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.