) Use Johnson’s Rule to set the sequence of processing the shipment through Quality Control. ii) How Much total time is required to process all the six shipments through Quality Control?

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A company receives parts from suppliers to be used in its manufacturing departments. The quality control department must perform two operation when shipments are received:
i) Operation A-draw a random sample, package, and deliver to testing, and
ii) Operation B-test the materials and issue a disposition report
There are currently six shipments waiting to be processed. The time estimates for processing these six shipments through quality control are:
Shipment                    Operation A (hours)                                     Operation B (hours)
1                                     1.5                                                                    1.0
2                                     1.1                                                                    2.7
3                                     1.2                                                                    1.4
4                                     0.7                                                                    1.6
5                                     1.6                                                                    1.5
6                                     1.9                                                                    2.9
i) Use Johnson’s Rule to set the sequence of processing the shipment through Quality Control.
ii) How Much total time is required to process all the six shipments through Quality Control?

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