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97. Which one of these is a tool used to tell a machine the details of the operations to be
performed?
98. Which of the following is a primary concern for process selection?
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99. Management wants to design an assembly line that will turn out 800 videotapes per day.
There will be eight working hours in each day. The industrial engineering staff has assembled
the information below:
(A) Determine the maximum and minimum cycle times.
(B) Determine the optimum cycle time.
(C) What is the minimum number of stations needed?
(D) Draw the precedence diagram.
(E) Assign tasks to stations in order of most following tasks first.
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100. Given the information below, assign departments to locations in a 3 x 3 grid, with
department F in the lower right hand corner.
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101. Given the information below, assign the departments A through I to locations in a 3 x 3
grid, with department E fixed in the lower right-hand corner.
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102. Determine the minimum number of workstations needed for this situation:
Operating time is 450 minutes per day.
Desired output is 80 units per day.
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103. Given the following data:
Determine the percentage idle time.
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104. Given the following process layout data for locating six departments in the six areas
shown:
What process layout(s) satisfy(ies) these closeness ratings?
A company is designing a product layout for a new product. It plans to use this production
line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 480 units per day. The tasks
necessary to produce this product:
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105. Without regard to demand, what is the minimum possible cycle time (in seconds) for this
situation?
106. If the company desires that output rate equal demand, what is the desired cycle time (in
seconds)?
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107. If the company desires that output rate equal demand, what is the minimum number of
workstations needed?
108. If the company desires that output rate equal demand, what would be the efficiency of
this line with the minimum number of workstations?
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109. If the company desires that output rate equal demand, what is the last task performed at
the second workstation in the balance which uses the minimum number of workstations?
QRS Corp. is designing a product layout for a new product. They plan to use this production
line ten hours a day in order to meet forecasted demand of 900 units per day. The following
table describes the tasks necessary to produce this product:
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110. Without considering forecasted demand, what is the minimum possible cycle time for
this production line?
111. For output to equal forecasted demand, what should be the actual cycle time for this
production?
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112. For output to equal forecasted demand, what is the minimum number of workstations
needed?
113. For output to equal forecasted demand, what will be the efficiency of the production line
that uses the least number of workstations?
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114. For output to equal forecasted demand, what will be the second task performed at the
second workstation of the production line that uses the fewest number of stations?
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 Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie.
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115. Without considering projected demands, what is the minimum possible cycle time for
this production line?
116. For output to equal projected demand, what should be the actual cycle time for this
production line?
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117. For output to equal projected demand, what is the minimum number of workstations
needed?
118. For output to equal projected demand, what will be the efficiency of the production line
that uses the minimum number of workstations?
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119. 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 company needs to rebalance a product layout for producing new plastic license plates.
They plan to use the assembly line 6 hours in order to meet projected demand of 2,160 license
plates each day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of this
product: