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Manufacturing and School Planning Analysis

The document contains a tutorial sheet with five questions related to operations management, including tasks such as drawing precedence diagrams, calculating cycle times, determining the minimum number of workstations, and evaluating expansion options for a manufacturing company. It also addresses the construction of a new middle school in a growing district and factors to consider for site selection for a new Subway restaurant. Each question requires analytical problem-solving and application of operational efficiency concepts.

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Manufacturing and School Planning Analysis

The document contains a tutorial sheet with five questions related to operations management, including tasks such as drawing precedence diagrams, calculating cycle times, determining the minimum number of workstations, and evaluating expansion options for a manufacturing company. It also addresses the construction of a new middle school in a growing district and factors to consider for site selection for a new Subway restaurant. Each question requires analytical problem-solving and application of operational efficiency concepts.

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Tutorial Sheet #2

Question 1
The Temple Toy Company has decided to manufacture a new toy tractor, the production of
which is broken into 6 steps. The demand for the tractor is 4800 units per 40-hr work week.
a) Draw a precedence diagram for this operation.
b) Given the demand, what is the cycle time for this operation?
c) What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?
d) Assign tasks to workstations.
e) How much of total idle time is present each cycle?
f) What is the overall efficiency of the assembly line with 5 stations; and with 6 stations?

Question 2
A small rural county has experienced unprecedented growth over the past 6 years, and as a result,
the local school district built the new 500-student North Park Elementary School. The district has
three older and smaller elementary schools: Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. Now the growth
pressure is being felt at the secondary school. The school district would like to build a centrally
located middle school to accommodate students and reduce busing costs. The other middle
school is adjacent to the high school and will become part of the high school campus.
a. What are the coordinates of the central location?
b. What other factors should be considered before building a school?

No of students
A (North Park) (4, 11) 500
B (Jefferson) (5, 2) 300
C (Lincoln) (8, 2) 300
D (Washington) (11, 6) 200

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Question 3
A manufacturing company is considering three expansion options. The first is to do nothing
(Option A). The next is to leave the current plant open and also open a new larger plant (Option
B). Finally, they could close the existing plant and open the new, larger one (Option C). Given
the VC and FC from the table below calculate the range for which each option minimizes cost.
Option FC ($) VC ($/unit)

A 50,000 2

B 100,000 1

C 60,000 1.4

Question 4

Develop a solution for the following line balancing problem, allowing a cycle time of 5 minutes.
a. Draw the precedence diagram for the set of tasks.
b. Calculate the theoretical minimum number of workstations.
c. Balance this line using the most following tasks heuristic.
d. What tasks are assigned to which stations?
e. Does the solution have the minimum number of stations? Explain.
f. How much idle time is there, summed over all workstations?
g. What is the efficiency of this line?

Work Task Task Time (seconds) Task Predecessor(s)


A 70 -
B 60 A
C 120 B
D 60 -
E 240 C, D
F 100 A
G 190 E, F

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Question 5
Subway, with more than 20,000 outlets in the US, is planning for a new restaurant in Buffalo,
New York. Three locations are being considered. The following tables gives the factors for each
site. At which sit should Subway open the new restaurant?

Factor Weight Maitland Baptist Church Northside Mall


Space .30 60 70 80
Costs .25 40 80 30
Traffic density .20 50 80 60
Neighbourhood income .15 50 70 40
Zoning laws .10 80 20 90

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