The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair. He
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The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair. He would like to minimize the throughput time (makespan) to complete all work on these cars. Each car requires body work prior to painting. The estimates of the times required to do the body and paint work on each are as follows:
| Car | Body Work (Hours) | Paint (Hours) |
| A | 8 | 7 |
| B | 9 | 4 |
| C | 7 | 9 |
| D | 3 | 4 |
| E | 12 | 5 |
How much time, in hours, is needed to complete all the five jobs (refer to the Johnson's rule and the Gantt diagram)?
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Using the Johnson s Rule the total time needed to complete the five jobs is 27 hours This is determi... View the full answer
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