Part (A): (30 Marks) The Terminal company is attempting to balance its assembly line of high-voltage electrical connecto
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Part (A): (30 Marks) The Terminal company is attempting to balance its assembly line of high-voltage electrical connectors. The desired output for the line is 50 connectors per hour, and the information on the work elements for this assembly line is as follows. MEC_AMO_TEM_035_02 Page 1 of 14 Operations Management (BUSS-B 1006) - Spring 2021 - CW (3) - QP Work elements Time (sec) Immediate Predecessor(s) A 40 B 36 A C 20 A D 25 A E 30 B,C F 34 D G 35 E H 5 F 1 15 E,H J 32 Н. K 38 G,1,J The operations manager wants to group the task into workstations. 1. What would be the cycle time? (10 Marks) 2. What is the smallest number of workstations that the company could hope for in designing this line for this cycle time? (10 Marks) 3. Develop a production line which respects the precedence relations, with the minimal number of workstations (10 Marks)