The fixed drilling machine is a bottleneck operation in one production system. Currently, five tasks are waiting to be processed. See below the available operations data. Suppose the current date week R and that the number and time of operation the rest include operation on the fixed drilling machine. Assignment Time to processing Date of delivery Operations remaining Time to remaining operation (week)       AA 4 10 3 4   BB 8 16 4 6   CC 13 21 10 9   DD 6 23 3 12   EE 2 12 5 3                           Assignment Release time Size of the lot Time to processing (h / unit) Time to preparation (H) Delivery date 1 9am monday 50 0,06 4 21h monday 2 10am monday 120 0,05 3 22h monday 3 11h monday 260 0,03 5 23h monday 4 12h monday 200 0,04 2 2h Tuesday 1. Specify the priority for each task if the system shop floor control systems use each of the following sequencing rules: SPT, S / RO, EDD. 2. For each sequencing rule, calculate the time flow rate per task on the fixed drilling machine. 3. Which of these sequencing rules would work best for priority planning with a MRP system

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The fixed drilling machine is a bottleneck operation in one production system. Currently, five tasks are waiting to be processed. See below the available operations data. Suppose the current date week R and that the number and time of operation the rest include operation on the fixed drilling machine.

Assignment Time to processing Date of delivery Operations remaining Time to remaining operation (week)  
 
 
AA 4 10 3 4  
BB 8 16 4 6  
CC 13 21 10 9  
DD 6 23 3 12  
EE 2 12 5 3  
           
           
Assignment Release time Size of the lot Time to processing (h / unit) Time to preparation (H) Delivery date
1 9am monday 50 0,06 4 21h monday
2 10am monday 120 0,05 3 22h monday
3 11h monday 260 0,03 5 23h monday
4 12h monday 200 0,04 2 2h Tuesday

1. Specify the priority for each task if the system shop floor control systems use each of the following sequencing rules: SPT, S / RO, EDD.

2. For each sequencing rule, calculate the time flow rate per task on the fixed drilling machine.

3. Which of these sequencing rules would work best for priority planning with a MRP system? Why

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