What happens if the firm can change

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As the Cottrell Bicycle Co. of St. Louis completes plans for its new assembly line, it identifies 25 different tasks in the production process. VP of Operations Jonathan Cottrell now faces the job of balancing the line. He lists precedences and provides time estimates for each step based on work-sampling techniques. His goal is to produce 1,000 bicycles per standard 40-hour workweek.

TASK	TIME (sec)	PRECEDENCE TASKS	TASK	TIME (sec)	PRECEDENCE TASKS
K3	60	-	E3	109	F3
K4	24	K3	D6	53	F4
K9	27	K3	D7	72	F9, F2, F3
J1	66	K3	D8	78	E3, D6
J2	22	K3	D9	37	D6
J3	3	-	C1	78	F7
G4	79	K4, K9	B3	72	D7, D8, D9, C1
G5	29	K9, J1	B5	108	C1
F3	32	J2	B7	18	B3
F4	92	J2	A1	52	B5
F7	21	J3	A2	72	B5
F9	126	G4	A3	114	B7, A1, A2
E2	18	G5, F3

a) Balance this operation, using various heuristics. Which is best and why?

b) What happens if the firm can change to a 41-hour workweek?

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