A company needs to produce 1,000 units per day (the day is defined as eight hours of production).There are six tasks to be completed,with a total task time of 12 minutes.The company should have:
A)25 workstations.
B)2 workstations.
C)84 workstations.
D)14 workstations.

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The correct answer is A because the cycle time is 48 seconds (12 minutes * 60 seconds / 1,000 units), and the production rate is 1,000 units per day (8 hours * 60 minutes / 48 seconds). Therefore, the number of workstations required is 1,000 units / 48 seconds * 8 hours / 60 minutes = 25 workstations.

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