Amelio Rodriguez Computing wants to establish an assembly line for producing a new product, the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors for the tasks are as follows:

Task	Time (sec)	Immediate Predecessor
A	11
B	14		A
C	7		A
D	4		B, C
E	18		D

Amelio's goal is to produce

170

PDAs per hour.

Part 2

a) The cycle time for the production of a PDA =

enter your response here

seconds (round your response to two decimal places).

Part 3

b) The theoretical minimum number of workstations that Amelio can achieve in this assembly

line=enter your response here

(round your response up to the next whole number).

Part 4

c) For one to assign the tasks to the actual workstations and be able to use the "theoretical minimum" number, the activity assignment should be:

Workstation #	Tasks Assigned to Workstation
1	A	D E C B

Part 5

2

B

C E B D

Part 6

3

B E D C

Part 7

Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

Yes

No

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