Scheduling jobs HW1: Our company produces a line of high-end soaps, shampoos, lotions, and shaving gels....

 

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Scheduling jobs HW1: Our company produces a line of high-end soaps, shampoos, lotions, and shaving gels. We sell these in bulk orders to gift shops, artist markets, salons and spas, as well as online. Some locations pay more for the product based on the total annual volume and other discounts We currently have orders from 5 retail partners for one of our most popular products. Assume we work 8 hours per day so a job due in 2 days is due in 16 working hours; a job due in 3 days is due in 24 working hours etc. Customer A B C D E Units ordered SPT EDD WSPT 1000 1200 4000 3000 1200 Estimated time required 10 hours 12 hours 40 hours 30 hours 12 hours Amount paid per unit Makespan $3/unit $3.25/unit $2.85/unit $3.00/unit $3.20 / unit Consider how to best arrange the jobs on our schedule based on rules such as SPT, EDD, WSPT and the associated performance metrics. Rule Order of jobs Avg time in system How many working days until it's due? 4 days 3 days 10 days 15 days 3 days Avg # jobs in system #late (and which ones?) Then answer this (this isn't something we did in class, see if you can figure it out with logic and business understanding) 1. If we offered a 5% discount on late orders, which of these rules would be best? (note: there may be a better schedule for this situation, but don't search for more right now. Just consider these 3 schedules you've already created.) Scheduling jobs HW1: Our company produces a line of high-end soaps, shampoos, lotions, and shaving gels. We sell these in bulk orders to gift shops, artist markets, salons and spas, as well as online. Some locations pay more for the product based on the total annual volume and other discounts We currently have orders from 5 retail partners for one of our most popular products. Assume we work 8 hours per day so a job due in 2 days is due in 16 working hours; a job due in 3 days is due in 24 working hours etc. Customer A B C D E Units ordered SPT EDD WSPT 1000 1200 4000 3000 1200 Estimated time required 10 hours 12 hours 40 hours 30 hours 12 hours Amount paid per unit Makespan $3/unit $3.25/unit $2.85/unit $3.00/unit $3.20 / unit Consider how to best arrange the jobs on our schedule based on rules such as SPT, EDD, WSPT and the associated performance metrics. Rule Order of jobs Avg time in system How many working days until it's due? 4 days 3 days 10 days 15 days 3 days Avg # jobs in system #late (and which ones?) Then answer this (this isn't something we did in class, see if you can figure it out with logic and business understanding) 1. If we offered a 5% discount on late orders, which of these rules would be best? (note: there may be a better schedule for this situation, but don't search for more right now. Just consider these 3 schedules you've already created.)

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