Exam 16: Scheduling

In an assignment method problem, if it takes Abe 3 hours to build a birdhouse and 4 hours for a doghouse, while Betty takes 4 hours for a birdhouse and 3 hours for a doghouse, what is the reduced cost (in hours) of assigning Abe to build the doghouse?

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Question 101

Can an optimum assignment be made after the first modification of the row and column reductions table?

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Question 102

The SPT rule minimizes idle time for subsequent operations.

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Question 103

Bottlenecks may shift with the passage of time, so that different operations become bottleneck operations at different times.

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Question 104

What is the idle time at machine B for the optimum schedule?

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Question 105

Using the cost information given in the table below, assign work crews to jobs so that total cost is minimized.

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Question 106

What is the average completion time for the shortest processing time (SPT) priority rule? Average job tardiness? Average number of jobs at the center?

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Question 107

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to:

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Question 108

Priority rules are widely used to sequence jobs in high-volume systems.

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Question 109

What is the sequence which will minimize throughput time?

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Question 110

What is the optimum job sequence for the jobs listed below using Johnson's Rule?

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Question 111

Where in the optimum sequence should car E be scheduled?

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Question 112

Job X arrived at work center Q at noon.At 2 p.m.that same day X was begun.X left work center Q at 3:15 p.m.that same day.X's flow time, in minutes, was __________.

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Question 113

A manager must assign four engineers to projects, one to a project.The leader of Project C has indicated that he does not want engineer 2 or 3 on his project.Given the cost figures below for each project-engineer combination, and keeping in mind that two combinations are undesirable, determine assignments such that total cost will be minimized.

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Question 114

In a single work center, makespan improvement can be accomplished by selecting the optimal sequencing rule.

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Question 115

For the optimal schedule, what is the total number of hours required to complete these jobs?

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Question 116

The matrix below shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations.Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the Assignment method?

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Question 117

In an assignment model where there are fewer jobs than resources:

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Question 118

Can an optimum assignment be made after the row and column reductions?

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Question 119

If he uses the shortest processing time first (SPT) priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average number of jobs in his shop today?

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Exam 16: Scheduling

In an assignment method problem, if it takes Abe 3 hours to build a birdhouse and 4 hours for a doghouse, while Betty takes 4 hours for a birdhouse and 3 hours for a doghouse, what is the reduced cost (in hours) of assigning Abe to build the doghouse?

Can an optimum assignment be made after the first modification of the row and column reductions table?

The SPT rule minimizes idle time for subsequent operations.

Bottlenecks may shift with the passage of time, so that different operations become bottleneck operations at different times.

What is the idle time at machine B for the optimum schedule?

Using the cost information given in the table below, assign work crews to jobs so that total cost is minimized.

What is the average completion time for the shortest processing time (SPT) priority rule? Average job tardiness? Average number of jobs at the center?

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to:

Priority rules are widely used to sequence jobs in high-volume systems.

What is the sequence which will minimize throughput time?

What is the optimum job sequence for the jobs listed below using Johnson's Rule?

Where in the optimum sequence should car E be scheduled?

Job X arrived at work center Q at noon.At 2 p.m.that same day X was begun.X left work center Q at 3:15 p.m.that same day.X's flow time, in minutes, was __________.

In a single work center, makespan improvement can be accomplished by selecting the optimal sequencing rule.

For the optimal schedule, what is the total number of hours required to complete these jobs?

The matrix below shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations.Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the Assignment method?

In an assignment model where there are fewer jobs than resources:

Can an optimum assignment be made after the row and column reductions?

If he uses the shortest processing time first (SPT) priority rule to schedule these jobs, what will be the average number of jobs in his shop today?

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