Reference no: EM132799951

A shop works a 400-minute day. The manager of the shop wants an output of 200 units per day for the assembly line that has the elemental tasks shown in the table Do the following:

Task Immediate Predecessor Task Time (minutes)

a - 0.5

b a 1.4

c a 1.2

d a 0.7

e b, c 0.5

f d 1.0

g e 0.4

h g 0.3

i f 0.5

j e, i 0.8

k h, j 0.9

m k 0.3

a. Assign tasks according to the most following tasks ru le. Use greatest positional weight as a tiebreaker.

Work Station Following Tasks

1 ?

2 ?

3 ?

4 ?

5 ?

b. Assign tasks according to the greatest positional weight rule. Use most following tasks as a tiebreaker

Work Station Following Tasks

I ?

II ?

III ?

IV ?

V ?

c. Compute the balance delay for each rule. Which one yields the better set of assignments in this instance? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Balance delay: both part b and c are ______ %