Jamison Day Consultants has been entrusted with the task of evaluating a business plan that has been divided into four sections—marketing, finance, operations, and human resources.

Chris, Steve, Juana, and Rebecca form the evaluation team. Each of them has expertise in a certain field and tends to finish that section faster. The estimated times taken by each team member for each section have been outlined in the following table. Further information states that each of these individuals is paid $60/hour.

a) Assign each member to a different section such that Jamison Consultants’s overall cost is minimized.

b) What is the total cost of these assignments?

Times Taken by Team Members for Different Sections (minutes)

MARKETING FINANCE OPERATIONS HR Chris 80 120 125 140 Steve 20 115 145 160 Juana 40 100 85 45 Rebecca 65 35 25 75 L 0 1