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Marty

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Question 1

A manufacturing work cell has a takt time of 7 minutes and is staffed by 10 workers. If the work cell delivers 68 units each day find
A. The total operation time
B. The amount of time worked during the day for all 10 workers combined
C. If the plant is open for only 8 hours per day, can the staff meet demand?

Question 2

A company is trying to balance production between 3 workstations on an assembly line. Currently there are 5 tasks that need to be performed. These tasks, ABCDE, have required times of 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 1 minutes, 3 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. The assembly line needs to produce 40 units per day to meet demand and can work for up to 8 hours each day.
A. What is the required cycle time?
B. What is the theoretical minimum # of workstations?
C. Assign the tasks according to shortest task time.
D. Is there a better way to divide the work than in Part C?
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