Fine’s Furniture is
known for its fine cedar chests. The tasks necessary to assemble
the cedar...
Fine’s Furniture is
known for its fine cedar chests. The tasks necessary to assemble
the cedar chests, the length of time needed to perform each task,
and the operations that must be complete prior to subsequent
operations are given below. With a production quota of 300 units in
a 35 hour week, the desired cycle time is closest to ______.
Element
Time
(min)
Predecessors
A
2
NONE
B
3
A
C
5
B
D
5
NONE
E
4
D
F...
Q1
Barton Sounds, Inc., produces high quality but
expensive headsets for audio mania group. Manufacturing...
Q1
Barton Sounds, Inc., produces high quality but
expensive headsets for audio mania group. Manufacturing the
headsets involves fourteen production tasks. Below is shown each
task with its required time to finish it and its preceding task or
tasks.
The Barton Sounds determines that there are 480
productive minutes of work available per day. Furthermore, the
production schedule requires that 40 units be completed as output
form the assembly line each day.
Please answer the following questions...
1. Four workers are available to perform tasks 1-4. However,
worker 1 can't do tasks 2,...
1. Four workers are available to perform tasks 1-4. However,
worker 1 can't do tasks 2, 3, or 4. Also, worker 2 can't do tasks 3
or 4 and worker 3 can't do tasks 1, 3, or 4. Worker 4 can do any
task. Each worker can do at most one task, and each task should be
performed at most once.
a) Draw the network for the maximum flow problem that can be
used to determine whether all tasks can...
The following process tasks, elemental times and precedence
relationships are given. Initially, the company expects a...
The following process tasks, elemental times and precedence
relationships are given. Initially, the company expects a
forecasted demand of 50 units/hour. Find an assembly line that will
produce the necessary output.
Task
Time (in seconds)
Immediate Predecessor
A
55
-
B
30
A
C
35
A
D
22
B
E
50
B,C
F
15
C
G
5
F
H
10
G
Part 2. Complete this exercise again, but this
time the company expects a forecasted demand of 20 units/hour. Find...
A computer scientist is investigating the usefulness of two
different design languages in improving programming tasks....
A computer scientist is investigating the usefulness of two
different design languages in improving programming tasks. Twelve
expert programmers, familiar with both languages, are asked to code
a standard function in both languages, and the time (in minutes) is
recorded. The data follow:
Programmer
Time
Design Language 1
Design Language 2
1
17
18
2
17
14
3
21
20
4
14
11
5
18
23
6
24
21
7
15
10
8
14
13
9
21
19
10
23...
Using the following information about work package budgets,
complete the overall time-phased budget for the following...
Using the following information about work package budgets,
complete the overall time-phased budget for the following project.
Which weeks have the greatest budget expense?
TASK
Budget
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
A
5
3
2
B
8
1
4
3
1
C
12
2
7
3
D
7
3
3
1
E
14
5
5
2
2
F
6
1
2
3
Plan
52
4
8
Cumulative
4
12
Brothers Bill and Ray are planning to build a duplex, as rental
property, on Perrin Street....
Brothers Bill and Ray are planning to build a duplex, as rental
property, on Perrin Street. The lot for the duplex sits back from
the road with a beautiful view. The plans for the duplex indicate
each half will be 1,450 square feet, totaling 2,900 square feet.
The average price for a lot and building similar to this one has
been $145 per square foot. Fortunately, Bill is an experience
painter and feels he can save money by painting the...
Data
For Tasks 1-8, consider the following data:
7.2, 1.2, 1.8, 2.8, 18, -1.9, -0.1, -1.5,...
Data
For Tasks 1-8, consider the following data:
7.2, 1.2, 1.8, 2.8, 18, -1.9, -0.1, -1.5, 13.0, 3.2, -1.1,
7.0, 0.5, 3.9, 2.1, 4.1, 6.5
In Tasks 1-8 you are asked to conduct some computations
regarding this data. The computation should be carried out
manually. All the steps that go into the computation should be
presented and explained. (You may use R in order to verify your
computation, but not as a substitute for conducting the manual
computations.)
A Random...