IllinoisFurniture, Inc., produces all types of office furniture. The"Executive Secretary" is a chair that has been designed using ergonomics to provide comfort during long work hours. The chair sells for$130. There are 480 minutes available during theday, and the average daily demand has been 52 chairs. There are eighttasks:

Task Performance Time (mins) Immediate Predecessors

A 6 -

B 6 -

C 7 A, B

D 5 C

E 5 D

F 7 E

G 8 E

H 7 F, G

This exercise only contains partsb, c,d, e,f, and g.

b) The cycle time for the production of a chair= _____ minutes (round your response to two decimalplaces).

c.) What is the theoretical minimum number ofworkstations?

d.) Assign tasks to workstations.