Homework # 1 1. An assembly line must be designed to produce 50 packages per hou

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Homework # 1 1. An assembly line must be designed to produce 50 packages per hour. The the necessary information. following data giw Task Information Task Immediate Predecessor Task Time (sec) None 35 45 10 50 a) Draw a precedence diagram. b) Compute the cycle time (in seconds) to achieve the desired output rate. c) What is the theoretical minimum number of stations? d) Which work element should be assigned to which workstation? e) What are the resulting efficiency and balance delay percentages? ear. It costs $10 to place an order for plant food. The anmual holding cost rate is S5 per bag Lead time is one week a) Calculate the economic order quantity. b) Calculate the total annual costs. c) Determine the reorder point 2. A local nursery, Greens, uses 1560 bags of plant food annually. Greens works 52 weeks per CHAT

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2 a. EOQ = [(2*annual demand*cost per order)/holding cost]^0.5

= [(2*1560*10)/5]^0.5

= 78.99. This will be rounded off to 79

b. Total annual costs = (1560/79)*10 + (1560/2)*5

= $4,097.47

c. Reorder point = (1560/52)*1

= 30

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