The document provides the details of a problem involving assigning tasks to workstations on an assembly line. It gives the task times and precedence relationships. The problem asks to assign tasks according to two different rules: most following tasks and greatest positional weight. It then calculates the balance delay for each assignment and finds they both result in a balance delay of 15%.
The document provides the details of a problem involving assigning tasks to workstations on an assembly line. It gives the task times and precedence relationships. The problem asks to assign tasks according to two different rules: most following tasks and greatest positional weight. It then calculates the balance delay for each assignment and finds they both result in a balance delay of 15%.
The document provides the details of a problem involving assigning tasks to workstations on an assembly line. It gives the task times and precedence relationships. The problem asks to assign tasks according to two different rules: most following tasks and greatest positional weight. It then calculates the balance delay for each assignment and finds they both result in a balance delay of 15%.
The document provides the details of a problem involving assigning tasks to workstations on an assembly line. It gives the task times and precedence relationships. The problem asks to assign tasks according to two different rules: most following tasks and greatest positional weight. It then calculates the balance delay for each assignment and finds they both result in a balance delay of 15%.
Problem 6-2 A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 331/3 units. Assume the shop works a 60-minute hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules:
a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks A B, E D, C, F G, H
b. In order of greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks A B, E D, C, F G, H
c. What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response. ) Efficiency
80.00
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Problem 6-2
Learning Objective: 06-08 Solve
simple line-balancing problems.
Problem 6-2 A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 331/3 units. Assume the shop works a 60-minute hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules:
a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks A B, E D, C, F G, H
b. In order of greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks A B, E D, C, F G, H
c. What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response. ) Efficiency
83.33 0.05 %
Explanation:
Desired output = 33.33 units per hour.
Operating time = 60 minutes per hour. Operating time
60 minutes per hour
CT =
Desired output
33.33 units per hour
= 1.80 minutes per unit
a.
Task A B C D E F G H
Number of Following Tasks 7 6 2 2 2 1 1 0
Positional Weight 6 4.6 1.6 2.2 2.3 1.0 1.5 0.5
Assembly Line Balancing Table (CT = 1.8)
Work Station I II III IV
Task A B E D C F G H
Task Time 1.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5
Time Remaining 0.4 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0 0.8 0.3
Feasible tasks Remaining C, D, E C F H -
Time Remaining 0.4 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.5 0 0.8 0.3
Feasible tasks Remaining C, D, E C F H -
b.
Assembly Line Balancing Table (CT = 1.8)
Work Station I II III IV
Task A B E D C F G H
Task Time 1.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.5
c.
Efficiency =
2.
Total time CT no.of stations
6.0 7.2
= 83.3%
award:
8.89 out of 10.00 points
Problem 6-3 A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 4 units. The department uses a working time of 56 minutes per hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules:
a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks F, A, G D, B, C E, H I
b. In order of greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks F, D G, A, B C, E H, I
c. What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response. ) Efficiency
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Problem 6-3
Learning Objective: 06-08 Solve
simple line-balancing problems.
Problem 6-3 A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible, and achieve an hourly output of 4 units. The department uses a working time of 56 minutes per hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to workstations using the following rules:
a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks F, A, G D, B, C E, H I
b. In order of greatest positional weight.
Work Station I II III IV
Tasks F, D G, A, B C, E H, I
c. What is the efficiency? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response. ) Efficiency
80.36 0.05 %
Explanation:
Desired output = 4 units per hour
Operating time = 56 minutes
CT =
Operating time Desired output
Task A B C D E F G H
# of Following tasks 4 3 2 3 2 4 3 1
56 minutes per hour
4 units per hour Positional Weight 23 20 18 25 18 29 24 14
= 14 minutes per unit
a.
First rule: most followers. Second rule: largest positional weight.
Assembly Line Balancing Table (CT = 14)
Work Station I II III IV
Task F A G D B C E H I
Task Time 5 3 6 7 2 4 4 9 5
Time Remaining 9 6 7 5 1 10 1 9
Feasible tasks Remaining A, D, G B, G B, E C H -
b.
First rule: Largest positional weight.
Assembly Line Balancing Table (CT = 14)
Work Station I II III IV
Task F D G A B C E H I
Task Time 5 7 6 3 2 4 4 9 5
Time Remaining 9 2 8 5 3 10 6 5 -
Feasible tasks Remaining A, D, G A, E B, E E I
c.
Efficiency =
3.
Total time CT no.of stations
45 56
= 80.36%
award:
9.09 out of 10.00 points
Problem 6-8 A shop works a 400-minute day. The manager of the shop wants an output of 200 units per day for the assembly line that has the elemental tasks shown in the table. Do the following: Immediate
Task Time
Task a b c d e f g h i
Predecessor a a a b, c d e g f
(minutes) 0.5 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5
j k m
e, i h, j k
0.8 0.9 0.3
b. Assign tasks according to the most following tasks rule.
Work Station 1 2 3 4 5
Following Tasks a, b c, d e, f, i g, h, j k, m
c. Assign tasks according to the greatest positional weight rule.
Work Station I II III IV V
Following Tasks a ,b c ,d f, e, i j, g, h k, m
d. Compute the balance delay for each rule. Which one yields the better set of assignments in this instance? (Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Balance delay: both part b and c are
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Problem 6-8
Learning Objective: 06-08 Solve
simple line-balancing problems.
Problem 6-8 A shop works a 400-minute day. The manager of the shop wants an output of 200 units per day for the assembly line that has the elemental tasks shown in the table. Do the following:
Task a
Immediate Predecessor -
Task Time (minutes) 0.5
b c d e f g h i
a a a b, c d e g f
1.4 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5
j k m
e, i h, j k
0.8 0.9 0.3
b. Assign tasks according to the most following tasks rule.
Work Station 1 2 3 4 5
Following Tasks a, b c, d e, f, i g, h, j k, m
c. Assign tasks according to the greatest positional weight rule.
Work Station I II III IV V
Following Tasks a ,b c ,d f, e, i j, g, h k, m
d. Compute the balance delay for each rule. Which one yields the better set of assignments in this instance? (Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Balance delay: both part b and c are
15 0.05 %
Explanation: b.
CT =
400 200
Station 1 2 3 4 5
= 2.0 minutes Tasks a, b c, d e, f, i g, h, j k, m
Feasible tasks Remaining b, c, d d, e e, i i, g g h m -
Assign tasks to stations for a desired output of 500 units in a 7-hour day to balance the line using the longest operation time heuristic. Break ties with the most following tasks heuristic. Calculate the percentage idle time for the line. Use the actual bottleneck cycle time in your calculation. (Round your percentage of idle time to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Work Station I II III IV
Task D A E, B, F C, G, H, I, J
Percentage of idle time
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Problem 6-18
Learning Objective: 06-08 Solve
simple line-balancing problems.
Problem 6-18 For the set of tasks given below, do the following:
Task A B C D E F G H I J
Task Time (seconds) 45 11 9 50 26 11 12 10 9 10
Immediate Predecessor A B D E C C F, G, H I
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Assign tasks to stations for a desired output of 500 units in a 7-hour day to balance the line using the longest operation time heuristic. Break ties with the most following tasks heuristic. Calculate the percentage idle time for the line. Use the actual bottleneck cycle time in your calculation. (Round your percentage of idle time to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) Work Station I II III IV
