Exam

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PROBLEMS. Work out your answer in the space provided.

1) 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. What is the best efficiency you can arrange, and how would you get it?

Work Task Task Time (seconds) Task Predecessor(s)

A 70 ---
B 60 A
C 120 B
D 60 ---
E 240 C, D
F 100 A
G 190 E, F

2) The annual demand, ordering cost, and the inventory carrying cost rate for a certain item are D = 600 units, S =
$20/order and H = 30% of item price. The price is $5.00 per unit for orders up to a quantity of 250. If more than
250 units are ordered you can get a price of $4.10. What should the order quantity be?

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3) Lead time for one of Montegut Manufacturing's fastest moving products is 4 days. Demand during this period
averages 100 units per day. What would be an appropriate re-order point?

4) Departments A, B, C, and D need to be assigned to four rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. These rooms are arranged in a long
row with 20 meters between each. The departmental work flows are contained in the table below.

a. What is the material handling total of assigning A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4?
b. What is the material handling total of assigning A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2?

Flow Matrix

Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4

Dept. A 0 30 5 20
Dept. B 5 0 40 20
Dept. C 0 10 0 40
Dept. D 10 5 0 0

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 5) Consider the following bill of materials. Fifty units of Product A are needed. Assuming no on-hand inventory,
build the complete bill of materials that need to be ordered.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 5 points each

6) What impact did the Hawthorne studies have on human resource strategy?