Samuel smith’s company wants to establish an assembly line to manufacture its new product, the istar phone. samuel’s goal is to produce 60 istars per hour. tasks, task times, and immediate predecessors are as follows: task time (sec) immediate predecessors task time (sec) immediate predecessors a 40 — f 25 c b 30 a g 15 c c 50 a h 20 d, e d 40 b i 18 f, g e 6 b j 30 h, i a. what is the cycle time? seconds b. what is the theoretical minimum for the number of workstations that samuel can achieve in this assembly line? c. what is the actual number of stations? d. what is the improved cycle time? e. what is the idle time based on the improvement in d.? seconds f. what is the overall efficiency

The partnership of douglas, ryan, and ellen has dissolved and is in the process of liquidation. on july 1, 2016, just before the second cash distribution, the assets and equities of the partnership along with profit and loss sharing ratios were as follows: cash $30,000receivable - net $20,000inventories $25,000equipment - net $30,000total assets $80,000liabilities $12,000douglas, capital (20%) $28,000ryan, capital (50%) $24,000ellen, capital (30%) $16,000total liab./equity $80,000assume that the available cash is distributed immediately, except for a $2,000 contingency fund that is withheld pending complete liquidation of the partnership. how much cash should be paid to each of the partners? a. $3,200 douglas, $8,000 ryan, $4,800 ellenb. $5,600 douglas, $14,000 ryan, $8,400 ellenc. $16,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $0 ellend. $8,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $8,000 ellen