A toy company has decided to manufacture a new toy tractor, the production of which is broken into six steps.
Task
|
Performance Time (Seconds)
|
Predecessors
|
A
|
20
|
None
|
B
|
30
|
A
|
C
|
15
|
A
|
D
|
15
|
A
|
E
|
10
|
B, C
|
F
|
30
|
D, E
|
What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations, to ensure that a demand of 4,700 units per 40-hour workweek is met? (You must first calculate the threshold on the cycle time that will ensure the output and then use it to compute the number of workstations)