An insurance company uses the following tasks to process paperwork. Forty claims need to be processed in an eight$-$hour workday.

a$.$ What is the takt time?

b$.$ What is the theoretical number of workstations?

c$.$ Assign the tasks to the workstations to balance the line using the longest operating time rule.

d$.$ What is the efficiency of the balanced line?

Swoosh Snowboard Company must set up an assembly line for snowboards. Forecasts show that $600$ units per day should be produced. The plant operates two $8-$hour shifts