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Project task E has the following estimates: (1) optimistic time – 10 days, (2)
Pessimistic time - 20 days, and (3) Most likely time - 12 Days. The expected time
using the beta statistical distribution is......... days.

2. The break-even point is:

3. The time between the placement of an order and delivery is called

4. There are two jobs to be assigned to two workers. The pro t for worker A on
job 1 is $5 and on job 2 is $8. The pro t for worker B on job 1 is $10 and on job
2 is $12. How should the work be divided using the assignment method?

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6. Forward scheduling is the scheduling of:

7. System capacity is based on:

8. Effective capacity is:

9. Cycle time in a assemble line is computed as:

10. Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the
theoretical minimum number of workstations if the task times for the six tasks
that make up the job are 4, 6, 7, 2, 6, and 5 minutes, and the cycle time is 10
minutes?

1 . Assembly line balancing has just been used to solve a product layout problem.
Two solutions look especially attractive to the plant managers. Both solutions
make the same output per day, and both have the same number of workstations.
The managers were going to break the tie by looking at line ef ciency but
discovered that both lines had the same ef ciency as well. Should they have been
surprised at this? Explain.
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2. A grocery chain is considering the installation of a set of 4 self-checkout lanes.
The new self-checkout lane setup will replace 2 old cashier lanes that were
staffed by a cashier and bagger on each lane. One cashier mans all 4 self-
checkouts (answering questions, checking for un-scanned items, taking coupons,
etc). Checkout on the new lanes takes 2 minutes (customers bag their own orders)
while checkout with the old lanes took only 45 seconds. In addition, the
electricity costs for both setups are $0.05 per checkout while bagging (material)
costs are $0.10 per checkout with the old system and $0.15 for the new system.
The new lanes also require $100/shift in capital costs. Assume that the lanes are
always in use for 8 hours per day (1 shift) and that a worker makes $10/hour.

(a) How many checkouts did the old system provide in a shift?

(b) How many checkouts does the new system provide?

(c) What is the multifactor productivity for each system?

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