Read the case raised ("Old Oregon Wood Store")

Answer the next questions:

Which resolution method do you think is more practical: manual method, on paper, manual method supported by the use of Excel, or the use of Excel Solver? explain.

What do you think the case refers to when it mentions: "George records the average of the total and intermediate finishing times"? Explain with an example.

Considering the assignment of jobs that the company currently has, how long does it take to manufacture a complete table? How often is a table finished? Who is the bottleneck (slowest station)? How many tables can be produced? in 8 hours of work?

When comparing question 2 and part of question 4 of the case, is there really any difference between them? explain.

Question 2: Would production rates and quantities change significantly if George allowed Randy to perform one of the four roles and made someone from the original staff the backup employee?

Question 4: Can you find a better way to use a staff of four or five than to give each one a single task?

What happens when an allocation model is unbalanced (that is, the number of resources does not equal the number of tasks)? When solving in Solver, how should the constraints be modified?