Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781260238891
Author: Stevenson
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 17, Problem 16P
Chuck’s Custom Boats (CCB) builds luxury yachts to customer order. CCB has landed a contract with a mysterious New York lawyer (Mr. T). Relevant data are shown on the next page. The complication is that Mr. T wants delivery in 32 weeks or he will impose a penalty of $375 for each week his yacht is late. Note: No activity can be crashed more than two weeks.
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What is the minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days?
NORMAL
TIME (DAYS)
CRASH TIME
(DAYS)
5
4
ACTIVITY
Design (A)
Wiring (8)
Chip install (C)
7
5
3
4
7
2
2
4
NORMAL
COST
300
900
500
CRASH
COST
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1,200
350
975
575
Software (D)
Testing (E)
The minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days is $1,875 (enter your response as a whole number).
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSOR(S)
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1,650
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Operations Management
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