Name__________________________

Quiz Two (Week 5) Term 4 2014.

For each question, circle the answer you think is BEST.
A custom book publisher manufactures books in 7 steps (see below).
Step
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Time
50 seconds
55 seconds
20 seconds
45 seconds
10 seconds
30 seconds
20 seconds

Currently the publisher employs 4 workers. Worker 1 completes step 1, Worker 2

completes step 2, Worker 3 completes steps 3, 4 and 5 and Worker 4 completes
steps 6 and 7.
Question 1.
What is the minimum cycle time of this process, with the workers allocated as
they are currently?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

55
60
65
70
75

seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds

Question 2.
At the start of the day (with an empty system), how long will it take the first 10
books to come off the production line, with the workers allocated as they are?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

660 seconds
860 seconds
905 seconds
2115 seconds
2300 seconds

Question 3.
What is the minimum cycle time of this process, with the four workers allocated
in the most efficient way that you can devise? (Assume workers can only
combine tasks that are adjacent to each other)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

55
60
65
70
75

seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds

Name__________________________
Suppose the publisher decides to employ another worker. The work is to be
allocated among the five workers such that (i) tasks cant be divided (ii) if one
worker is in charge of more than one task, the tasks must be adjacent, (iii) the
tasks are assigned in the most efficient way and (iv) each bundle of tasks can
only be carried out by one worker.
Question 4.
Assuming the system is in steady state, what is the new capacity of the line (in
finished books/hour)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

72 books/hr
65.5 books/hr
60 books/hr
55.4 books/hr
51.4 books/hr

Question 5.
Which tasks will the third worker on the assembly line perform?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Steps 3 and 4
Step 3 only
Step 4 only
Steps 4 and 5
Step 5 only