A certain department store prepares monthly inventory reports for use by the store's purchasing agents. Given the following information, use the critical path method to determine: a. Draw the network diagram using AOA and AON approaches. b. Compute the earliest and latest times of start and finish for each activity. c. Determine the total slack of each activity. d. Which activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any subsequent activity? e. f. g. Activity A B C D E F What is the critical path? How long the total process will take? Develop a time schedule for the project. Description Get computer printouts of consumers purchases Get stock records for the month Reconcile Purchase printouts and stock records Summarize stock records by department Identify recorder quantities for coming period Prepare stock reports for purchasing agents Immediate Predecessor A, B A, B D C, E Time (hrs) 10 20 25 20 35 15

A certain department store prepares monthly inventory reports for use by the store's purchasing agents. Given the following information, use the critical path method to determine: a. Draw the network diagram using AOA and AON approaches. b. Compute the earliest and latest times of start and finish for each activity. c. Determine the total slack of each activity. d. Which activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any subsequent activity? e. What is the critical path? f. How long the total process will take? g. Develop a time schedule for the project