Operations Management: Processes And Supply Chains (12th Edition) (what's New In Operations Management)
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ISBN: 9780134742205
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 3AME
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Interpretation: The number of week’s activity ‘A’ can be delayed, until it becomes an activity in the critical path and the consequences of activity ‘A’ becoming critical are to be determined.
Concept Introduction: The longest time period that a particular activity in a project could be delayed without making an impact on its completion date is known as activity slack. This, in other words mean that activities in the critical path cannot have slack as they cannot be delayed. Slack details of activities are useful as they can be used to identify activities that require close attention.
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Operations Management: Processes And Supply Chains (12th Edition) (what's New In Operations Management)
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