a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project completion date = ______ weeks Part 3 b) To reduce the duration of the project to 10 weeks at the least cost, the following is the order of what needs to be followed while crashing the activities: Part 4 The first activity to crash is ___ by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of ____ dollars. Part 5 Next, one should crash activity D and activity ____ By 2 weeks for an additional total per week crashing cost of ______ dollars. Part 6 c) New requirements are to reduce the project to 7 weeks. Continuing to crash the activities from 10 weeks based on the above crashing already completed, the following is the order for crashing: Part 7 The next activity to crash in order is _____ by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of ____ dollars. Part 8 Next, one should crash the activity_____ and activity E by 1 week at a total per week crashing cost of _______ dollars. Part 9 Total cost of crashing the project to 7 weeks = ___ dollars.
16. Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table:
|
Activity |
Normal Time (weeks) |
Crash Time (weeks) |
Normal Cost |
Total Cost with Crashing |
Immediate Predecessor(s) |
|
A |
3 |
2 |
$1,200 |
$1,850 |
— |
|
B |
2 |
1 |
$2,000 |
$2,800 |
— |
|
C |
1 |
1 |
$300 |
$300 |
— |
|
D |
7 |
3 |
$1,400 |
$1,720 |
A |
|
E |
6 |
3 |
$850 |
$1,000 |
B |
|
F |
2 |
1 |
$4,250 |
$5,250 |
C |
|
G |
4 |
2 |
$1,500 |
$2,200 |
D, E |
Part 2
a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project completion date = ______ weeks
Part 3
b) To reduce the duration of the project to 10 weeks at the least cost, the following is the order of what needs to be followed while crashing the activities:
Part 4
The first activity to crash is ___ by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of ____ dollars.
Part 5
Next, one should crash activity D and activity ____ By 2 weeks for an additional total per week crashing cost of ______ dollars.
Part 6
c) New requirements are to reduce the project to 7 weeks. Continuing to crash the activities from 10 weeks based on the above crashing already completed, the following is the order for crashing:
Part 7
The next activity to crash in order is _____ by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of ____ dollars.
Part 8
Next, one should crash the activity_____ and activity E by 1 week at a total per week crashing cost of _______ dollars.
Part 9
Total cost of crashing the project to 7 weeks = ___ dollars.
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