Operations Management question.
I don’t understand this Management question and need help to study.
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Sequence the jobs shown below by using a Gantt chart. Assume that the move time between machines is one hour. Sequence the jobs in priority order 1, 2, 3, 4.
Job Work Center/Machine HoursDue Date (days) |
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1 |
A/3, B/2, C/2 |
3 |
2 |
C/2, A/4 |
2 |
3 |
B/6, A/1, C/3 |
4 |
4 |
C/4, A/1, B/2 |
3 |
- Using finite capacity scheduling, draw a Gantt chart for the schedule (Marks 0.5)
- What is the makespan?
- How much machine idle time is there?
- How much idle time (waiting time) is there for each job?
- When is each job delivered?
- Which department is the bottleneck?
- Calculate the machine utilization?
Question 2:
A public accounting firm requires the following activities
for an audit:
Activity |
Immediate Predecessor |
Activity time |
A |
– |
3 |
B |
A |
2 |
C |
– |
5 |
D |
B, C |
2 |
E |
A |
4 |
F |
B, C |
6 |
G |
E, D |
5 |
- Draw a network for this project?
- Make a forward pass and a backward pass to determine ES, LS, EF, and LF?
- What are the critical path?
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