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The following jobs are waiting to be processed at Keah-Lan’s machine center Job

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Question

The following jobs are waiting to be processed at Keah-Lan’s machine center

Job

Date Order Received

Processing Days Needed

Date Order Due, End of Day __

A

110

20

180

B

120

30

200

C

122

10

175

D

125

16

230

E

130

18

210

The jobs are listed in the order in which they were received. Suppose that it is now the start of day 151, so day 151 is a work day on the planning calendar and none of the above jobs have been started yet. There are no other jobs waiting or in the system at this time. All the resources required for each job are on hand. Once a job is started, it will not be stopped until it is completed. Each job is scheduled to be worked on the machine center’s only machine.

For the CR and LPT, what is the sequence of these two rules based on each of the following criterion? • Average flow time measured from now (start of day 151) • Average lateness with no credit for being early • Average days early with no penalty for being late

Job

Date Order Received

Processing Days Needed

Date Order Due, End of Day __

A

110

20

180

B

120

30

200

C

122

10

175

D

125

16

230

E

130

18

210

Explanation / Answer

CR:

LPT

Current day 151 Job Date Order Received Processing Days Needed Date Order Due, End of Day __ Days left Critical ratio Priority A 110 20 180 29 1.45 1 B 120 30 200 49 1.633333333 2 C 122 10 175 24 2.4 3 D 125 16 230 79 4.9375 5 E 130 18 210 59 3.277777778 4