2. The Thompson Toilet Company has the following information on five jobs waiting to be processed in

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2. The Thompson Toilet Company has the following information on five jobs waiting to be processed in the bowl-molding work center. Processing can start immediately.

Remaining Due Date Remaining Processing Time (Days from Number of Job (Days) Now) Operations B 4 8 4 O 8 7 3 W 12 24 4 L 7 7 2 S 9 4 2

a. If the slack per operation scheduling rule is used, in what order would the jobs be started?

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

c. What is the average number of jobs in the system using the sequence in part a?

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Manufacturing Planning And Control For Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 9780073377827

6th Edition

Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, William Berry, David Clay Whybark, Thomas Vollmann

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