Questions by jackeline11 - Page 18
Illinois Furniture, 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 minutes available during the day, and the average daily demand has been chairs. There are eight tasks: Task Performance Time (mins) Task Must Follow Task Listed Below A B C A, B D C E D F E G E H F, G This exercise only contains parts b, c, d, e, f, and g. b) The cycle time for the production of a chair = 9.23 minutes (round your response to two decimal places). c) The theoretical minimum number of workstations 6 (round your response up to the next whole number). d) The assignment of tasks to workstations should be: (Hint: Number workstations sequentially in terms of precedence relationships and combine any applicable tasks.) Task Workstation Number A Station 1 B Station 2 C Station 3 D Station 4 E Station 5 F Station 6 G Station 7 H Station 8 Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations? No e) For this process, the total idle time per cycle = nothing minutes (enter your response as a whole number).