Homework
Learning Outcome
o Understand the concept of process selection, forecasting, capacity planning, production forecast methods and schedule operations.
o Apply knowledge and skills to optimize production objective of maximizing profits using qualitative and quantitative techniques in related areas of operations management.
o Exhibit the knowledge of lean system, quality controls and green systems
Question I
o Workers should be given more control over the inspection for their own work. Discuss the pros and cons of this situation?
Question II
o What are the advantages of Exponential smoothing over the Moving average and the Weighted moving average?
o Explain the aggregate planning strategy?
Question III
Sequence the jobs shown below by using a Gantt chart. Sequence the jobs in priority order 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Job Work Center/Machine Hours
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Due Date (days)
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1
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A/3, B/2, C/2
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3
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2
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C/2, A/4
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2
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3
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B/6, A/1, C/3
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4
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4
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C/4, A/1, B/2
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3
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o Using finite capacity scheduling, draw a Gantt chart for the schedule.
o What is the makespan?
o How much machine idle time is there?
o How much idle time (waiting time) is there for each job?
o When is each job delivered?
o Which department is the bottleneck?
o Calculate the machine utilization?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.