The maker of the world-famous Chocolate Chip Cookies needs to design a product layout for a new product, Mint Chocolate Chip. The company plans to use this new production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1,440 cases per day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies.
For output to equal projected demand, what will be the first task performed at the third workstation of the production line which uses the minimum number of stations?
A) u
B) v
C) w
D) x
E) y

Question

The maker of the world-famous Chocolate Chip Cookies needs to design a product layout for a new product, Mint Chocolate Chip. The company plans to use this new production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1,440 cases per day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. 
For output to equal projected demand, what will be the first task performed at the third workstation of the production line which uses the minimum number of stations?
A) u 
B) v 
C) w 
D) x 
E) y

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The minimum number of workstations required to produce 1,440 cases of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies per day is calculated as follows:

Number of workstations = (Total task time)/(Time available per day)

= (16.5 + 13.5 + 8.5)/(8 hours per day)

= 3 workstations

So, there are three workstations in the Mint Chocolate Chip production line.

For the output to equal projected demand, each workstation must produce 480 cases per day.

The tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies at each workstation are:

Workstation 1: u, v, x 
Workstation 2: w, y 
Workstation 3: z

Therefore, the first task performed at the third workstation, which uses the minimum number of stations, is task D, which is task z.

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