a) What is the project completion date? b) Crash this project to 10 weeks at the least cost. c) Crash this project to 7 weeks (which is the maximum it can be crashed) at the least cost. PX

Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 20P: Julie James is opening a lemonade stand. She believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question
100%
••• 3.32 Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial
use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller
X ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities
necessary to build an experimental model and related data are
given in the following table:
NORMAL CRASH
TIME
NORMAL CRASH
ACTIVITY (WEEKS) (WEEKS) COST ($) COST ($) PREDECESSOR(S)
TIME
IMMEDIATE
A
3
1,000
1,600
В
2
1
2,000
2,700
C
1
1
300
300
D
7
3
1,300
1,600
A
E
3
850
1,000
F
1
4,000
5,000
C
4
2
1,500
2,000
D, E
a) What is the project completion date?
b) Crash this project to 10 weeks at the least cost.
c) Crash this project to 7 weeks (which is the maximum it can be
crashed) at the least cost. PX
Transcribed Image Text:••• 3.32 Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller X ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are given in the following table: NORMAL CRASH TIME NORMAL CRASH ACTIVITY (WEEKS) (WEEKS) COST ($) COST ($) PREDECESSOR(S) TIME IMMEDIATE A 3 1,000 1,600 В 2 1 2,000 2,700 C 1 1 300 300 D 7 3 1,300 1,600 A E 3 850 1,000 F 1 4,000 5,000 C 4 2 1,500 2,000 D, E a) What is the project completion date? b) Crash this project to 10 weeks at the least cost. c) Crash this project to 7 weeks (which is the maximum it can be crashed) at the least cost. PX
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 1 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Inventory management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781337406659
Author:
WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259667473
Author:
William J Stevenson
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259666100
Author:
F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Business in Action
Business in Action
Operations Management
ISBN:
9780135198100
Author:
BOVEE
Publisher:
PEARSON CO
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781285869681
Author:
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781478623069
Author:
Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:
Waveland Press, Inc.