Operations Layout: Assembly Line Balancing II

This video demonstrates how to calculate the cycle time, minimum number of workstations, balance an assembly line with six tasks and calculate the resulting efficiency and balance delay.

[@sangeeeeeyy3964]

Thank you helped a lot !

[@The_Business_Doctor]

You’re welcome!

[@tasnimhaquefaiza3403]

Can you please link the video to 9.15 being solved?

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

If we have a task time greater than the takt cycle time what would we do? Would we just have two stations performing that task?

[@The_Business_Doctor]

Hi Ryan, sorry the delay. That should not really happen because the task times would drive the target. For example, in this problem, the goal is to produce 5 ovens per hour and that would be based in the highest task time of 12 min. If, for example, task B took 13 min, then it would be impossible to produce 5 in an hour and the target output would have to be reduced to, say, 4 units per hour, which would result in a cycle time of 15 minutes (50 min/hour divided by 4 units per hour) and no task would exceed the cycle time.
Hope this helps.
Mark

[@MindBeliever]

Thanks sir👍

[@The_Business_Doctor]

You're very welcome!

[@garvitbisht2003]

👍

[@The_Business_Doctor]

Thanks!

[@neysara]

Why not just make each machine do all the tasks in sequence A to F for a total of 48 minutes and have only 4 machines?

[@The_Business_Doctor]

Hi Neysara. In theory, that would be great but machines are often designed to perform specific tasks with high throughput. Why does a car have to move down an assembly line where different people and machines perform different functions? What we really need is a matter replicator that can produce a complete unit at the touch of a button.