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Cyclone Appliances has developed a new European-style convection oven that will be made on an assembly line.The schedule requires 80 ovens in an 8-hour day.The assembly includes seven tasks.The table below indicates the performance time and the sequence requirements for each task. (a)What is the cycle time for this assembly operation? (b)What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations? (c)Draw the precedence diagram.

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(a)The cycle time is 480 minutes per day...

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Which of the following is NOT a retail layout practice?

A) Locate the high-draw items around the periphery of the store.
B) Distribute power items throughout the store.
C) Use end-aisle locations to maximize product exposure.
D) Use prominent locations for high-impulse and high-margin items.
E) All of the above are retail layout practices.

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

Develop a solution for the following line balancing problem,allowing a cycle time of 5 minutes. a.Draw the precedence diagram for the set of tasks. b.Calculate the theoretical minimum number of workstations. c.Balance this line using the longest task time heuristic. d.What tasks are assigned to which stations? e.Does the solution have the minimum number of stations? Explain. f.How much idle time is there,summed over all workstations? g.What is the efficiency of this line?

In a product-oriented layout,what is the process of deciding how to assign tasks to workstations?

What is the primary reason why retailers tend to locate high-draw items around the periphery of the store?

The work cell improves layouts by reducing both floor space and direct labor cost.

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 focused work center is well suited to the production of a large family of products requiring similar processing,even if their demands are not very stable.

A manufacturing work cell has a takt time of 7 minutes.Exactly 10 workers are required.Suppose that the work cell delivers 68 units each day. (a)What is the total operation time? (b)What is the amount of time worked during the day for all 10 workers combined? (c)If the plant is open for only 8 hours per day,can the staff meet demand?

In what specific areas does the layout decision establish a firm's competitive priorities?

A(n)________ line is a machine-paced product-oriented facility for building components.

Which of the following is one of the main advantages of a product-oriented layout?

Briefly explain what "slotting" is.What ethical issues might arise with regard to slotting?

________ is the pace (frequency)of production necessary (time per unit)to meet customer orders.

Cycle time is the maximum time that the product is allowed at each workstation.

Balancing a work cell is done:

Identify the five common layout heuristics used to assign tasks to workstations in assembly-line balancing.

Category management is the use of computer software to evaluate the profitability of various merchandising plans for hundreds of categories.

A product-oriented layout would be MOST appropriate for which one of the following businesses?