A toy company has decided to manufacture a new toy tractor the production of which is made up of six steps. The demand for the tractor is
4800 units per 40-hour workweek:
Task
Performance Time (Seconds)
Predecessors
A
25
None
B
20
A
C
15
A
D
15
A
E
10
B C
F
25
D E
For the 5 workstation configuration in which Station 1 is assigned task A Station 2 is assigned task B Station 3 is assigned tasks C and D
Station 4 is assigned task E and Station 5 is assigned task F identify the idle time for a product cycle at each
work-station.