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C&A uses an assembly line of 20 stations to make a product. The cycle time is 5 minutes per unit. Step 6 is the most error-prone operation. Inspection occurs at the last station. What will be the information turnaround time for a defect made at station 6 if there is no inventory between stations?

A. 0.2 minute
B. 5 minutes
C. 70 minutes
D. 100 minutes

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Answer:

C. 70 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the information turnaround time is shown below:

But before that first we have to find out the remaining stations which is

= Total stations - error stations

= 20 stations - 6 stations

= 14 stations

Now the information turnaround time is

= Remaining number of stations × cycle time per unit

= 14 stations × 5 minutes per unit

= 70 minutes

We simply applied the above formula so that the information turnaround time could come

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