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Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens.
The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table:
Total Cost
Normal Time
Crash Time Normal
with
Immediate
Activity
(weeks)
(weeks)
Cost
Crashing Predecessor(s)
$1,400
$2,000
$2,100
$2,800
A
3
2.
1
C
1
$300
$300
A
$1,400
$900
$1,680
$1,050
$5,750
D
7
E
$4,250
$1,800
F
1
G
4
$2,300
D, E
weeks.
a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project completion date =
b) To reduce the duration of the project to 10 weeks at the least cost, the following is the order of what needs to be followed while crashing the activities:
The first activity to crash is
by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of
dollars.
Next, one should crash activity D and activity
by 2 weeks for an additional total per week crashing cost of
dollars.
c) New requirements are to reduce the project to 7 weeks. Continuing to crash the activities from 10 weeks based on the above crashing already completed, the
following is the order for crashing:
Next activity to crash in order is
V by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of
dollars.
Next, one should crash activity
and activity E by 1 week at a total per week crashing cost of
dollars.
Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.
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Transcribed Image Text:Question Help Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table: Total Cost Normal Time Crash Time Normal with Immediate Activity (weeks) (weeks) Cost Crashing Predecessor(s) $1,400 $2,000 $2,100 $2,800 A 3 2. 1 C 1 $300 $300 A $1,400 $900 $1,680 $1,050 $5,750 D 7 E $4,250 $1,800 F 1 G 4 $2,300 D, E weeks. a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project completion date = b) To reduce the duration of the project to 10 weeks at the least cost, the following is the order of what needs to be followed while crashing the activities: The first activity to crash is by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of dollars. Next, one should crash activity D and activity by 2 weeks for an additional total per week crashing cost of dollars. c) New requirements are to reduce the project to 7 weeks. Continuing to crash the activities from 10 weeks based on the above crashing already completed, the following is the order for crashing: Next activity to crash in order is V by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of dollars. Next, one should crash activity and activity E by 1 week at a total per week crashing cost of dollars. Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes. 133
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