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Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the theoretical minimum number of workstations if the task times for the eight tasks that make up the job are 7, 4, 7, 8, 9, 4, 3, and 6 minutes, and the cycle time is 8 minutes?

A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8
E) None of these

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The first step in balancing an assembly line is to specify the precedence relationships among tasks to be performed on the line.

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A project layout is characterized by a high degree of task ordering.

Which of the following is a basic type of production layout format?

You have just determined the actual number of workstations that will be used on an assembly line to be 25 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.The cycle time of the line is 30 seconds, and the sum of all that tasks required on the line is 10 minutes.What is the line's efficiency? ________________________________

Which of the following basic types of production layout formats is one in which equipment or work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made?

If the sum of the task times required to produce a product is 80 minutes and the cycle time for the same product is 15 minutes, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is 8 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.

A manufacturing cell groups the same or similar machines into cells to work on products that have dissimilar shapes and dissimilar processing requirements.

Which of the following is not among the suggestions for a good layout for manufacturing and back-office operations?

In the design of retail service layouts, the term "ambient conditions" does not refer to which of the following?

You have just determined the actual number of workstations that will be used on an assembly line to be 6 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.The cycle time of the line is 5 minutes, and the sum of all that tasks required on the line is 25 minutes.Which of the following is the correct value for the resulting line's efficiency?

Assembly-line balancing means assigning all necessary tasks to a series of workstations so that each workstation has no more than can be done in the workstation cycle time and so that idle time across all workstations is minimized.

Which of the following basic types of production layout formats is one that has similar equipment or functions are grouped together?

In designing a production line, a mixed-model line layout is used by JIT manufacturers.

A straight-line flow pattern is considered a good layout design for back-office service operations.

A manufacturing cell layout is similar to the workcenter and assembly-line layouts.

Assembly lines are a special case of a project layout.

Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the theoretical minimum number of workstations if the task times for the six tasks that make up the job are 4, 6, 7, 2, 6, and 5 minutes, and the cycle time is 10 minutes?