Reference no: EM132693995
1. Market locations to which a manufacturer of wooden windows expects to ship its products. The shipment volumes X and Y coordinates of the locations are shown below. Using the center of gravity method,
a. Find the Xc and Yc coordinates
b. Suggest a possible warehouse location.
a.
Market Area A Vi (tone) Xi (KM) Yi (KM)
A 8 2.5 10
B 20 3 5
C 12 6.5 8
D 10 11 10
E 30 11 8
F 20 10 4
G 40 13 3.5
H 30 12 2
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2. The manufacturing engineer at Sunny manufacturing was working on a new remote controlled toy Monster Truck. The assembly line must be able to produce 600 Monster Truck per day to meet the forecasted demand. Production time per day is 480 minutes, and the assembly steps and times for the truck are given bellow;
Task Immediate Follower Task Time (in second)
A - 28
B - 13
C B 35
D A 11
E C 20
F D, E 6
G F 23
H F 25
I G 37
J G, H 11
K I, J 27
Using the information given above, provide answers for each of the following.
a. Draw a precedence (network) diagram
b. Compute the cycle time needed to produce the 600 Trucks
c. Determine the minimum number of workstations required