Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Tax Preparers, Inc. works 250 days per year. The

Tax Preparers, Inc. works 250 days per year. The company uses adding machine tape at a rate of eight rolls per day. Usage is believed to be normally distributed with a standard deviation of three roll...

Q: Jack has asked you to calculate the following for Work Center 2

Jack has asked you to calculate the following for Work Center 2. a) Calculate the percentage of planned output needed to complete the planned inputs (planned input + backlog/planned output) at Work Ce...

Q: Henri’s Custom Gowns has six jobs waiting to be processed. Each

Henri’s Custom Gowns has six jobs waiting to be processed. Each gown is at the beading work center. The job information is shown here. Job Job Time (in days) Days until Due Job Time at Other Work...

Q: Henri has decided to try a different priority rule. a

Henri has decided to try a different priority rule. a) Using the data in Problem 5, determine the sequence Henri should follow if he uses the EDD (earliest due date) priority rule. b) Based on the seq...

Q: Henri has heard of the LPT (longest processing time) priority

Henri has heard of the LPT (longest processing time) priority rule and wonders how that would change the sequence of the jobs listed in Problem 5. a) Determine the sequence Henri should follow if he u...

Q: In an effort to be fair to his customers, Henri has

In an effort to be fair to his customers, Henri has decided to use the FCFS (first come, first served) priority rule. Using the job data from Problem 5, assume that the jobs arrive in order—that is, A...

Q: Henri recently learned about global priority rules. He is interested in

Henri recently learned about global priority rules. He is interested in the slack over remaining operations (S/RO) rule. a) Using the data in Problem 5, determine the sequence Henri should follow if h...

Q: Raquel has asked you to develop a sequence that minimizes makespan for

Raquel has asked you to develop a sequence that minimizes makespan for the sequence of jobs given in Problem 13. Compare the makespan, mean job flow time, and average number of jobs in the system to y...

Q: Barb’s Beach Bar operates seven days per week. Barb uses only

Barb’s Beach Bar operates seven days per week. Barb uses only full-time employees and wants each employee to have two consecutive days off each week. She believes that she needs a minimum of three emp...

Q: Kaizer Plastics produces a variety of plastic items for packaging and distribution

Kaizer Plastics produces a variety of plastic items for packaging and distribution. One item, container #145, has had a low contribution to profits. Last year, 20,000 units of container #145 were prod...