1. The Pohl Pool Company has seven jobs waiting to be processed through its liner department.

Each job’s estimated processing times and due dates are as follows:

Processing Due Date Job Time (Days) (Days from Now)

A 4 8 B 13 37 C 6 8 D 3 7 E 11 39 F 9 21 G 8 16

a. Using the shortest processing time scheduling rule, in what order would the jobs be completed?

Processing can start immediately.

b. What is the average completion time (in days) of the sequence calculated in part a?

c. What is the average job lateness (in days) of the sequence calculated in part a?