Question: A single model assembly line is being planned to produce a consumer appliance at the rate of 200,000 units/yr. The line will be operated 8 br/shift, 2 shifts/day,5 day/wk,50 wk/yr. Work content tune = 35.0 min. For planning purposes. it is anticipated that the proportion uptime on the line will be 95%. Determine:
(a) average hourly production rate Rp
(b) cycle time Te and
(c) theoretical minimum number of workers required on the line.
(d) If the balance efficiency is 0.93 and the repositioning time = 6sec, how many workers will be required?