A production line is to be designed to make 375 El-More dolls per day. Each doll requires 11 activities totaling 16 minutes of work. The factory operates 750 minutes per day. What is the required cycle time for this assembly line?
A) 0.5 minutes
B) 1.5 minutes
C) 2 minutes
D) 5,500 minutes
E) 4.26 minutes

Question

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To find the cycle time, we need to know the total time required to produce one El-More doll.

Total time = 11 x 16 = 176 minutes

To produce 375 dolls per day, we need to produce one doll every:

750 minutes/day ÷ 375 dolls/day = 2 minutes/doll

Therefore, the required cycle time for this assembly line is 2 minutes per El-More doll.

So the answer is C) 2 minutes.

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