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The maintenance department of an Oil and Gas Company has 6 large drilling equipment waiting for repairs. These are labelled A, B, C, D, E and F. The respective repair times (in days) and the remaining days before the due date are given in the table below.
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- A company must perform a maintenance project consisting of seven activities. The activities, their predecessors, and their respective time estimates are presented here: Activity Break down both machines A Clean machine 1 Clean machine 2 Re-set machine 1 Re-set machine 2 Re-calibrate both machines F Final test 13 days 12 days Designation Immediate Predecessor Time in Days None O 11 days O 10 days ABCDEFG A ABCDF 9 days D and E Using CPM, what is the latest finish time for the last activity in this project (i.e.. the total time to complete the project)? 333 N 2 1 2 1Weighted-Average Method Arsenio Company manufactures a single product that goes throughtwo processes, mixing and cooking. The following data pertain to the mixing department for August:[LO 6-2, 6-5][LO 6-2, 6-3, 6-4]Work-in-Process Inventory, August 1Conversion: 80% complete 34,000 unitsWork-in-Process Inventory, August 31Conversion: 50% complete 30,000 unitsUnits started 66,000Units completed and transferred out ?CostsWork-in-Process Inventory, August 1Material X $ 64,800Material Y 88,100Conversion 119,880Costs added during AugustMaterial X 152,700Material Y 135,900Conversion 305,120Material X is added at the beginning of work in the mixing department. Material Y is also added in themixing department, but not until units are 60% complete with regard to conversion. Conversion costs areincurred uniformly during the process. The company uses the weighted-average cost method.Required1. Calculate the equivalent units of material X, material Y, and conversion for the mixing department.2.…Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities, immediate predecessors, and times appear in the accompanying table: Activity Predecessor (S) Time (Days) A - 2 B - 5 C - 1 D B 10 E A;D 3 F C 6 G E;F 8 Which activity has the highest slack time
- Esc Hg Time: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 08 seconds. * Question Completion Status: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 31 32 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 A Moving to another question will save this response. Question 16 of 32 Question 16 1 points Save Answer CASE: The correct implementation of new product development process helps minimize the risk of product failure. When Netflix wanted ideas for improving the accuracy of its Cinematch online recommendation system, it decided to "open it up to the world," promising a $1 million prize for the best solution. QUESTION: Identify the idea generation tool used by Netflix in this example. *** For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). BIUS Paragraph V AV V Ix V L %0 V System Font V 12pt 8 C FS BI A+ F3 B ! 1 F1 @ F2 F4 2 TW 11 الالالال ER F6 T 6 F7 Y & 17 F8 * U 8 F9 ( F10 9 27 - F11 0 POWERED BY TINY PriSc F12 P 1 InseThe City Commission of Nashville has decided to build a botanical garden and picnic area in the heart of the city for the recreation of its citizens. The precedence table for all the activities required to construct this area successfully is as follows: A- Time B- Code Description (hrs) Immediate Predecessor(s) C- A Find location; determine resource requirements 25 None Requisition of lumber and sand Dig and grade Saw lumber into appropriate sizes 55 A D- C 100 A E- 30 В E Position lumber in correct locations 20 D, C F- F Nail lumber together 10 E G- Put sand in and under the equipment Put dirt around the equipment G 25 F H F H- Put grass all over the garden, landscape, paint 35 G, H Refer to the legend for the activity that corresponds to each code. Using the line drawing tool, draw a Gantt chart for activities E through I of the project. 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 2201. A production department of a textile firm received six different orders this week. They have calculated the processing time presented as a table (below). They have also put the due dates for each job. Job A с E B D F Process. Time 2 4 5 8 10 12 Due Date 7 4 15 16 17 18 Based on the table please provide four sequences to complete the jobs: a) Using first come first served (FCFS) assuming the letters represent the order they arrive (A first, B next, then C, etc..) b) Using shortest processing time c) Using longest processing time d) Using due dates Calculate "average completion time", "average number of jobs in the system" and "average job lateness" for all the sequences you have generated above.
- Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities, immediate predecessors, and times appear in the accompanying table: Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (days) A − 4 B − 6 C − 1 D B 10 E A, D 5 F C 5 G E, F 8 This exercise contains only parts b, c, and d. Part 2 b) The critical activities for the leadership training program development project are ▼ B - D - E - G C - F - G A - E - G . Part 3 c) The project length for the leadership training program development project = enter your response here days. Part 4 d) Slack time for each of the activities is: Part 5 Part 6 Part 7…Eng. Samer, the director of software development department at SUC, in the process of designing a program that the students can use easily in the job-finding process. In the table below you can find the activities required to program the mentioned software: ID description Predecessor optimistic time most likely time pessemestic time crash time normal cost crash cost A System analysis None 2 4 6 3 2000 2400 B system design None 1 2 3 1 2200 2800 C subsystem design None 1 2 9 3 500 500 D programming A 3 7 17 4 2300 2600 E documentation C 4 6 8 3 900 1200 F subsystem test D,B,E 1 2 9 2 3000 4200 G integration test F,E 2 4 6 2 1400 2000 Draw project Network plan (diagram), and identifying all possible paths.Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities, immediate predecessors, and times appear in the accompanying table: Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (days) A − 2 B − 6 C − 1 D B 10 E A, D 3 F C 6 G E, F 8 This exercise contains only parts b, c, and d. b) The critical activities for the leadership training program development project are ▼ C - F - G A - E - G B - D - E - G . c) The project length for the leadership training program development project = enter your response here days. d) Slack time for each of the activities is: Activity Slack Time A enter your response here B enter your response…
- Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities, immediate predecessors, and times appear in the accompanying table: Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (days) A − 2 B − 5 C − 3 D B 10 E A, D 4 F C 5 G E, F 12 This exercise contains only parts b, c, and d. b) The critical activities for the leadership training program development project are B - D - E - G . c) The project length for the leadership training program development project = 31 days. d) Slack time for each of the activities is: Activity Slack Time A 00 B nothing C nothing D nothing E nothing F…The City Commission of Nashville has decided to build a botanical garden and picnic area in the heart of the city for the recreation of its aitizens. The precedence table for all the activities required to construct this area successfuly is as follows Time Code Description (hrs) Immediate Predecessor(a) Find location; determine resource requirements Requisition of lumber and sand Dig and grade Saw lumber into appropriate sizes Position lumber in correct locations Nail lumber together Put sand in and under the 25 None 55 A 105 25 20 15 20 equipment Put dirt around the equipment 10 Put grass all over the garden, 3D landscape, paint 25 G.H Refer to the legend for the activity that corresponds to each code. Using the line drawing tool, draw a Ganit chart for activites E trough i of the project. Click the graph, choose a tool in the palette and folow the instructions to create your graph. Remaininn: 02:16 49 C7-383 A plant manager needs a design for an assembly line to assembly a new product that is being introduced. The time requirements and immediate predecessors for the work elements are as follows: Work Element Time (sec) Immediate Predecessor A 12 – B 60 A C 36 – D 24 – E 38 C, D F 72 B, E G 14 – H 72 – I 35 G, H J 60 I K 12 F, J Total = 435 1.If the desired output rate is 30 units per hour, what are the cycle time and theoretical minimum? 2.Suppose that we are fortunate enough to find a solution with just four stations. What is the idle time per unit, efficiency, and the balance delay for this solution?