The Process Design Team at a Contract Manufacturer in Thailand

Multiple Choice

The process design team at a contract manufacturer in Thailand has broken an assembly process into 8 basic steps, each with a required time and predecessor, as shown in the table. There are 7.5 productive hours available in a day, and the manufacturer wishes to produce 400 units.

-What should their takt time be?

A) 50 seconds
B) 55.5 seconds
C) 60 seconds
D) 67.5 seconds
E) Need more information to answer the question