7. The Optima Shop has two work centers: Big Mess and No Problem.

The Monday list of orders to be filled this week shows the total setup and total run time requirements (in hours) at the two centers.

Joe Biggs, the scheduler of Optima, said his first criterion is to minimize setups, and the second is to prioritize customer orders in numerical order.

a. How should he schedule part production in the two centers? (Please illustrate using a Gantt chart.)

b. Can customer delivery promises be met without overtime if capacity is 40 hours in each work center?

c. How does the answer to part b change if only one person is assigned to do the setup in both work centers?

d. Is the schedule consistent with the TOC philosophy?

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Customer order 1 Customer order 2 Customer order 3 Big Mess Part A: setup 5, run 10 No Problem Part B: setup 2, run Part C: setup 1, run 2 5 Part A: setup 5, run Part D: setup 2, run 2 3 Part B: setup 2, run 5 Part C: setup 1, run 3