Operations Management In The Supply Chain Decisions And Cases 7th
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ISBN: 9781259718779
Author: Roger G Schroeder And Susan Meyer Goldstein
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 4P
A plant start-up is based on the following network:
| Activity | Immediate Predecessor | Activity Time |
| A | – | 4 |
| B | – | 8 |
| C | – | 3 |
| D | A | 3 |
| E | A | 6 |
| F | C | 5 |
| G | B, D | 6 |
- a. Draw a network for this project.
- b. What is the project completion time?
- c. Identify the critical path
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D
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a) Draw the network diagram for this project
b) Calculate for the slack time
c) Find the critical path
d) When is the project completion time
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Operations Management In The Supply Chain Decisions And Cases 7th
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