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The Racal Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high-quality motor bikes. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing motor bikes. Racals President, Mr. Perez Racal, is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds of motor bikes will be featured in Asian X-Games events in the Philippines. Racal is a small company and uses a strong organizational matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower.

The Golden Zumabike project has the following project priorities:

• Timing of project: enhancement, in order to deliver the project within schedule
• Scope of the project: process efficiency, reducing delays on bottleneck steps
• Cost of the project: expense minimization, resulting in increased profit margins

You are a member of a project team assigned to develop a new racing motor bike named Golden Zumabike. Table 1 below contains the information necessary to create a project schedule.

Table 1: Golden Zumabike Prototype Project Activity List

Step #	Task Name	Duration (days)	Prede-cessor	Resources
1	Team strategic planning	3		All team members
2	Market analysis	25	1	Marketing specialists (4), Design engineer (1)
3	Product design	40	2	Marketing specialist (1), Design engineers (4), Development engineer (1), Industrial engineer (1)
4	Manufacturing study	20	2	Industrial engineers (4), development engineers (2)
5	Product design selection	10	3, 4	Marketing specialist (2), Design engineers (3), Development engineers (2), Industrial engineers (2), Purchasing agent (1)
6	Detailed marketing plan	15	5	Marketing specialists (4)
7	Manufacturing process	30	5	Design engineer (1), Development engineers (2), Industrial engineers (4)
8	Detailed product design	50	5	Marketing specialist (1), Design engineers (4), Development engineers (2), Industrial engineer (1)
9	Test prototype	10	8	Design engineers (3), Development engineers (2)
10	Finalized product design	25	7, 9	Marketing specialist (1), Design engineers (3), Industrial engineer (2)
11	Order components	7	10	Purchasing (1)
12	Order production equipment	14	10	Purchasing (1)
13	Install production equipment	25	11, 12	Development engineers (3), Industrial engineers (4)
14	Celebrate	1	13	All team members

For the purpose of this case, assume the following:

• Project begins March 18, 2020.
• The only holidays observed in a calendar year are weekends (Saturday and Sunday). Special holidays, such as Christmas Day and New Years Day, are not included.
• The project team works 8-hour days, Monday through Friday.
• No overtime is allowed. Work shift is only from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (1-hour lunch break included).
• Budget for resources other than manpower (e.g.: supplies, equipment, inventory, electricity) are all provided for. There is a separate budget for commercial production and distribution of the product after the completion of Golden Zumabike prototyping project.
• The following personnel have been assigned to the Golden Zumabike project (Table 2 below):

Table 2: Golden Zumabike Project Manpower

Resource	Hourly Salary (PhP) per Staff	Number of Staff Available
Marketing specialist	1,200	4
Design engineer	1,800	4
Development engineer	1,600	4
Industrial engineer	1,400	4
Purchasing agent	1,000	1

Guide Questions:

• Create a project Gantt chart for the creation of Golden Zumabike.
• When (or what exact date) is the project estimated to be completed?
• How long (in days) will the project take?
• Which activity or step has the greatest amount of slack? (Slack: it is a time an activity can be delayed before it becomes critical).
• Which activity paths or steps are in the projects critical path? (Critical Path: it is the longest activity paths through the network / project. The critical path can be distinguished by identifying the collection of activities that all have the same minimum or zero slack).
• How much is the manpower total budget (in PhP), if all manpower resources are allocated per activity or step?