What is the efficiency of the line

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Questions : Management at Fullerton Media wants to design an assembly line that will turn out 800 videotapes per day. There will be 8 working hours in each day.

The industrial engineering staff has assembled the info below:

Task	Immediate Predecessor	Time (min.)
a	-	0.2
b	a	0.2
c	-	0.4
d	-	0.1
e	c,d	0.3
f	b,e	0.2
g	-	0.1
h	f,g	0.2
i	h	0.5

1.What is the maximum cycle time? _____min (use 1 decimal place)

2.What is the minimum cycle time? _____min (use 1 decimal place)

3. Determine the appropriate cycle time based on the demand. _____min (use 1 decimal place)

4. What is the minimum number of stations possible? _____ workstations (the answer is an integer value)

5. Assign tasks to workstations using this rule: Assign tasks according to the greatest number of following tasks.

In case of a tie, use the tiebreaker of assigning the task with the longest processing time first. What is the efficiency of the line? _____ % (Use 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.3%, but type in only the number, e.g. 12.3, without the percentage symbol)

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