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Final Assignment - BBA 2020 Opm

The document provides details on 4 assignments for an Operations & Production Management course. Assignment 1 involves questions on assembly line balancing. Assignment 2 covers economic order quantity and inventory management. Assignment 3 is about critical path method and project scheduling. Assignment 4 provides a case study on crashing activities in a software installation project network diagram. Students are asked to analyze data and perform calculations to answer multiple questions for each assignment.

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Final Assignment - BBA 2020 Opm

The document provides details on 4 assignments for an Operations & Production Management course. Assignment 1 involves questions on assembly line balancing. Assignment 2 covers economic order quantity and inventory management. Assignment 3 is about critical path method and project scheduling. Assignment 4 provides a case study on crashing activities in a software installation project network diagram. Students are asked to analyze data and perform calculations to answer multiple questions for each assignment.

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UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Final Assignments, BBA Program, Section: A/B/C


Spring: 2020, Operations & Production Management

Please answer all the questions listed below:

Assignment # 1:

Q#1: The assembly line involves only 13 work elements and must handle 20 cars per hours.
Work-element data are as follows: 10 points

Work Element Time in Minute Predecessor


A 1.8 None
B 0.4 None
C 1.6 None
D 1.5 A
E 0.7 A
F 0.5 E
G 0.8 B
H 1.4 C
I 1.4 D
J 1.4 F, G
K 0.5 H
L 1.0 J
M 0.8 I, K, L

a. Calculate cycle time. 1 points


b. Calculate theoretical number of work stations. 1 point
c. Assign tasks to work station based on longest-task time approach. 6 points
d. Find utilization. 1 point
e. Why line balancing is not static? 1 point

Assignment 2:

Q#1: A supplier for Cure Hospital has introduced quantity discounts to encourage larger order
quantities of a special catheter. The price schedule is as follows: 3 points

Order Quantity Price per Unit


0 to 299 $60
300 to 499 $59
500 or more $58
The hospital estimates that its annual demand for this item is 936 units, its ordering cost is $45
per order, and its annual holding cost is 25 percent of the catheter’s unit price. What quantity of
this catheter should the hospital order to minimize total costs?

Q#2: The average demand for sweaters is 100 per week. The production facility has the capacity
to sew 400 sweaters per week. Setup cost is $351. The value of finished goods inventory is $40
per sweater. The annual per unit inventory holding cost is 20 percent of the item’s value. 6
points

a. What is the economic production quantity? 2 points


b. Find the maximum inventory. 1 point
c. Find the total cost. 1 point
d. Find run time. 1 point
e. Find pure consumption time. 1 point

Q#3: A company begins a review of ordering policies for its continuous review system by
checking the current policies for a sample of SKUs. Following are the characteristics of one
item. 6 points

Demand (D) = 64 units/week (assume 52 weeks per year)


Ordering cost (S) = $50 per order
Holding cost (H) = $13/unit/year.
Lead time (L) = 2 weeks
Standard deviation of weekly demand = 12 units
Service level = 88 percent

a. What is the EOQ for this item? 1 point


b. What is the reorder point? 2 points
c. What is the desired safety stock? 1 point
d. What is the total annual cost for this item? 1 point
e. What is the inventory position if on-hand inventory is 40 units? 1 point

Assignment #3:

Q#1: What do you mean by critical path? 1 point

Q#2: Why slack calculation is necessary? 1 point


Q#3: Project activities time and precedence are listed below:

Activity Optimistic Time Most Likely Time (days) Pessimistic Time (days) Predecessors
(days)
A 10 22 22 None
B 20 20 20 None
C 4 10 16 None
D 2 14 32 A
E 8 8 20 B, C
F 8 14 20 B, C
G 4 4 4 B, C
H 2 12 16 C
I 6 16 38 G, H
J 2 8 14 D, E

a. Draw network diagram. 5 points


b. Find critical path and project duration. 1 point
c. What is the probability if your desired completion time is 45 days? 1 point
d. Find the completion time corresponding to 85% probability. 1 point

Assignment #4:

Q#1: Data for software installation project are given below:

Activity Normal Time Normal Cost Crash Time (weeks) Crash Costs Predecessors
(weeks) ($) ($)
A 5 2000 3 4,000 None
B 8 5000 7 8,000 None
C 10 10,000 8 12,000 A
D 4 3,000 3 5,000 A, B
E 3 4,000 2 5,000 B
F 9 8,000 6 12,000 D
G 2 2,000 2 2,000 E, F
H 8 6,000 5 9,000 G
I 9 7,000 7 11,000 C, F

There is a $1000 per-week penalty for each week the project is delayed beyond week 25. In
addition, your project team determined that indirect project costs are $2,500 per week. 5 points

a. Draw the network diagram. 1 point


b. Crash activities according to crashing rules. 1 point
c. Find your final critical path and time duration. 2 points
d. How much would you save in total project costs with your schedule? 1 point

GOOD LUCK

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