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Questions on forecasting, capacity planning, production forecast methods and schedule operations.

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Assignment Question(s):

Question 1:

Workers should be given more control over the inspection for their own work. Discuss the pros and cons of this situation? (200 words)

Question 2:

Question 3:

Sequence the jobs shown below by using a Gantt chart. Sequence the jobs in priority order 1, 2, 3, 4.

Job Work Center/Machine HoursDue Date (days)

1

A/3, B/2, C/2

3

2

C/2, A/4

2

3

B/6, A/1, C/3

4

4

C/4, A/1, B/2

3

a) Using finite capacity scheduling, draw a Gantt chart for the schedule.

b) What is the makespan?

c) How much machine idle time is there?

d) How much idle time (waiting time) is there for each job?

e) When is each job delivered?

f) Which department is the bottleneck?

g) Calculate the machine utilization?

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