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Illinois Furniture, Inc., produces all types of office furniture. The "Executive Secretary" is a chair that has been des
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Illinois Furniture, Inc., produces all types of office furniture. The "Executive Secretary" is a chair that has been designed using ergonomics to provide comfort during long work hours. The chair sells for $130. There are 480 minutes available during the day, and the average daily demand has been 50 chairs. There are eight tasks: Task A B C D E F G H Performance Time (mins) 4 6 7 5 This exercise only contains parts b, c, d, e, f, and g. b) The cycle time for the production of a chair = 9.6 minutes (round your response to two decimal places). 18869 A B 7 5 Task Must Follow Task Listed Below - A, B C D E E F, G c) The theoretical minimum number of workstations = 6 (round your response up to the next whole number). d) The assignment of tasks to workstations should be: (Hint: Number workstations sequentially in terms of precedence relationships and combine any applicable tasks.) Task Workstation Number Station 1 Station 2 Station 3
Were you able to assign all the tasks to the theoretical minimum number of workstations? No e) For this process, the total idle time per cycle = 14 minutes (enter your response as a whole number). f) The total actual idle time at all workstations over the course of an 8-hour work day for the process = 700 minutes (round your response to two decimal places).