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Week 1 Problem Solving Assignment Solutions
Week 1 Problem Solving Assignment Solutions
Week 1 Problem Solving Assignment Solutions
a. Compute the labor productivity and the multifactor productivity for each unit. Use an eight-hour day for multifactor
productivity.
b. Suppose a new, more standardized procedure is to be introduced that will enable each employee to process one additional
customer per day. Compute the expected labor and multifactor productivity rates for each unit.
a.
Customers Labor Cost Overhead Cost Material Cost Total Cost Labor MFP
Unit Employees per Day Productivity
A 4 36
B 5 40
C 8 60
D 3 20
b.
Customers Labor Cost Overhead Cost Material Cost Total Cost Labor MFP
Unit Employees per Day Productivity
A 4 40
B 5 45
C 8 68
D 3 23
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2. [Product Layout] Ch 6 – Page 281 – Problem 3
A manager wants to assign tasks to workstations as efficiently as possible and achieve an hourly output of four units. The department uses a
working time of 56 minutes per hour. Assign the tasks shown in the accompanying precedence diagram (times are in minutes) to
workstations using the following rules:
a. In order of most following tasks. Tiebreaker: greatest positional weight.
c. What is the efficiency?
a.
Number of
Task Following Tasks Positional Weight
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
Revised Time
Time Remaining Assign Remaining
Station Eligible Will Fit (task time) Idle
1
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Time Remaining Assign Remaining
Station Eligible Will Fit (task time) Idle
1
c.
Efficiency =
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A Links X Links
1-3
1-7
2-3
2-4
2-7
3-5
4-7
4-8
6-8
7-8
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