Question: A contractor has six jobs awaiting processing at a workstation that is also a bottleneck and therefore is only capable of processing one job
A contractor has six jobs awaiting processing at a workstation that is also a bottleneck and therefore is only capable of processing one job at a time. The day the job was received, its processing time and due date are given in the following table. It is now day 7. Day Job Job Processing Job Due Job was Received Time (days) Day ABCDEE 1 2 3 4 F 5 6 68529 29 15 37 25 32 4 43 Calculate the average throughput time and, for each job, the number of days overdue using the following priority sequencing rules: i. First-come-first-serve ii. Earliest due date Which rule should be used, in your opinion? Why? iii. Shortest processing time
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