Figure 5.4

-Use the information in Figure 5.4. If each task has a work time of one minute and there are 8 hours in a day, what is the task assignment at the first station if 160 units should be produced each day?
A) A, B, C, D
B) H, G, F, E
C) A, B, C
D) H, G, F

Question

Figure 5.4
 
-Use the information in Figure 5.4. If each task has a work time of one minute and there are 8 hours in a day, what is the task assignment at the first station if 160 units should be produced each day?
A) A, B, C, D 
B) H, G, F, E 
C) A, B, C 
D) H, G, F

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

If we assume that each task has a work time of one minute, the total cycle time for each unit will be the sum of the task times in the first station, which is 2 + 3 + 2 = 7 minutes. Therefore, to produce 160 units in 8 hours (480 minutes), the required cycle time should be 480/160 = 3 minutes per unit. Option C includes tasks with a total cycle time of 7 minutes, which is larger than our required cycle time of 3 minutes. Therefore, we can divide the tasks at station 1 into two groups: A, B, and C (with a total cycle time of 7 minutes) and D, E, F, G, and H (with a total cycle time of 4 minutes). The first group will be performed at one station, and the second group will be performed at another station. Therefore, option C is the best choice.

Figure 5.4 -Use the Information in Figure 5.4. If Each Task Has