Principles Of Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780135173930
Author: RENDER, Barry, HEIZER, Jay, Munson, Chuck
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 15, Problem 10DQ
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To determine: The effective measures for dispatching rules
Introduction: Assignment method is one of the methods available in the process of optimization. Here, the jobs would be assigned to every available resource.
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Q. 3
What is the total makespan from Question 1?
Question 1: Four floral arranging jobs are to be carried out across three stations: A (Arrange), B (Bag), C (crop) shown. The station sequences and job times in minutes are shown below, along with the due dates for each job. Using an "earliest due date" job dispatching priority rule, which, if any, of the jobs in will be late?
Answer was Job 4
Group of answer choices
a. 100
b. 130
c. 150
d. 170
e. 200
Question one:
Suppose a radiology department uses FCFS to determine how to sequence patient x-rays. Assuming these data are
representative, compare between FCFS and other scheduling rules should the radiology department be using and why
Processing Time
(Minutes)
Due Time (Minutes
from Now)
Patient
A
35
140
B
15
180
35
360
D
25
290
E
30
420
F
25
20
G
35
180
H
30
290
20
110
K
25
150
L
15
270
M
30
390
20
220
20
400
P
10
330
Q
10
80
R
15
230
20
370
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