A publisher has eight book manuscripts to be processed through two operations in the following order: printing

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A publisher has eight book manuscripts to be processed through two operations in the following order: printing first and then binding. Processing times in hours for these two operations for each of the book manuscripts are given in the following table. Determine the sequence that will minimize the makespan time for processing these eight book manuscripts. What is the total idle time in the binding operation work center?

Book Printing Binding 17 12 4. 4 4 6. 12

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Operations Management Managing Global Supply Chains

ISBN: 978-1506302935

1st edition

Authors: Ray R. Venkataraman, Jeffrey K. Pinto

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