The following jobs are waiting for processing at a work center. There are 7 hours in each productive day. It is currently the start of day 211.

The due days are all when the jobs are due by the end of the day they are due, and the jobs are listed in the order they arrived at the work center. The work center uses a due date priority system, with first come, first serve to break "ties."

a. Use vertical loading to load the jobs, assuming infinite capacity. What possible problems/issues do you see and how would you resolve them?

b. Now load the jobs assuming finite capacity. Again, what problems do you see and how would you resolve them?

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Job Quantity Due day Setup time Standard time per piece ABCDEFG 120 211 30 minutes 2.1 minutes 200 212 40 minutes 1.7 minutes 100 212 20 minutes 1.2 minutes 250 213 35 minutes 1.5 minutes 150 214 50 minutes 2.3 minutes 200 214 65 minutes 3.2 minutes 150 214 30 minutes 1.9 minutes