Problem 1. A new product needs to be manufactured every 12 minutes. We want to help a company design a facility layout to make the products. Below is a table of the precedence and time requirements. We will use the info to design an assembly line. (a) Construct a precedence diagram (b) Group the tasks into workstations (there may be multiple ways to group the tasks, show any one way that you think appropriate). How many workstations? Show how you group the tasks. (c) Determine the efficiency of the line (d) Calculate the expected output for an eight-hour day Task A Precedence None Time (mins) B A C B D A E A F A G C H D, E, F | J H G K I, J 62212565354 7 4 Problem 2. Managers in a company plan to revise the current layout. The pics below show six departments for the six services that the company performs. The pic to the left shows the current layout, while the pic to the right shows the current level of interaction between the departments. Diagonal movement is also considered adjacent. (a) Calculate the number of nonadjacent loads for the current layout. (b) Design an alternative layout to minimize the number of nonadjacent loads. Show the layout. (c) How large are the new nonadjacent loads? 3 2 Load Summary Chart 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3450 - 60 30 10 SIGM 125 40 45 75 20 235 200 I - 85 50 - 10 40 30 150