The Action Toy Company has decided to manufacture a new train set, the production of which is broken into six steps. The demand for the train is 4,500 units per 40-hour workweek:
Task Performance Time (seconds) Predecessors
A 22 -
B 30 A
C 15 A
D 14 A
E 12 B, C
F 27 D, E
Required:
a) Given the demand, the cycle time for the production of the new train set = (round your response to one decimal place).
b) The theoretical minimum number of work stations is ? (round your response up to the next whole number)

a. 32 secs

b. 3.75 or 4

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

(a) Cycle Time is

= Operation time per week ÷  output per week

= (40 hours × 60 × 60) ÷ (4,500)

= 32 secs

(b) And, the Theoretical minimum number of workstations required  is

= Sum of total task times ÷ cycle time

= (22 + 30 + 15 + 14 + 12 + 27) ÷ (32 sec)

= 3.75  or 4

By applying the above formulas we can get the cycle time and the theoretical minimum number of work stations

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