Bsop429

Part A

Situation: Jobs A, B, and C are waiting to be started on Machine Center X. When they are finished at this center, they must be moved to Machine Center Y for final processing. Machine capacity for both centers is 40 hours in a 5-day work week or 8 hours a day. It takes two (2) days to move a job from Center X to Center Y.

The following information pertains to jobs and work centers:

|Job |Machine Center X |Machine Center Y |Day Due |

| |(hours required) |(hours required) | |

|A |36 |20 |10 |

|B |96 |24 |17 |

|C |60 |28 |25 |

Ans.:

Since the due times are in days, they have to be converted into hours needed for each job at each work center into a percentage of a day.

|Job |Machine Center X |Machine Center Y |Day Due |

| |(hours required) |(hours required) | |

|A |36/8 = 4.5 |20/8 = 2.5 |10 |

|B |96/8 = 12 |24/8 = 3 |17 |

|C |60/8 = 7.5 |28/8 = 3.5 |25 |

Step 1: Earliest Due Date Schedule

Job A will start first at 0 day

| |Machine Center X |Machine Center X |Machine Center X |

|Job |Done |Due |Job Status |

|A |9 |10 |Completed on time |

|B |21.5 |17 |Not...