A plant is planning to install a new shift to its existing production capacity
Ask Expert

Be Prepared For The Toughest Questions

Practice Problems

A plant is planning to install a new shift to its existing production capacity

QUESTION 2: 

A plant is planning to install a new shift to its existing production capacity. There are a number of activities from legal requirements to human resource issues to be completed before the shift becomes productive. The management has determined the activities required completing the project; network is drawn by using precedence relationship as follows:  (duration is in week/s)

Activity

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

Activity Cost per week ($000)

21

18

24

18

32

15

18

40

28

15

18

32

36

30

44


a) What is project completion time?

b) Develop a baseline budget form for this project assuming that all tasks start at their late starting times and costs given for each activity is equally distributed over the duration of activities. (e.g. if activity cost is 48 and duration is 8 then cost for each period will be 6)   

(Must use given template and it must be typed. Don’t alter the table. Don’t change the Font size))


c)  What is BAC of the above project?

d) In which week/s you need the most cash?

e) In the given network, calculate free slack and complete the table given as asked. (Add as many rows you needed)

No.

Activities

Free Slack > 0

1.

 

 

Hint
BusinessShift length entails the determination of shifts by hours’ length in every shift. On-off work patterns, schedule formats, and shift length represent the primary work shift (s) scheduling tactics. Schedule format entails assigning workers identical shifts every day or the rotation of the same in varied shifts. ...

Know the process

Students succeed in their courses by connecting and communicating with
an expert until they receive help on their questions

1
img

Submit Question

Post project within your desired price and deadline.

2
img

Tutor Is Assigned

A quality expert with the ability to solve your project will be assigned.

3
img

Receive Help

Check order history for updates. An email as a notification will be sent.

img
Unable to find what you’re looking for?

Consult our trusted tutors.

Developed by Versioning Solutions.