In this 1-hour 30-minutes long project-based course, you will learn how to o define what is meant by cycle time and how to calculate it, draw a precedence diagram for your given process and calculate the idle time for this process, you will be able to calculate the efficiency of the system and the minimum number of workstations and how to assign tasks to these workstations, by applying all of these you will create a complete line balancing system.
Introduction to Line Balancing Using Precedence Diagram
Taught in English
Instructor: Hazem Ehab
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What you'll learn
Identifying what is meant by line balancing and its importance, define cycle time and output rate and calculate their value for any process.
Drawing a precedence diagram out of a system inputs.
Defining idle time, efficiency, minimum number of workstations and calculating each of them. Also, learn how to assign tasks to each workstation.
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Learn step-by-step
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Calculating Cycle time and output rate for a given system.
Drawing a precedence diagram out of a system inputs.
Calculating Idle time, efficiency, minimum number of workstations
Assigning tasks to each workstations
Making a complete line balanced system with all the needed calculations and displaying it using precedence diagram.
Recommended experience
Project management and operations is recommended but it's not essential as the course will teach you from scratch how to make line balancing.
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