Q. Sue Helms Appliances wants to establish an assembly line to manufacture its new product, the Micro Popcorn Popper. The goal is to produce five poppers per hour. The tasks, task times also immediate predecessors for producing one Micro Popcorn Popper are as follows:

Task Time (min) Immediate Predecessors
A 10 -
B 12 A
C 8 A, B
D 6 B, C
E 6 C
F 6 D, E

a) Elucidate what is the theoretical minimum for the smallest number of workstations which Helms can achieve in this assembly line?

b) Graph the assembly line also assigns workers to workstations. Can you assign them with the theoretical minimum?

c) Elucidate what is the efficiency of your assignment?