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Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain 1st Edition by Morgan Swink,Steven Melnyk,Bixby Cooper, Janet Hartley

Edition 1ISBN: 978-0077426903
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Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain 1st Edition by Morgan Swink,Steven Melnyk,Bixby Cooper, Janet Hartley

Edition 1ISBN: 978-0077426903
Exercise 4
Wild Widget must set up an assembly line for widgets.Forecasts show that 50 units per hour should be produced.The tasks required, task times, and precedence relationships are as follows: Wild Widget must set up an assembly line for widgets.Forecasts show that 50 units per hour should be produced.The tasks required, task times, and precedence relationships are as follows:   a.Draw the precedence diagram. b.What is the takt time? c.What are the theoretical number of workstations d.Assign the tasks to the workstations to balance the line using the longest operating time rule. e.What is the efficiency of the balanced line? f.If demand decreased to 40 units per day, what changes would be needed, if any? a.Draw the precedence diagram.
b.What is the takt time?
c.What are the theoretical number of workstations
d.Assign the tasks to the workstations to balance the line using the longest operating time rule.
e.What is the efficiency of the balanced line?
f.If demand decreased to 40 units per day, what changes would be needed, if any?
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