Operations Management
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Author: HEIZER, Jay, RENDER, Barry, Munson, Chuck
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Chapter 15, Problem 1.3VC
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
The case deals about the conversion of a concert floor to a basketball court. The details about the center were given. The available crew size is given as 16. The following information is given in the case:
To determine: Whether Person C has extra personnel or a shortage of personnel.
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To keep up with the market demands, Dolphin Technologies allows overtime for each of the two departments. The cost per hour of overtime for the Chip Manufacturing Department is $20, and $12 for Case Fabricating Department. Formulate a linear programming model can be used to determine the optimal production
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Question 4:
A Chemical Company LLC is unable to satisfy customer demand for one of their products. The ratios for mixing the outputs from processes C, D and E are 2, 1 and 1 respectively. The ratio for
the departments F and G is 3 and 1, and the ratio for departments H and I is 4 and 1. Using Table Q4, Determine the following;
(1) The system capacity and bottleneck;
(ii) How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck
Table Q4
Capacity (liters/hour)
350
Department
Predecessors
A
В
400
A
C
350
В
250
E
200
F
750
C, D and E
G
300
H
850
F, and G
350
J
1100
H and I
K
1350
J
Question 4:
A Chemical Company LLC is unable to satisfy customer demand for one of their products. The ratios for mixing the outputs from processes C, D and E a re 2, 1 and 1 respectively. The ratio for the
departments F and G is 3 and 1, and the ratio for departments H and I is 4 and 1. Using Table Q4, Determine the following;
(i) The system capacity and bottleneck;
(ii) How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck
Table Q4
Department
A
Capacity (liters/hour)
Predecessors
450
450
A
C
350
D
250
E
250
F
750
C, D and E
300
950
F, and G
350
J
1100
H and I
K
1400
J
Chapter 15 Solutions
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