Assign tasks to workstations according to the "greatest number of following tasks" approach.

5. Calculate the efficiency of the new process

Table 1 Time to

Workstation Task(s) Performed at Station Perform Immediate

Number Tasks Predecessor

1Get box bottom and place plastic money tray in box bottom. Take 10 seconds--

two dice bin and place in box bottom in area not take up by tray.

2 Count out 35 plastic houses and place in box bottom. 35 seconds1

3 Count out 15 plastic hotels and place in box bottom. 15 seconds1

4 Take one game piece from each of eight bins and place them in 15 seconds1

box bottom.

5 Take one property card from each of 28 bins. Place rubber band 45 seconds1

around property cards and place cards in box bottom.

6 Take one orange card from each of 15 bins. Place rubber band 20 seconds1

around cards and place cards in box bottom.

7 Take one yellow card from each of 15 bins. Take orange cards 35 seconds6

from box and remove rubber band. Place yellow cards on top of

orange cards. Place rubber band around yellow and orange cards

and place cards in box bottom.

8 Count out 25 $500 bills and attach to cardboard strip with rubber 30 seconds1

band. Place money in box bottom.

9 Count out 20 $100 bills. Take $500 bills from box bottom and 40 seconds8

remove rubber band. Place $100 bills on top of $500 bills. Attach

rubber band around money and place in box bottom.

10 Count out 25 $50 bills. Take $500 and $100 bills from box bottom 40 seconds9

and remove rubber band. Place $50 bills on top. Attach rubber band

around money and place in bottom box.

11 Count out 50 $20 bills. Take money in box and remove rubber band. 55 seconds10

Place $20 bills on top. Attach rubber band around money and place

in box bottom.

12 Count at 40 $10 bills. Take money in box and remove rubber band. 45 seconds11

Place $10 bills on top. Attach rubber band around money and place

in box bottom.

13 Count out 40 $5 bills. Take money in box and remove rubber band. 45 seconds12

Place $5 bills on top. Attach rubber band around money and place

in box bottom.

14 Count at 40 $1 bills. Take money in box and remove rubber band. 45 seconds13

Place $1 bills on top. Attach rubber band around money and place

in box bottom.

15 Take money and remove rubber band. Shrink wrap money and place 20 seconds14

in box bottom.

16 Take houses, hotels, dice, and game pieces and place in big. Seal 30 seconds2,3,4

bag and place bag in box.

17 Place two cardboard game board halves in fixture so that they are 90 seconds5,7,15,16

separated by in. Peel backing off of printed game board decal.

Align decal over board halves and lower it down. Remove board from

fixture and flip it over. Attach solid blue backing decal. Flip game

board over again and fold blue backing over front of game board,

creating a in. border. Fold game board in half and place in box

covering money tray, game pieces, and cards.

18 Place game instructions in box. Place box top on box bottom. Shrink 30 seconds17

wrap entire box.

19 Place completed box in carton. 10 seconds18

Example:

CASE 4