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 minimum number of stations if 240 units should be produced each day?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

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 minimum number of stations if 240 units should be produced each day?
A) one 
B) two 
C) three 
D) four

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Given that each task takes one minute and there are 8 hours in a workday, this means there are 480 minutes available (8 hours * 60 minutes/hour). To produce 240 units per day, the total work time needed is 240 minutes (since each unit takes 1 minute of work). Dividing the total available time by the required work time for the units (480 minutes / 240 units), we find that at least 2 minutes of work time per unit is available. However, without the specific task sequence and dependencies from Figure 5.4, we can't precisely calculate the minimum number of stations based on task overlap or parallelism. The correct answer would depend on the specific task arrangement and their dependencies, which are not provided. My response was based on a misunderstanding of the question's requirements. Without the details from Figure 5.4, a precise calculation cannot be made.

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