4. A Salalah Coffee Company in Salalah, Oman has contracted XYZ M\&I Company for the refurbishment and improvement of coffee filling and packing line with twenty-five Filling and Packaging machines. Table 4-1 shows the activities for the maintenance and improvement project prepared by XYZ M\&I Company. The Salalah Coffee Company will penalize 2500 OMR for every day of delay of the project implementation. The project can be crashed using the optimistic time estimates as shown in Table 4-1. Different resources are shown in the Table 4-2. Perform the following: (i) Using a Microsoft Project develop a Gantt chart and Network diagram for M\&I project contracted and determine the critical path. How long is the project expected to take? [10] (ii) What is the probability of finishing the M\&I project 1 week ahead of the expected completion date? [8] (iii) If it is necessary to crash to 2 weeks earlier, how would XYZM&I Company do so, and at what costs? As noted in the case, assume that optimistic time estimates can be used as crash time. [10] (iv) Assign the different resources in the Gantt chart and generate dashboard and cash flow report in the MS Project. [7] [Total marks 35] Title 4-1: Coffee Packing Line Maintenance \& Improvement Project Title 4-2: Manpower Resource Details for Coffee Packing Line M\&l Project 4. A Salalah Coffee Company in Salalah, Oman has contracted XYZ M\&I Company for the refurbishment and improvement of coffee filling and packing line with twenty-five Filling and Packaging machines. Table 4-1 shows the activities for the maintenance and improvement project prepared by XYZ M\&I Company. The Salalah Coffee Company will penalize 2500 OMR for every day of delay of the project implementation. The project can be crashed using the optimistic time estimates as shown in Table 4-1. Different resources are shown in the Table 4-2. Perform the following: (i) Using a Microsoft Project develop a Gantt chart and Network diagram for M\&I project contracted and determine the critical path. How long is the project expected to take? [10] (ii) What is the probability of finishing the M\&I project 1 week ahead of the expected completion date? [8] (iii) If it is necessary to crash to 2 weeks earlier, how would XYZM&I Company do so, and at what costs? As noted in the case, assume that optimistic time estimates can be used as crash time. [10] (iv) Assign the different resources in the Gantt chart and generate dashboard and cash flow report in the MS Project. [7] [Total marks 35] Title 4-1: Coffee Packing Line Maintenance \& Improvement Project Title 4-2: Manpower Resource Details for Coffee Packing Line M\&l Project
