Operations Management - Project Management

I'm having a hard time with the Campus Wedding A & B Case A: 1. Given the activities and precedence relationships described in the (A) case, develop a network diagram for the wedding plans. 2. Identify the paths, which are critical? 3. What is the minimum-cost plan that meets the April 22 date? Case B: 1. Given your answers to the (A) Case, describe the effects on the wedding plans of each incident noted in the (B) Case.

Operations - Process

Kristen Cookie's ("KC", essentially you and your roommate) are contemplating to transfer their cookie business and enter to high-end pizza market. You would buy a new oven dedicated to the new pizza division, which would be staffed only by the two of you. The pizza business strategy would be similar to the or iginal cookie strategy: to provide 100% fresh, high quality pizza on a timely basis. Similar to the cookie process, your roommate would take orders over the phone; which you estimate would take about one minute. Orders would specify the type of pizza: thin crust versus deep dish, and a variety of fillings and toppings. Once the order is received, you would measure and mix the ingredien... click for more

Operations Management - Critical Path

6. Here is a CPM network with activity times in weeks: a) Determine the critical path. b) How many weeks will the project take to complete? c) Suppose F could be shortened by two weeks and B by one week. How would this affect the completiong date? Please see attached.

Operations Management - Total Process

9. The home office billing department of a chain of department stores prepares monthly inventory reports for use by the stores' purchasing agents. Given the following information, use the critical path method to determine a) How long the total process will take. b) Which jobs can be delayed without delaying the early start of any subsequent activity. Please see attached.

Operations Management and Process Analysis

The bathtub theory of operations management is being promoted as the next breakthrough for global competitiveness. The factory is a bathtub with 50 gallons of capacity. The drain is the outlet to the market and can output 3 gallons per hour wide open. The faucet is the raw material input and can let material in at a rate of 4 gallons per hour. (Assume the bathtub is empty) a) Draw a diagram of the factory and determine the maximum rate at which the market can be served if all valves are set to maximum. What happens to the system over time? b) Suppose that instead of a faucet, a 5 gallon container is used for filling the bathtub (assume its full and next to the tub to begin with), i... click for more