Facilities

Prodman

Name___________________________________- Date______________________

1. . Given the following load summary chart, design a 3 X2 chart that minimizes non-adjacent
loads.

From/to A B C D E
A 50 25
B 20 100
C 30 10 75
D 40
E 60

2. The assembly line whose activities are shown in the following table has an 8 minute cycle
time. Draw the precedence graph and find the minimum possible number of workstations. Then
arrange the work activities into workstations so as to balance the line. What is the efficiency of
your line balance?

TASK PERFORMANCE TIME (MINS) PRECEDENCE

A 5 -
B 3 A
C 4 B
D 3 B
E 6 C
F 1 C
G 4 D,E,F
H 2 G

An electrostatic copier requires a total assembly time of 66 minutes. The following table shows
the different tasks and activity times and the predecessor tasks.. if the firm determines that there
are 480 minutes of productive work per day and the daily demand is 40 units:

a. Draw and label the precedence diagram for the production process. (5 points)
b. Calculate the desired cycle time and minimum number of workstations. (5 points)
c. Set up a balanced assembly line and calculate the efficiency of the line.
(5 points)

TASK ACTIVITY TIME ( MINS) PREDECESSOR

A 10 -
B 11 A
C 5 B
D 4 B
E 12 A
F 3 C,D
G 7 F
H 11 E
I 3 G,H