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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition
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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

by Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
236h 9m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

Solved Problem 3

The Rocky Mountain Arsenal, formerly a chemical warfare manufacturing site, is said to be one of the most polluted locations in the United States. Cleanup of chemical waste storage basins will involve two operations.

  • Operation 1: Drain and dredge basin.

  • Operation 2: Incinerate materials.

Management estimates that each operation will require the following amounts of time (in days):

Storage Basin

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Dredge

3

4

3

6

1

3

2

1

8

4

Incinerate

1

4

2

1

2

6

4

1

2

8

Management’s objective is to minimize the makespan of the cleanup operations. All storage basins are available for processing right now. First, find a schedule that minimizes the makespan. Then calculate the average flow time of a storage basin through ...

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