Question

Fancy Trends Inc., a handbag manufacturing company, assembles handbags in an assembly line using 10 workstations. The target output for an 8-hour workday is 120 bags. The sum of the task times is 30 minutes/bag. The cycle time is 4 minutes/bag. The assembly-line efficiency is ______ .

a. 65%
b. 70%
c. 75%
d. 80%
e. 85%

Answer 1

Answer:

option (c) 75%

Explanation:

Data provided in the question:

Number of stations used = 10

The target output for an 8-hour workday = 120 bags

The sum of the task times = 30 minutes/bag

Cycle time = 4 minutes/bag

Now,

Assembly Line efficiency

= Sum of task times in all workstations ÷ [ Number of workstation ×  Cycle time ] × 100%

= [ 30 ÷ ( 10 × 4 ) ] × 100%

= 75%

Hence,

The correct answer is option (c) 75%