Exam 16: Scheduling

Refer to the following data for jobs waiting to be processed at a single work center (jobs are shown in order of arrival): Job Processing Time ( days ) Due Date (days from now) 2 2 5 6 6 10 3 4 4 8 If jobs A, B, and C require two operations each, while jobs D and E require one operation each, what is the schedule sequence using the slack per operation (S/O) priority rule?

A schedule chart can be used to monitor job progress.

The following matrix shows relative costs for various job-machine combinations. Which set of pairs constitutes the minimum-cost solution using the assignment method? Machine A B C Job 1 \ 6 0 0 2 0 3 4 3 0 1 2

There are four resources and four jobs to be done. The time required for each resource to do each job is as follows: Job (Hours) Resource 1 5 8 7 7 2 4 9 5 9 3 6 9 8 7 4 7 6 6 9 After the row and column reductions, what is the reduced time for assigning resource 4 to job D?

A major difference between manufacturing and service systems in terms of scheduling is:

When orders exceed our capacity, priority rules are used to select which orders will be accepted.

The term loading, as used in scheduling, refers to choosing the order in which jobs will be processed in low-volume systems.

For the jobs listed below, which processing sequence would result using Johnson's rule? Processing time (hrs) Job Center 1 Center 2 a 6 11 b 12 8 c 5 9 d 10 7

Which of the following is least likely to be a consideration when scheduling a high-volume system?

The theory of constraints has a goal of maximizing flow through the entire system.

One disadvantage of appointment systems is:

Job X, which has a duration of four days, is due by the close of business on Friday, December 23. Without looking at the work already at X's required resource, the scheduler schedules X to be begun immediately and assumes that X will be done four days from now. This is an example of:

Similar to that in manufacturing, the service scheduling hierarchy begins with __________ and ends with _________.

Bottlenecks may shift with the passage of time, so that different operations become bottleneck operations at different times.

The output of the system cannot exceed the output of the bottleneck operation(s).

Using the information in the table, determine the following: (A) Processing sequence using (1) SPT and (2) EDD rules (B) Average completion time and average job tardiness under each rule Job Processing Time (days) Day Due A 4 11 B 6 5 C 3 1 D 2 8 E 5 7

There are three jobs to be done and three resources with which to do them. Each resource will cost a specific amount to do each job, as shown in the following table: Machine Job A B C 1 6 9 4 2 4 4 3 3 8 7 4 What is the result of modifying the row and column reductions table?

The purpose of cyclical scheduling is to:

Input/output (I/O) control refers to monitoring the productivity changes since productivity is determined by the ratio of output to input.

A scheduling technique used to achieve an optimum, one-to-one matching of tasks and resources is: