Q1. An assembly line has a total of 8 hours available time in a shift. The employees working the shifts
have a forty minutes lunch break and two fifteen minute tea breaks each shift. The machines also require
five minutes per shift in basic maintenance. At the start of each working day, the supervisor spends
ten minutes talking to the staff and setting goals for the shift ahead.
a)Calculate the available time to work for the line, and,
b) Cycle time to produce 100 units per day
Q2. How does production/operations policy relate to accounting and finance policy and marketing policy of a company? What does this interrelationship achieve?