Question: Dr. Lori Baker, ops mgr at Nesa Electronics, prides herself on excellent assembly-line balancing. She has been told that the firm needs to complete 96 instruments per 24-hr day. The assembly-line activities are:

1. Draw the precedence diagram.
2. If the daily (24-hr.) production rate is 96 units, what is the highest allowable cycle time?
3. If the cycle time after allowances is given as 10 minutes, what is the daily (24-hr) production rate?
4. With a 10 minute cycle time, what is the theoretical minimum number of stations with which the line can be balanced?
5. With a 10 minute cycle time and six workstations, what is the efficiency?
6. What is the total idle time per cycle with a 10 minute cycle time and six workstations?
7. What is the best work station assignment you can make without exceeding a 10 minute cycle time and what is its efficiency?

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