James Company wants to set up an assembly line to produce widgets. The following table lists known
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James Company wants to set up an assembly line to produce widgets. The following table lists known statistics, and their goal is to produce 180 widgets per hour.
Task | Time (Sec) | Immediate Predecessors |
A | 10 | - |
B | 12 | A |
C | 8 | A |
D | 5 | B, C |
E | 20 | D |
a. What is the cycle time?
b. What is the theoretical minimum for the number of workstations that can be achieved in this assembly line?
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