Question

In an assembly line for assembling toys, five workers are assigned tasks which take times of 10, 8, 6, 9 and 10 minutes respectively. The balance delay for line is

• A. 16.3%
• B. 14.0%
• C. 43.3%
• D. 14.8%

Answer 1

The correct option is B 14.0%

$\text{Assuming cycle time,}{t}_c=10min$

${\sum }_i{t}_i=10+8+6+9+10=43$

$\text{Balance delay,}$

$=1-\frac{\sum t_i}{n\times t_c}=1-\frac{43}{5\times 10}=0.14$

$\text{= 14\%}$