Q1

a.

b.

The work hour per day is 8 hours.

= 8*60 mins

= 480 mins.

As 400 units must be manufactured per day, the required cycle time is

=480/400

= 1.2 min.

c.

The minimum no. of workstations required is calculated as follows:

= Total time of all tasks/ Cycle time.

The cycle time is determined by the time taken by C and D tasks. The total cycle time is as follows:

A+C+D+F+G+H

= 3.3 mins

The total time taken for all the tasks is 3.8 mins

Therefore, the min no. of workstations is

= 3.8/3.3

=1.15

Thus, the minimum no. of workstation required is 2.

The idle time of the system is 0.5 mins.

The efficiency can be calculated as (cycle time - idle time)/ cycle time

= 2.8/3.3 *100

= 84.84

Therefore, the efficiency of the system is 84.84 %