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A work cell is required to make 80 computerized diagnostic assemblies (for installation into hybrid automobiles)each day.The cell currently works an eight hour shift,of which seven hours is available for productive work.These assemblies require five operations,with times of 1.0,0.8,2.4,2.5,and 1.4 minutes each.What is takt time for this cell? How many workers will be needed?

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"Having a focused work centre is like having a factory within a factory." Discuss.Include in your discussion what conditions make focused work centers appropriate.

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Which of the following is not a heuristic rule for assigning tasks to workstations in a product layout?

Identify McDonald's "seven major innovations."

Which of the following is a common heuristic for assembly line balancing?

Which of the following requires an information system that provides inbound product identification,its destination,and routing of the product to the designated outbound vehicle?

Balancing a work cell is done

A firm operates a flow shop building kitchen cabinetry for recreational vehicles.The major activities of this process are listed below. a.Draw the appropriate network for this project. b.What would the cycle time be if the goal is to produce 20 units per month (the plant operates 160 hours per month)? c.What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations needed? d.Balance with the most following tasks heuristic.What tasks are assigned to which stations? e.What is the efficiency of the line obtained in part d?

"A special arrangement of machinery and equipment to focus on production of a single product or group of related products" describes what layout type?

An insurance claims processing center has six work centers,any of which can be placed into any of six physical departmental locations.Call the centers 1,2,3,4,5,and 6,and the departments A,B,C,D,E,and F.The current set of assignments is A-3,B-1,C-6,D-2,E-4,and F-5. The (symmetric)matrix of departmental distances,in meters is The matrix of work flow (estimated trips per day)is among centers The firm estimates that each trip costs approximately $4. a.What is the cost of the current assignment? b.Use trial-and-error to find one improved assignment. c.What is that assignment,and what is its cost?

A fabrication line and an assembly line are both types of repetitive and product-focused layout,but only the fabrication line utilizes workstations.

A process-oriented layout is the traditional way to support a product differentiation strategy.

Four hundred and eighty minutes of production time are available per day.The schedule calls for the production of 80 units per day.Each unit of the product requires 30 minutes of work.What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

What are the advantages of focused factories?

One guideline for determining the arrangement and space allocation of a retail store is to place high-impulse and high-margin items such as housewares and beauty aids in prominent locations.

One drawback of a product-oriented layout is that work stoppage at any one point ties up the whole operation.

The main issue in designing process layouts concerns the relative positioning of

In the Office Relationship Chart,which rating reflects the highest importance for two departments' closeness to each other?

Which of the following is true regarding fabrication lines?

To develop a good facility layout,what must be determined?