The total work content for a product assembled on a manual production line is 48 min. The work is\ntransported using a continuous overhead conveyor tha
The total work content for a product assembled on a manual production line is 48 min. The work is
\r\ntransported using a continuous overhead conveyor that operates at a speed of 3 ft/min. There are 24
\r\nworkstations on the line, one-third of which have two workers; the remaining stations each have one
\r\nworker. Repositioning time per worker is 9 sec, and uptime efficiency of the line is 95%. (a) What
\r\nis the maximum possible hourly production rate if line is assumed to be perfectly balanced? (b) If
\r\nthe actual production rate is only 92% of the maximum possible rate determined in part (a), what is
\r\nthe balance efficiency on the line?