The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair. He would like to minimize the throughput time (makespan)
The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair. He would like to minimize the throughput time (makespan) to complete all work on these cars. Each car requires body work prior to painting. The estimates of the times required to do the body and paint work on each are as follows:
| Car | Body Work (Hours) | Paint (Hours) |
| A | 8 | 7 |
| B | 9 | 4 |
| C | 7 | 9 |
| D | 3 | 4 |
| E | 12 | 5 |
How much time, in hours, is needed to complete all the five jobs (refer to the Johnson's rule and the Gantt diagram)?
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