Question

A production line is to be designed for a product whose completion requires 21 minutes of work. The factory works 400 minutes per day. Can an assembly line with five workstations make 100 units per day?
a. yes, with exactly 100 minutes to spare
b. no, but four workstations would be sufficient
c. no, it will fall short even with a perfectly balanced line
d. yes, but the line's efficiency is very low
e. cannot be determined from the information given

Answer 1

Answer:

C. no, it will fall short even with a perfectly balanced line

Explanation:

In this question, if a factory has a work time that is 400 minutes per day. The required units per day is a 209 units. With 5 available workstations.

Then we would calculate the time cycle as

400 x 5/100

= 400x0.05

= 20minutes/unit

So In conclusion, if the time required is more than 20 minutes, that is 21 minutes, it is going to fall short with a perfectly balanced line. Hence option c.