Solved Problem: Attempt all the following problems (7%)

1. Sikina Flour factory has developed monthly forecasts for the amounts of flour production in quintal. Forecasted demand and other Data for the 6-month period September to February. are bellow.

Month Expected DemandProduction Days

Sept 12,000 20

Oct 13,482 21

Nov 17,493 21

Dec 13,020 21 Jan

18,000 20

Feb 20,999 23

Which of the following production plans is better: Plan Achase demand by hiring and firing; Plan Bpure level strategy, or Plan C12000 quintal level with the remainder by subcontracting? (4 points)

2. Berisa furniture manufacturing Company is under contract to produce office chair, table and beds from government organizations, hotel and restaurants, and furniture retailers. The company currently has five jobs to be scheduled, shown in the order in which they arrived.

Job work Time (days) Due (days) A 15 38 B 13 28 C 7 20 D 18 50 E 9 15 Determine the sequence of processing for the above five jobs according to (1) FCFS (First come, first served), (2) SPT (Shortest processing time), (3) EDD (Earliest due date) and (4) LPT (Longest

processing time) rules. What dispatching rule would you select? Support your decision with justification.