Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
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ISBN: 9781119320975
Author: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor III
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 17, Problem 22P
Updike Upholstery cuts and sews fabric for custom ordered chairs, ottomans, and sofas. Often, the more complicated patterns are for the smaller pieces, where cutting is more time consuming than sewing. Thus, cutting and sewing times vary. Today’s list of jobs, shown below, are for an important customer who needs them shipped out (in one shipment) as soon as possible. Determine the sequence of jobs that will complete the customer’s order as quickly as possible, and notify the customer when the order is expected to ship.
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Updike Upholstery cuts and sews fabric for customordered chairs, ottomans, and sofas. Often, the more com-plicated patterns are for the smaller pieces, where cuttingis more time consuming than sewing. Thus, cutting andsewing times vary. Today’s list of jobs, shown below, arefor an important customer who needs them shipped out(in one shipment) as soon as possible. Determine thesequence of jobs that will complete the customer’s orderas quickly as possible, and notify the customer when theorder is expected to ship.
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B1
B2
B3
C1
C2
C3
D1
D2
D3
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A service process is described by the above flowchart. After going through
workstation A, an order needs to be processed by one of the three lines, B1-C1-D1,
B2-C2-D2, or B3-C3-D3 (in other words, they are substitutable). Finally, all orders
need to go through workstation E.
The capacities of the individual workstations are given as follows:
Workstation A has a capacity of 3 orders/hour
• Workstation B1, B2, and B3 have the same capacity of 4 orders/hour
• Workstation C1, C2, and C3 have the same capacity of 3 orders/hour
• Workstation D1, D2, and D3 have the same capacity of 4 orders/hour
• Workstation E has a capacity of 6 orders/hour
What is process time of this service process in minutes?
Hi, I'm stuck on the remaining parts of this Operations Management problem. Please help. Thanks!
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