Name Abebayehu G/Selassie

ID no. GR/1047/22 Assignment of Chapter 7, 8 and 9

BUSA 510 Operations Management
Chapter 7
a) Vary the workforce so that production meets demand. Chua had eight workers on board in
June.
Cost for plan A = 170,240 .00
b) Vary overtime only and use a constant workforce of eight.
Cost for plan B = 206,480.00
Chapter 8
a) What is the order of the tasks using Johnson's rule?
B D E A C

2) Abemelek’s barber shop

Day
Barbers
needed Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 6 5 5 5 6 4 3
2 5 4 4 4 5 4 3
3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3
4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2
5 2 2 3 2 2 3 2
6 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

3)
a) Assume that jobs arrive in the order shown.
Set the processing sequence according to: (1) FCFS,

FCFS
Job Sequence Job work Flow time Job due date Job lateness
A 6 6 22 0
B 14 20 14 6
C 14 34 30 4
D 2 36 18 18
E 10 46 25 21
F 4 50 34 16
50 192 65
 (2) EDD,

EDD
Flow Job due Job
Job Sequence Job work time date lateness
B 14 14 14 0
D 2 16 18 0
A 6 22 22 0
E 10 32 25 7
C 14 46 30 16
F 4 50 34 16
50 180 39
(3) SPT,

SPT

Flow Job due Job

Job Sequence Job work time date lateness
D 2 2 18 0
F 4 6 34 0
A 6 12 22 0
E 10 22 25 0
B 14 36 14 22
C 14 50 30 20
50 128 42
and (4) LPT?
LPT
Job Job due
Sequence Job work Flow time date Job lateness
B 14 14 14 0
C 14 28 30 0
E 10 38 25 13
A 6 44 22 22
F 4 48 34 14
D 2 50 18 32
50 222 81
 FCFS SPT EDD LPT
Average completion Sum of total flow
time time 192/6 32.00 21.33333 30 37 Days
number of jobs
Total job work
Utilization time 50/192 26% 39% 28% 23%
Sum of total flow
time

Average number of Sum of total flow

Jobs in the system time 192/50 3.84 2.56 3.6 4.44 Jobs
Total job work
time

Average Job lateness Total late days 65/6 10.83 7 6.5 13.5 Days
number of jobs

b) Which dispatching rule has the best score for flow time? SPT
c) Which dispatching rule has the best score for utilization metric? SPT
d) Which dispatching rule has the best score for lateness? EDD
1. Consider any organization manufacturing or service and try to examine their experience in
managing quality?
A flower farming company has very strict rules for quality, because there are many costs
incurred before it reaches to the final market or customers. As its perishable it will be damage
easily. Therefore there are basic steps for quality management from the beginning planting the
plants,
- Select the best varieties
- Keep them in healthy condition in the farm
- Keep all tools and facilities clean and sanitized
- Prior to harvest plants should be checked if its not under quality ( length of the stem
and healthiness of the flowers
- Keep flowers in cool area
- Use clean water
- Use effective flower food solutions
 - Maintain cold conditions until the final destination as much as possible
- Have guid line or broachers how to handle the product after delivery of the goods for
long time vas life
- Provide customers with flower food
A complete set of care and handling guidelines is there for each department in the
company.