The assembly line process for a manufacturing company requires the completion of eight tasks to assemble one unit of a product. The table below shows the task numbers, task times, and precede tasks. The diagram below show the precedent relationships for the eight tasks. The company CEO set a target throughput rate of 400 units per day. The company’s factory design plan calls for the assembly line to operate 7.2 hours a day for five days a week. Task # Task Time (seconds) Task Time (minutes) Preceding Tasks #1 14.0 0.23 None #2 26.0 0.43 #1 #3 10.0 0.17 #2 #4 18.0 0.30 #1 #5 23.0 0.38 #4 #6 12.0 0.20 #5, #7 #7 25.0 0.42 None #8 20.0 0.33 #3, #6 Sum 148.0 2.47

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The assembly line process for a manufacturing company requires the completion of eight tasks to assemble one unit of a product. The table below shows the task numbers, task times, and precede tasks. The diagram below show the precedent relationships for the eight tasks. The company CEO set a target throughput rate of 400 units per day. The company’s factory design plan calls for the assembly line to operate 7.2 hours a day for five days a week.

Task # Task Time (seconds) Task Time (minutes) Preceding Tasks
#1 14.0 0.23 None
#2 26.0 0.43 #1
#3 10.0 0.17 #2
#4 18.0 0.30 #1
#5 23.0 0.38 #4
#6 12.0 0.20 #5, #7
#7 25.0 0.42 None
#8 20.0 0.33 #3, #6
Sum 148.0 2.47

If the assembly line described in Question #6 is balanced using the “shortest task time first” decision rule,  which of the following set of tasks will be assigned to the first workstation of this assembly line?

Task #1, Task #7, Task #4
 
Task #1, Task #4, Task #5
 
Task #1, Task #7, Task #2
 
Task #1, Task #2, Task #3
 
Task #1, Task #2, Task #4 
 
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