A local bakery makes custom cakes for special events such as weddings and graduation. Making cakes is

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A local bakery makes custom cakes for special events such as weddings and graduation. Making cakes is a two-step process of baking and decorating. The bakery has received eight orders, and the times required in hours for baking and decorating for each order are given in the following table:

Cake Order Baking Decorating 3 1 4 2 4. 4 2 10 2 5 6 H. 13 6.


1. Determine a sequence that will minimize the makespan time.

2. Construct a chart of the resulting sequence, and determine the idle time in the decoration process.

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Operations Management Managing Global Supply Chains

ISBN: 978-1506302935

1st edition

Authors: Ray R. Venkataraman, Jeffrey K. Pinto

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