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    This document contains 6 problems related to line balancing and designing assembly lines. The problems involve calculating cycle times, theoretical minimum number of stations, precedence diagrams, assigning work elements to stations using different rules like longest work element and largest number of followers, and calculating efficiency. The document provides work element times and precedence relationships for different assembly lines and asks questions about balancing the lines to meet certain output rates.

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    This document contains 6 problems related to line balancing and designing assembly lines. The problems involve calculating cycle times, theoretical minimum number of stations, precedence diagrams, assigning work elements to stations using different rules like longest work element and largest number of followers, and calculating efficiency. The document provides work element times and precedence relationships for different assembly lines and asks questions about balancing the lines to meet certain output rates.

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    2.94 Exercise Line Balancing

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    This document contains 6 problems related to line balancing and designing assembly lines. The problems involve calculating cycle times, theoretical minimum number of stations, precedence diagrams, assigning work elements to stations using different rules like longest work element and largest number of followers, and calculating efficiency. The document provides work element times and precedence relationships for different assembly lines and asks questions about balancing the lines to meet certain output rates.

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    The document discusses several problems related to assembly line balancing and designing assembly lines to meet certain production rates. Key concepts covered include cycle time, theoretical minimum number of stations, line balancing methods, and efficiency calculations.

    To answer part a, you would calculate the theoretical minimum number of stations required based on the work element times and precedence relationships given in the table.

    The theoretical number of stations required for the BMX bicycle assembly line is calculated based on the work element times and precedence relationships given in the problem.

    BDA 4012 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

    Introduction to Industrial Engineering

    3. Use the longest work element rule to balance the assembly line described in the following
    table so that it will produce 40 units per hour. Break ties using the largest number of
    followers rule.

    a. What is the cycle time?


    b. What is the theoretical minimum number of work stations?
    c. Draw the precedence diagram.
    d. Which work elements are assigned to each work stations for line balancing
    purposes?
    e. What are the resulting efficiency and balance delay percentages?

    Work Element Time (sec) Immediate Predecessors


    A 40 None
    B 80 A
    C 30 A
    D 25 B
    E 20 C
    F 15 B
    G 60 B
    H 45 D
    I 10 E,G
    J 75 F
    K 15 H,I,J
    Total = 415

    4. Johnson Cogs wants to set up a line to serve 60 customers per hour. The work elements and
    their precedence relationships are shown in the following table.

    a. What is the theoretical minimum number of stations?


    b. How many stations are required if the longest work element time method is
    used?
    c. How many stations are required if the largest number of followers method is
    used?
    d. Suppose that a solution requiring five stations is obtained. What is its
    efficiency?

    Work Element Time (sec) Immediate Predecessors


    A 40 None
    B 30 A
    C 50 A
    D 40 B
    E 6 B
    F 25 C
    G 15 C
    H 20 D,E

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    Introduction to Industrial Engineering
    I 18 F,G
    J 30 H,I
    Total = 274

    5. The Baxter Bicycle Company is installing a line to produce a new line of BMX bicycles,
    and you, as the operations manager, are responsible for designing the line. The line has to
    produce 576 units per day, and the company operates three 8-hour shifts each day. The
    work elements, time requirements, and immediate predecessors are as follows:

    Work Element Time (sec) Immediate Predecessors


    A 75 None
    B 50 A
    C 30 B
    D 25 B
    E 45 B
    F 55 D
    G 70 D
    H 50 F,G
    I 25 E
    J 90 C,H,I

    a. What is the theoretical number of stations?


    b. If you balance the line using the longest work-element time rule, which elements
    are assigned to station 3?

    6. An assembly line must produce 40 microwave ovens per hour. The following data give the
    necessary information:

    Work Element Time (sec) Immediate Predecessors


    A 20 None
    B 55 A
    C 25 B
    D 40 B
    E 5 B
    F 35 A
    G 14 D,E
    H 40 C,F,G

    a. Draw a precedence diagram.


    b. What cycle time (in seconds) ensures the desired output rate?
    c. What is the theoretical minimum number of stations and the theoretical maximum
    efficiency?
    d. Use the longest work-element rule to design the line. What is its efficiency?
    e. Can you find any way to improve the line’s balance? If so, explain how?

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    Introduction to Industrial Engineering

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