A manufacturing company is designing an assembly line to produce its main product. The line should be able to produce 60 units per hour. The following data in the Table give the necessary information.
Task Immediate Predecessor Task Time (sec)
A None 35
B A 50
C A 21
D B 38
E C 25
F D, E 58
G F 15
(a) Which task is the bottleneck? Task is the bottleneck.
(b) Select the appropriate precedence diagram for the above information
Compute the cycle time with a desired output of 60 units per hour. C = __________ seconds/unit