1.

value:

3.00 points

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.)

minutes

Minimum cycle time

minutes

Maximum cycle time

b. What range of daily output is theoretically possible for the line? (Round your answers to 1 decimal
place. Enter the smaller value in the first box and the larger value in the second box.)
to

Range of output

units/day

c. What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the maximum output rate is to be sought?
(Round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Minimum number of workstations

d. What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day? (Round your answer to 1 decimal
place.)

Cycle time

min/cycle

e. What output potential will result if the cycle time is (1) 9 minutes? (2) 15 minutes?
Cycle Time
(1)

Potential Output
units

units

(2)

2.
value:

3.00 points

Problem 6-5
As part of a major plant renovation project, the industrial engineering department has been asked to
balance a revised assembly operation to achieve an output of 240 units per eight-hour day. Task times
and precedence relationships are as follows:

Task
a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Duration
(minutes)
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.4
1.2
1.2
1.0

Immediate
Predecessor
a
b
d
c
e, f

Do each of the following:

b. Determine the minimum cycle time, the maximum cycle time, and the calculated cycle time.
(Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

The minimum cycle time

The maximum cycle time
Calculated cycle time

minutes per unit

minutes per unit
minutes per unit

c. Determine the minimum number of stations needed. (Round your answer to the next whole
number.)

Minimum number of stations

d. Assign tasks to workstations on the basis of greatest number of following tasks. Use longest
processing time as a tiebreaker. If ties still exist, assume indifference in choice.
Work stations

Following Tasks

(Click to select)

II

(Click to select)

III

(Click to select)

IV

(Click to select)

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.)
%

Percentage of idle time

3.
value:

3.00 points

Problem 6-7
For the set of tasks given below, do the following:

Task
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J

Task
Time(seconds)
45
11
9
50
26
11
12
10
9
10
193

Immediate
Predecessor
A
B
D
E
C
C
F, G, H
I

b. Determine the minimum and maximum cycle times in seconds for a desired output of 500 units in a
seven-hour day. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

seconds

The minimum cycle time

seconds

The maximum cycle time

c. Determine the minimum number of workstations for output of 500 units per day. (Round up your
answer to the next whole number.)

Minimum number of workstations

d. Balance the line using the greatest positional weight heuristic. Break ties with the most following
tasksheuristic. Use a cycle time of 50 seconds.
Work stations

Following Tasks

(Click to select)

II

(Click to select)

III

(Click to select)

IV

(Click to select)

(Click to select)

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.)

Percentage of idle time

4.

value:

3.00 points

Problem 6-3
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:

a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.

Work Station

Tasks

(Click to select)

II

(Click to select)

III

(Click to select)

IV

(Click to select)

b. In order of greatest positional weight.

Work Station

Tasks

(Click to select)

II

(Click to select)

III

(Click to select)

IV

(Click to select)

c. What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your
response. )

Efficiency