Fine Wine Rack is a job shop scheduling problem with necessary predecessor relationships reminiscent of MRP. However, the MRP algorithm is not the key to completing Fine Wine Rack because Fine Wine Rack is a finite loading problem. The key to creating the schedule is understanding the precedence relationships and how activities effect inventory levels from one hour to the next.

Schedule the shop for one week. Four people are working for you for 5 x 7 = 35 hours. What do you want them to do

you to your schedule. For example, the following jobs are waiting to be Schedule Table 1: Fine Wine Rack Job Releases Job Name 20 High, Job Code Number 20 High, Single Depth Racks 40 columns 24 High, Single Depth Racks 0 columns 24 High, Double Depth Racks O columns Trim Work Required for job Double Depth Racks 10 columns Inspection Required for job Packing Required for job Promised Shipping Date 1 Larrochi 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 2 Chen 40 columns 0 columns 10 columns 20 columns 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour Friday, Weck 1 Monday, Weck 2 Wednesday, Week 1 Friday, Week 1 3 Brannan O columns 0 columns 20 columns 30 columns 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 4 Matthewson 0 columns 30 columns 0 columns 40 columns 2 hour 1 hour 2 hour 5 Loi O columns O columns 10 columns 20 columns 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour Friday, 6 Bender 60 columns 10 columns 10 columns O columns 2 hour 1 hour 2 hour 7 Myers 10 columns 10 columns 10 columns O columns 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour Weck 1 Friday, Week 2 Friday, Week 1 Thursday, Week 1 8 Berenger 0 columns 50 columns O columns 50 columns 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour Your boss Ben does not always promise reasonable shipping dates! As production manager, you do your best! 10,141 APR 15 649 22 P W Who's Qualified? Anything else I should know? work? Everybody YES! You currently have 20 of these parts in stock YES! You currently have 20 of these parts in stock Everybody Everybody YES! You currently have 1000 of these parts in stock Everybody YES! You currently have 1000 of these parts in stock Juan and Debbie verticals YES! You currently have 10 columns of these racks in stock Table 2: Activity Codes and Vital Production Information Activity Description How much does one What is needed to begin Code employee produce in an an hour's worth of No. hour's worth of work? 1 Make twenty- 200 Verticals Nothing. You've got bottle-high plenty of raw materials verticals to last you the week. 2 Make 200 Verticals Nothing. You've got twentyfour- plenty of raw materials bottle-high to last you the week. verticals 3 Make double 150 Horizontal Pieces Nothing. You've got depth plenty of raw materials horizontal to last you the week. pieces 4 Make single- 200 Horizontal Pieces Nothing. You've got depth plenty of raw materials horizontal to last you the week. pieces 5 Assemble 10 columns 22 twenty bottle high twenty bottle high, single 420 single depth depth racks horizontal pieces 6 Assemble 10 columns 22 twenty bottle high twenty bottle verticals high, double 420 double depth depth racks horizontal pieces 7 10 columns 22 twenty four bottle twentyfour high verticals bottle high, 500 single depth single depth horizontal pieces racks 8 Assemble 10 columns 22 twenty four bottle twentyfour high verticals bottle high, 500 double depth double depth horizontal pieces racks 9 Make Trim One hour's worth of Nothing. You've got trim work. plenty of wood in stock. 10 Inspecting a One hour's worth of Whatever the cellar Cellar inspection requires in racks must be in stock and all work on the cellar's trim must be completed before inspection can begin. 11 Packing a One hour's worth of The cellar must be Cellar packing completely inspected before packing can begin. Juan and Debbie YES! You currently have 10 columns of these racks in stock. Assemble Juan and Debbie YES! You currently have 10 columns of these racks in stock. Juan and Debbie YES! You currently have 10 columns of these racks in stock No. Juan and Debbie Juan Yes. Once inspection starts on a cellar, the racks required by that cellar are "used" and disappear from your standard stock No. Juan, Debbie, and Mike 10,141 APR 1 15 649 O 22 A P X W 399