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    The document describes 4 homework problems: 1) Calculating the number of trips required to transport parts between 5 machines using 1 vehicle that carries 50 or 100 parts per trip. 2) Visiting 3 campus locations and identifying their layout type based on elements and factors observed. 3) Using the DCA method to form cells from a machine-part matrix and resolve any conflicts. 4) Designing a balanced assembly line to produce 10,000 pens within 1 month by optimizing the station task assignments and cycle time.

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    EIN4364FacilitiesPlanning,Spring2013 Homework4 DueDate:February18th,2013(Monday)bymidnight Problem1. Therouteforapartisasfollows:ABCDE. 2,000pieceswillflowthroughthefirstmachineAtothefinalmachineEbasedonthegivensequenceofoperations.A unitloadsizeof50isinitiallyspecifiedatthefirstmachine.However,duetolotsizingdecisions,theunitloadsizeis doubledafterprocessingonmachineD. If one vehicle (e.g.

    g., lift truck) is used to transport the loads from machine to machine, determine the total number of tripsthatthevehiclehastomake,assumingthatthevehiclecarriesonlyoneunitloadatatime. Problem2. VisitanythreeofthefollowingplacesonUCFcampus.Whichlayouttypedoyouobserve?Explainthe elementsandfactorsthatmadeyoudeterminethelayouttypeforthatlocation. i. Bookstore ii. Foodcourtatstudentunion iii. Registrarsoffice iv. EngineeringII v. Groundflooroflibrary vi. Library vii. Visitorinformationcenter viii. Healthcenter(infirmary)

    Problem3. Alocalwoodmanufacturerwantstodecreasematerialhandlingbychangingfromaprocess layouttoacellularlayout.Itwishestorestrictintercellularmovement.Themachinepartmatrixforthewood manufacturerisshowninFigure1below.UseDCAtofromthecellsand,ifconflictexists,proposealternative approachesforresolvingtheconflicts.ShowallthestepsofDCAtogetfullcredit.(YoumayuseMSExcelto copypasterows/columnsandtodorow/columnsums.) Machine# Part# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 10 1 1 1


    Figure1.Machinepartmatrix

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    Problem4. FloridaPenCo.hasreceivedanorderfor10,000penswithPegasuslogoengravedoneachof them.Youhave1monthtocompletethisorder(Assumethereare30daysinamonth.),andthetotal availableproductiontimeis10hoursperday.Theproductionprocessofonepenconsistsof10tasks.The processtimesrequiredforeachtaskisgiveninTable1.Figure2showstheprecedencerelationshipsamong those10tasks.Yoursupervisoraskedyoutodesignabalancedproductionlineforthesepenswhereeach stationhasonly1operatorassigned.


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    Figure2.Precedencediagram Table1.Processtimes

    time/unit(hours) 0.012 0.013 0.004 0.012 0.016 0.011 0.022 0.018 0.011 0.010 a) Findthecycletimerequiredforonepen. b) Determinethenumberofstationsrequiredforthisassemblyline. c) Prepareatrialsolutiontableshowingstationtaskassignmentandidletimes. d) Whatistheidlepercentageofthelineinyourtrialsolution? e) Whatistheefficiencyofyourtrialsolution? f) Isitpossibletoreducethecycletime?Ifyes,prepareanothertrialsolutiontablewithasolution withreducedcycletime.(Youmaychangethenumberofworkersperstation,butnotthetotal numberofworkers.)

    Task# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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