Exam 22: Workcenter Scheduling

The assignment method is useful in solving scheduling problems that have which of the following characteristics?

Which of the following is one of the major functions of shop-floor control?

Assume there are five jobs (i.e., A, B, C, D, and E) that need to be sequenced in a production schedule.The remaining operating time necessary for completion of job A is 4 days (i.e., job A will take 4 more days to complete), B will take 7 days, C will take 8 days, D will take 2 days, and E will take 5 days.Which job should be scheduled first if you use the SOT priority rule for job sequencing?

A work center has five jobs assigned to it.They are labeled, in the order of their arrival in the shop, as jobs A, B, C, D, andE.The work center may work on only one job at a time and must complete any job it starts before starting another job.Job A has a processing time of 6 days and is due to the customer in 9 days.Job B has a processing time of 2 days and is due in 16 days.Job C has a processing time of 4 days and is due in 10 days.Job D has a processing time of 3 days and is due in 7 days.Job E has a processing time of 5 days and is due in 12 days.Using the first-come, first-served priority rule, in what order should these jobs be undertaken? ___________________________________.

Which of the following is not a priority rule used to schedule the sequence of jobs in a production operation?

In finite loading, no consideration is given directly to whether there is sufficient capacity at the resources required to complete the work, nor is the actual sequence of the work as done by each resource in the work center considered.

In infinite loading, no consideration is given directly to whether there is sufficient capacity at the resources required to complete the work, nor is the actual sequence of the work as done by each resource in the work center considered.

In the context of work assignment, what is infinite loading? ___________________________________________.

Theoretically, all schedules are feasible when finite loading is used.

Which of the following priority rules used in scheduling the sequence of production is calculated as the slack time remaining in the schedule divided by the number of remaining operations, with the smallest value being run first?

Shop-floor control (or production activity control) can involve expediting late and critical orders.

Using the random order or "whim" priority rule to sequence production jobs means that supervisors or operators select whichever job they feel like running.