Answer 7

a. Draw the precedence diagram

The precedence diagram is given below showing the activities with their precedence activities.

b. What is the workstation cycle time?

Productiontime=8hours×60×60=28800SecondsCycletime=ProductiontimeDailyDemand=28
800/240=120SecondsProductiontime=8hours×60×60=28800SecondsCycletime=Produ
ctiontimeDailyDemand=28800/240=120Seconds
c. Balance the line

Workstatio
Task Task Time
n
1 A, D 60, 50
2 B, C 80, 20
3 E 90
F, G,
4 30, 30, 60
H
The workstation 1 is assigned to A with D because with B it is exceeding task time and with C it is
giving more idle time. Activity E is assigned first with highest task time in comparison to F, G and H.
d. What is the efficiency of your design?

Efficiency=TaskTimeworkstations×cycletime=60+80+20+50+90+30+30+60(420/120)×120=
4204(approx)×120=87.5%