Practical Operations Management
Practical Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781939297136
Author: Simpson
Publisher: HERCHER PUBLISHING,INCORPORATED
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Chapter 14, Problem 26P

(a)

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Interpretation: The tardiness of the Job O If the Job O, L, and D are completed in the alphabetical order.

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In the scheduling process, the term tardiness is stated as the process of measuring the delays in executing certain operations. It can also be described as the amount of the time by which a job misses its specific deadline.

(b)

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Interpretation: The make-span of the schedule If the Job O, L, and D are completed in the alphabetical order.

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In the project scheduling process, make-span is nothing but the distance in time that proceeds from the start of the work till its completion.

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Interpretation:

The flow time of the sequence if the shortest processing time was used to sequence the three Jobs L, O, and D.

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In the shortest processing time (SPT) rule, the job having the shortest time is completed first and then the next job is to be addressed.

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