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What is a key advantage of both types of lines being balanced?
Same time to perform work at each station
What type of layout is organized around products or families of similar high-volume, low-variety products?
Product-oriented layout
What is a disadvantage of a product-oriented layout?
Lack of flexibility in product or production rates
What is a characteristic of a fabrication line in a product-oriented layout?
Paced by work tasks
How can bottleneck operations be identified in work cells?
By using Work Balance Charts
Test your knowledge on work balance charts used for evaluating operation times in work cells and the concept of repetitive and product-oriented layout. Learn about identifying bottlenecks and addressing labor and machine bottlenecks in production environments.
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