Determine the minimum cycle time

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As part of a major plant renovation project, the industrial engineering department has been asked to balance a revised assembly operation to achieve an output of 240 units per eight-hour day. Task times and precedence relationships are as follows:

Task Duration Immediate Follower
a 0.2 b
b 0.4 c
c 0.2 f
d 0.4 e
e 1.2 g
f 1.2 g
g 1.0 end

Do each of the following:
a. Draw the precedence diagram.
b. Determine the minimum cycle time, the maximum cycle time, and the calculated cycle time.
c. Determine the minimum number of stations needed.
d. Assign tasks to workstations.
e. Compute the percentage of idle time for the assignment in part d.

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