In the example above, if the sales manager cannot be hired for three weeks, how will that

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In the example above, if the sales manager cannot be hired for three weeks, how will that affect the total project?


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The implementation of a new logistics operation involves the purchase of a fleet of trucks, the design of new routes and the building of a new distribution centre and associated handling equipment. Figure 16.20 provides an AoN network for the project. The earliest start times for each activity are found by working from left to right across the network. Each start event can begin at t = 0. At a 'merge' event (where two or more activities come together, as at event 12), use the latest completion date of the various activities which lead into it. Earliest finish times of a 'burst' activity (such as activity 6, where five succeeding activities literally
'burst' out) are carried forward to form the earliest start dates of the succeeding activities (7 through 11). The latest start times for each activity are found by working back from right to left across the network. The earliest start time for the final event on the network is often used as the latest start time for that event as well. At a 'merge' event (such as event 6), use the earliest completion date of the various activities.

0 17 17 1 Des log 0 0 17 Earliest start time Duration 17 34 51 2 Ref log 18 1 52 Total float 17 4 21 3 Plan

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Operations Management

ISBN: 9780273708476

5th Edition

Authors: Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers, Robert Johnston

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