
5
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