Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is cont
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Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table: Total Cost Normal Time Crash Time Normawith Activity (weeks) (weeks) Cost Crashing Immediate Predecessor(s) 1,200 $1,900 $2,000 $2,700 S400 $400 3 $1,500 $1,780 S850 $1,000 $4,000 $5,500 2 $1.500$2.200 D. E a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project completion date - 14 weeks b) To reduce the duration of the project to 10 weeks at the least cost, the following is the order of what needs to be followed while crashing the activities The first activity to crash is by 2 weeks at a per week crashing cost of dollars.Explanation / Answer
Answer a) 14 weeks
It is A who takes 3 weekx, immediately after D takes 7 weeks and then G takes 4 weeks making it the longest activity completion ti e. Hence the Project completion date = 14 Weeks
Answer b)
We need to crash the D activity for 2 weeks. For reducing 4 weeks in D, it takes extra $280. So per week crash time cost = $70 and for two weeks it is $140. This way the project duration also will come down to 12 weeks.
A will take 3 Weeks, D will take 5 Weeks, G will take 4 weeks = 12 Weeks total.
While E also is the least cost activity in crash time but its Crash time does not affect the over all project duration.
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