Four hundred and eighty minutes of production time are available per day. The schedule calls for the production of 80 units per day. Each unit of the product requires 30 minutes of work. What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

The theoretical minimum number of workstations are five workstations

Explanation:

Given the total time available per day = 480 minutes

the cycle time which is the time required or spent to produce a unit can be obtained as;

Cycle time = Total time / Demand per day

Cycle time = 480 / 80 = 6 minutes

hence 6 minutes is the cycle time for one unit.

The theoretical number of stations can be calculated thus;

Theoretical number of stations = Time for one unit / Cycle time

= 30/6 = 5 workstations

Therefore the theoretical minimum number of workstations are five workstations