Your scientists have perfected Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and are ramping up production. It plans to use this production line sixteen hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1575 units.
The tasks necessary to produce this product are:
Task |
Time (minutes) |
Predecessor |
Get Cloth |
6 |
none |
Get Bat Wings |
6 |
none |
Boil Toil and Trouble |
16.6 |
none |
Stir in ingredients |
1 |
Bat Wings & Boil |
Paint onto Cloth |
13.0 |
Stir & Cloth |
Package for delivery |
4.0 |
Paint |
If the company wants the output rate to be equal to demand, what is the desired cycle time (in seconds)?