5. New York Building Corporation uses the critical path method to monitor construction jobs. The company is currently 2 weeks behind schedule on Job #181, which is subject to a P10,500 per week completion penalty. Path A-B-C-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 20 weeks, and critical path A-D-E-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 22 weeks. The following activities can be crashed. Activities BC DE EF Cost to Crash 1 Week P.8.000 10,000 8,800 Cost to Crash 2 Weeks P15,000 19,600 19,500 REQUIRED: a New York Building desires to reduce the normal completion time Job # 181 and, at the same time, report the highest possible income for the year. New York Building should crash c. Activity EF 2 weeks a. Activity BC 1 week and activity EF 1 week b. Activity DE 1 week and activity BC 1 week d. Activity DE 1 week and activity EF 1 week b. Compute for the cost to crash of the activities.
New York Building Corporation uses the critical path method to monitor construction jobs. The company is currently 2 weeks behind schedule on Job #181, which is subject to a P10,500 per week completion penalty.
Path A-B-C-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 20 weeks, and critical path A-D-E-F-G-H-I has a normal completion time of 22 weeks. The following activities can be crashed.
Activities Cost to Crash 1 Week Cost to Crash 2 Weeks
BC P 8,000 P15,000
DE 10,000 19,600
EF 8,800 19,500
REQUIRED:
1. New York Building desires to reduce the normal completion time Job #181 and, at the same time, report the highest possible income for the year. New York Building should crash
a. Activity BC 1 week and activity EF 1 week
b. Activity DE 1 week and activity BC 1 week
c. Activity EF 2 weeks
d. Activity DE 1 week and activity EF 1 week
2. Compute for the cost to crash of the activities.
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