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

 

Table 1: Fine Wine Rack Job Releases Job Code Number 2 3 4 5 6 7 00 Job Name Larrochi Chen Brannan Matthewson Loi Bender Myers Berenger 20 High, Single Depth Racks 0 columns 0 columns 20 columns 50 columns 30 columns 50 columns 10 columns 40 columns 20 High, Double Depth Racks 0 columns 0 columns 0 columns 0 columns 40 columns 10 columns 10 columns 20 columns 24 High, Single Depth Racks 30 columns 10 columns 0 columns 0 columns 0 columns 10 columns 0 columns 0 columns 24 High, Double Depth Racks 0 columns 40 columns 40 columns 50 columns 10 columns 30 columns 0 columns 0 columns Trim Work Required for job 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 2 hour 1 hour 2 hour 1 hour 1 hour Inspection Packing Required for job Required for job 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 2 hour 1 hour 2 hour 1 hour 1 hour Promised Shipping Date Friday, Week 1 Monday, Week 2 Wednesday, Week 1 Friday, Week 1 Friday, Week 1 Friday, Week 2 Friday, Week 1 Thursday, Week 1