Eco/539 Week 4
Homework Assignment Week 4: questions & problems
Chapter 13 - Discussion Question # 3, page 539: Define aggregate planning – Also known as aggregate scheduling is concerned with determining the quantity and timing of production for the intermediate future, often from 3 to 18 months ahead.
Chapter 13 - Discussion Question # 5, page 539: List the strategic objectives of aggregate planning. Which one of these is most often addressed by the quantitative techniques of aggregate planning? For manufacturers, the aggregate schedule ties the firm's strategic goals to production plans, but for service organizations, the aggregate schedule ties strategic goals to workforce schedules. Four things are needed for aggregate planning: - A logical overall …show more content…
- Longest processing time (LOT): Jobs are sequenced in order of the processing time required at the work stations with the job requiring the longest processing time at the work station scheduled first.
- Critical ratio (CR): Jobs are sequenced in order of increasing critical ratio (the ratio of time required by work left to be done to time left to do the work)
Chapter 15 – Discussion Question #12, page 610: What are the advantages to finite capacity scheduling? By providing the scheduler with interactive computing and graphic output.
Chapter 15 - Problem #15.4, page 615: JC Howard’s medical testing company in Kansas wishes to assign a set of jobs to a set of machines. The following table provides the production data of each machine when performing the specific job: MACHINE _
JOB A B C D
1 7 9 8 10
2 10 9 7 6
3 11 5 9
Chapter 13 - Discussion Question # 3, page 539: Define aggregate planning – Also known as aggregate scheduling is concerned with determining the quantity and timing of production for the intermediate future, often from 3 to 18 months ahead.
Chapter 13 - Discussion Question # 5, page 539: List the strategic objectives of aggregate planning. Which one of these is most often addressed by the quantitative techniques of aggregate planning? For manufacturers, the aggregate schedule ties the firm's strategic goals to production plans, but for service organizations, the aggregate schedule ties strategic goals to workforce schedules. Four things are needed for aggregate planning: - A logical overall …show more content…
- Longest processing time (LOT): Jobs are sequenced in order of the processing time required at the work stations with the job requiring the longest processing time at the work station scheduled first.
- Critical ratio (CR): Jobs are sequenced in order of increasing critical ratio (the ratio of time required by work left to be done to time left to do the work)
Chapter 15 – Discussion Question #12, page 610: What are the advantages to finite capacity scheduling? By providing the scheduler with interactive computing and graphic output.
Chapter 15 - Problem #15.4, page 615: JC Howard’s medical testing company in Kansas wishes to assign a set of jobs to a set of machines. The following table provides the production data of each machine when performing the specific job: MACHINE _
JOB A B C D
1 7 9 8 10
2 10 9 7 6
3 11 5 9