You are going to prepare a three-course dinner for your gourmet dinner group for

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You are going to prepare a three-course dinner for your gourmet dinner group for a party of eight. Prepare a Gantt chart, Critical path flow chart and a store development chart for dinner party. Using the following information.

Course:                     Item:                                                 Preparation Time:                                      Eating Time:

1. Appetizer              Bacon-wrapped water chestnuts         Cook in oven 10 minutes                           10 minutes

2. Soup                      Onion Soup                                        Cook 30 mins on stove                              15 minutes

3. Entree                    French Pot Roast                              Cook 2 hours in oven                                  40 minutes

                                   Mashed Potatoes                             Cook Ready Mix 10 Mins  

                                Fresh Mixed Vegetables                         Boil 20 Minutes

                                       Gravy                                          Cook Roast Juice,10 mins on stove

4. Dessert                   Apple Pie                                        Cook 35 mins in oven                                           15 minutes

                                    Ice Cream                                     Let stand 5 mins, then scoop

Explanation / Answer

As per the given information, the interrelationship of various activities of cooking is not given. Therefore it is assumed that all the prepations of items may be started simultaneously but needs to be served in the order of their numbers.

First serve Appetizer followed by Soup and then Entree and lastly Dessert.

The total time for preparation is 2 hours and critical activity is 3.Entree and total time for preparation and finish eating is 175 minutes.

Minutes 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 1. Appetizer Preparations Eating 15to20 2. Soup cooking preparation 30minutes Eating 30to45 3. Entree eating time 40minutes upto160 Roast Cooking time 2 hours in oven Potatoes cooking time 10 minutes to be finished by 120 so latest start may be at 110 Vegetables preparation time 20 minutes so latest start may be at 100 minutes Gravy cooking time 10 minutes to be finished by 120 so latest start may be at 110 4. Dessert eating time 15 min. Apple Pie Preparation 35 minutes latest start to finish 125to160 Ice Cream Time required 5 minutes latest ready by 160 Minutes 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175

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