The manufacturing company needs to design a production line to manufacture a new product. The…

The manufacturing company needs to design a production line to manufacture a new product. The production analyst has determined the nine tasks to be performed as well as the estimated time to complete each task. The desired rate of production is 25 units per hour. Employees are productive an average of 55 minutes each hour. The activity task times are given below. Task Time that immediately precede Time to perform task (Minutes) A B ? D E F G H I A B B C,D E E F G H 1.2 0.8 1.8 2.1 2 1.7 0.4 1.1 0.9 a) Draw the precedence diagram. (1 Mark) b) Compute the cycle time in minutes. (1 Mark) c) Compute the required minimum number of workstations. (2 Marks) d) Suggest a technique you can use for line balancing analysis. Explain the reason for the technique you have chosen. (2 Marks) e) Using the technique you have determined in (d), evaluate your solution. (8 Marks) f) Calculate the utilization of the proposed solution.