Question

Fun Vehicles, Inc. makes beach buggies on an assembly line. The total productive time to make one buggy is 300 seconds. The current line has a 90-second cycle time and consists of four workstations. The balance delay of this line must be:

Answer 1

Answer: Greater than 12% but less than 18%.

Explanation:

Total productive time, p is given as:

= 300 seconds

Cycle time, c = 90 seconds

The number of workstations, n is given as = 4

The formula to solve this will be:

= [p/(n x c)] x 100

= [300/(4 x 90)] x 100

=[(300/360) x 100

= 0.83 × 100

Line efficiency = 83.33%

Since the line efficiency has been gotten, we then calculate the balance delay which will be:

Balance delay = 100 - Line efficiency

= 100% - 83.33%

= 16.67%

The answer then will be Greater than 12% but less than 18%.