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

During january 2018, the following transactions occur: january 1 purchase equipment for $20,600. the company estimates a residual value of $2,600 and a five-year service life. january 4 pay cash on accounts payable, $10,600. january 8 purchase additional inventory on account, $93,900. january 15 receive cash on accounts receivable, $23,100 january 19 pay cash for salaries, $30,900. january 28 pay cash for january utilities, $17,600. january 30 firework sales for january total $231,000. all of these sales are on account. the cost of the units sold is $120,500. the following information is available on january 31, 2018. depreciation on the equipment for the month of january is calculated using the straight-line method. the company estimates future uncollectible accounts. at the end of january, considering the total ending balance of the accounts receivable account as shown on the general ledger tab, $4,100 is now past due (older than 90 days), while the remainder of the balance is current (less than 90 days old). the company estimates that 50% of the past due balance will be uncollectible and only 3% of the current balance will become uncollectible. record the estimated bad debt expense. accrued interest revenue on notes receivable for january. unpaid salaries at the end of january are $33,700. accrued income taxes at the end of january are $10,100

If the economy were in the contracting phase of the business cycle, how might that affect your ability to find work?

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?