Assignment:
Consider the product and associated data given in the table below (assume a demand of 450 units in each 7.5 hour shift). Find the ranked position weight line balance (i.e. task-station assignment), the idle time of workers for that assignment, and comment on the optimality of your solution.
|
Task
|
Task Time
(seconds)
|
Immediate
Predecessors
|
Task
|
Task Time
(seconds)
|
Immediate
Predecessors
|
|
A
|
10
|
-
|
E
|
15
|
C, D
|
|
B
|
25
|
A
|
F
|
25
|
E
|
|
C
|
40
|
A
|
G
|
25
|
D, F
|
|
D
|
25
|
B
|
H
|
15
|
G
|
Your answer must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format and also include references.