Cardioelectronics, Inc. wants to establish an assembly line for producing a new heart-monitoring dev


Question: Cardioelectronics, Inc. wants to establish an assembly line for producing a new heart-monitoring device. The tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors of each task are as follows:

Task Time (sec.) Immediate Predecessors
A 12 --
B 15 A
C 8 A
D 5 B, C
E 20 D

The company's goal is to produce 180 units per hour.

a) What is the cycle time in seconds?

b) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations needed in this assembly line?

c) Can the theoretical minimum actually be reached when workstations are assigned?

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