Russel’s ten-year-old company, now at 1,000 employees, has just been certified as a “great place to work” by the Great Place to Work® Institute. What can he expect for his company that those unable to get this designation cannot?
a. a lower manager-to-employee ratio
b. stable profits
c. higher levels of productivity
d. a solid hierarchical structure
c. higher levels of productivity
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A facility is trying to set up an assembly line, and has identified the various tasks, and their relationship to each other, as shown in the following table. Managers wish to produce 600 units per day, working two 8-hour shifts
Task Preceding Task Time to perform (sec.) A -- 20 B -- 30 C -- 25 D -- 10 E A 55 F D, B, C 30 G E 25 H F, G 40 (a) Draw a network diagram of precedence relationships. (b) Compute the required cycle time per unit in seconds. (c) Compute the minimum number of workstations required to produce 600 units per day. (d) Balance this line using the longest processing time heuristic. (e) What is the efficiency of the line obtained in part (d)?