First Term Assignment

COMM 2055
Please complete the following seven (7) questions:
Question 1 (Module 1)
A processor makes two components, A and B, which are then packaged together as the final
product (each product sold contains one A and one B). The processor can do only one
component at a time: either it can make As or it can make Bs. There is a setup time when
switching from A to B.
Current plans are to make 100 units of component A, then 100 units of component B, then
100 units of component A, then 100 units of component B, and so forth, where the setup and
run times for each component are given below.

Assume the packaging of the two components is totally automated and takes only two seconds
per unit of the final product. This packaging time is small enough that you can ignore it. What is
the average hourly output, in terms of the number of units of packaged product (which includes
one component A and one component B)?



Question 2 (Module 2)
The following tasks are to be performed on an assembly line:

The workday is seven hours long. Demand for completed product is 750 per day.
a. Find the cycle time.
b. What is the theoretical number of workstations?
c. Draw the precedence diagram.
d. Balance the line using sequential restrictions and the longest-operating-time rule.
e. What is the efficiency of the line balanced as in d?
f. Suppose that demand rose from 750 to 800 units per day. What would you do? Show
any amounts or calculations.
g. Suppose that demand rose from 750 to 1,000 units per day. What would you do? Show
any amounts or calculations.



Question 3 (Module 3)
Suppose you want to set a time standard for the baker making her specialty, square doughnuts.
A work-sampling study of her on doughnut day yielded the following results:

What is the standard time per doughnut?

Question 4 (Module 3)
A bank manager wants to determine the percent of time that tellers are working and idle. She
decides to use work sampling, and her initial estimate is that the tellers are idle 30 percent of
the time. How many observations should the manager take in order to be 95 percent confident
that the results will not be more than 2.5 percent away from the true result?

Question 5 (Module 3)
A small manufacturing facility is being planned that will feed parts to three heavy manufacturing
facilities. The locations of the current plants with their coordinates and volume requirements are
given in the following table:

Use the Centre of Gravity method to determine the best location for this new facility.



Question 6 (Module 4)


Historical demand for a product is

a. Using a weighted moving average with weights of 0.60, 0.30, and 0.10, find the J uly
forecast.
b. Using a simple three-month moving average, find the J uly forecast.
c. Using single exponential smoothing with =0.2 and a J une forecast =13, find the J uly
forecast. Make whatever assumptions you wish.
d. Using simple linear regression analysis, calculate the regression equation for the
preceding demand data.
e. Using the regression equation in d, calculate the forecast for J uly.

Question 7 (Module 5)
Benny the Barber owns a one-chair shop. At barber college, they told Benny that his customers
would exhibit a Poisson arrival distribution and that he would provide an exponential service
distribution. His market survey data indicate that customers arrive at a rate of two per hour. It
will take Benny an average of 20 minutes to give a haircut. Based on these figures, find the
following:
a. The average number of customers waiting.
b. The average time a customer waits.
c. The average time a customer is in the shop.
d. The average utilization of Benny's time.