1. Assembly Line Balancing Boeing Corporation
Due
October
30th
Homework Assignment
Assembly Line Balancing
Boeing Corporation
MGMT E-5065
Operations and Logistics Management

2. Boeing Corporation Task Performance Time ( minutes )
Boeing wants to develop a precedence diagram for an electrostatic wing component
that requires a total assembly time of 66 minutes.
Task
Performance Time
( minutes )
Precedence Relationship A 10 - B 11 C 5 D 4 E 12 F 3
C,D G 7 H I
G,H

3. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
Calculate the maximum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the lot assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.

4. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
Calculate the minimum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the lot assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.

5. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
If Task ‘I’ requires 6 minutes ( instead of 3 minutes ) :
Calculate the maximum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the lot assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.

6. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
If Task ‘I’ requires 6 minutes ( instead of 3 minutes ) :
Calculate the minimum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the lot assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.

7. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
If Task ‘I’ requires 6 minutes ( instead of 3 minutes ) :
Calculate the maximum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the shortest operating time
assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.

8. Boeing Corporation REQUIREMENT:
If Task ‘I’ requires 6 minutes ( instead of 3 minutes ) :
Calculate the minimum allowable cycle time, assuming
480 productive minutes of work available per day, and
a daily production quota of 40 units each day.
Balance the line under the shortest operating time
assignment heuristic.
Calculate the efficiency under the above.