(Answered) : Assembly line balancing has just been used to solve a product layout problem. Two solutions look especially attractive to the pl

Assembly line balancing has just been used to solve a product layout problem. Two solutions look especially attractive to the plant managers. Both solutions make the same output per day, and both have the same number of workstations. The managers were going to break the tie by looking at line efficiency, but discovered that both lines had the same efficiency as well. Should they have been surprised at this? Explain.

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In my opinion, there should not be any kind of surprises. Efficiency can be seen as the ratio of actual work needed to the available time. There

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