Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781260238891
Author: Stevenson
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 16, Problem 5P
Use the assignment method to obtain a plan that will minimize the
a. The combination 2-D is undesirable
b. The combinations 1-A and 2-D are undesirable
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Use the assignment method to obtain a plan that will minimize the processing costs inthefollowing table under the following conditions:
a. The combination 2-D is undesirable.
b. The combinations 1-A and 2-D are undesirable.
A mortgage service office has the following four activities involved in approving a loan application. Note that a working day is 8 hours and there are 60 minutes in one hour.
Activity
Time (minutes)
A. Property survey
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B. Credit report
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C. Title search
18
D. Final decision
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The office has three employees, activities A, B and C are combined together and assigned to two employees, while the other employee is responsible for the last activity D. Under this setting, what would be the maximum number of loan applications the office can process per day?
Numbers only, keep three decimals if not exact, either round up or down is ok
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Chapter 16 Solutions
Operations Management
Ch. 16 - Why is scheduling fairly simple for repetitive...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2DRQCh. 16 - What are Gantt charts? How are they used in...Ch. 16 - Prob. 4DRQCh. 16 - Briefly describe each of these priority rules: a....Ch. 16 - Why are priority rules needed?Ch. 16 - What problems not generally found in manufacturing...Ch. 16 - Explain forward and backward schedulings and each...Ch. 16 - Prob. 9DRQCh. 16 - Prob. 10DRQ
Ch. 16 - Prob. 11DRQCh. 16 - What general trade-offs are involved in sequencing...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2TSCh. 16 - Prob. 3TSCh. 16 - One approach that can be effective in reducing the...Ch. 16 - Doctors and dentists offices frequently schedule...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3CTECh. 16 - Use the assignment method to determine the best...Ch. 16 - Rework Problem 1, treating the numbers in the...Ch. 16 - Assign trucks to delivery routes so that total...Ch. 16 - Develop an assignment plan that will minimize...Ch. 16 - Use the assignment method to obtain a plan that...Ch. 16 - The following table contains information...Ch. 16 - Using the information presented in the following...Ch. 16 - The following table shows orders to be processed...Ch. 16 - A wholesale grocery distribution center uses a...Ch. 16 - The times required to complete each of eight jobs...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11PCh. 16 - A shoe repair operation uses a two-step sequence...Ch. 16 - The following schedule was prepared by the...Ch. 16 - The production manager must determine the...Ch. 16 - A foreman has determined processing times at a...Ch. 16 - Given the information in the following table,...Ch. 16 - Given the following information on job times and...Ch. 16 - Prob. 18PCh. 16 - The following table contains order-dependent setup...Ch. 16 - The following table contains order-dependent setup...Ch. 16 - Prob. 21PCh. 16 - Given this information on planned and actual...Ch. 16 - Given the following data on inputs and outputs at...Ch. 16 - Determine the minimum number of workers needed,...Ch. 16 - Determine the minimum number of workers needed,...Ch. 16 - Determine the minimum number of workers needed,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 1CQ
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