Operations Management
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To determine: Average inventory of the projects in FCFS sequence.
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Currently a company that designs Web sites has six customers in its backlog. The time since the order arrived, processing time, and promised due dates are given in the following table.
Job
Time Since Order Arrived
(days ago)
Processing Time
(days)
Due Date
(days from now)
A
6
18
48
B
4
22
52
C
1
30
70
D
10
14
28
E
7
12
56
F
5
20
62
Develop a schedule by using the first-come, first-served (FCFS) rule and calculate the average flow time and average days past due for the schedule.
Develop a schedule by using the earliest due date (EDD) rule and calculate the average flow time and average days past due for the schedule.
Comment on the performance of the FCFS and EDD rules relative to average flow time and average days past due.
So how to calculate the following below:
Avg. lateness = ? days
Avg. completion time = ?? days
Avg. number of jobs in the system = ? jobs
The following jobs are waiting to be processed at a small machine center.
JOB
10
20
30
40
50
DUE DATE
260
256
260
265
275
DURATION (DAYS)
According to the LPT rule, the sequence of jobs should be 10, 50, 40, 20, 30
b) What is the average completion (flow) time?
The average completion (flow) time is 62.8 days (round your response to one decimal place)
c) What is the average job lateness?
The average job lateness is 11.0 days (round your response to one decimal place).
d) What is the average number of jobs in the system?
The average number of jobs in the system is jobs (round your response to one decimal place).
28
12
8
18
22
D
Points: 2 of 4
All dates are specified as manufacturing planning calendar days. Assume that all jobs arrived on day 200 (yesterday) in the order shown but are not scheduled to begin until day 201 (today).
a) Sequence the jobs according to LPT
Chapter 18 Solutions
Operations Management
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