EBK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Chapter B, Problem 29P
Bowman Builders manufactures steel storage sheds for commercial use. Joe Bowman, president of Bowman Builders, is contemplating producing sheds for home use. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are given in Table B.2.
- a. What is the project normal time completion date? (See Chapter 3 for a review of project management.)
- b. Formulate an LP problem to crash this project to 10 weeks.
TABLE B.2 Data for Problem B.29
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Activity Description
Duration (days) Preceding Activities
A
Determine user needs
9
в
Review s/w and languages
7
Purchase software
9.
D
Design format and style
B.
E
Write programs
7
Review outcome product
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1. Draw the path.
2. Calculate the carly finishing time (forwards calculations)
3. Highlight the total time to complete the project (days or weeks)
4. Calculate the late finishing time (backwards calculations)
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