shared via CourseHero com This study resource was This study source was downloaded by 100000808016125 from CourseHero com on 10 26 2021 23 03 23 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 22088432 Assignment1 Solution LingnanUniversityDepartmentofComputingandDecisionSciencesTheFirstTerm 2015 cid 150 2016BUS2211 OperationsManagementSolutiontoAssignment1 cid 7 cid 6 cid 4 cid 5 Question1 Productivity 10marks Answer 1 ThelaborproductivityofthedesktopcomputersinJanuaryiscomputedasLaborproductivityofthedesktopcomputersinJanuary OutputLaborCost 3 000 cid 2 50011 cid 2 60 cid 2 8 cid 2 8 cid 25 35 51 2 Thecalculationoftheproductivityforthelaptopsisgivenasfollows a ThelaborproductivityofthelaptopsinJanuaryiscomputedasLaborproductivityofthelaptopsinJanuary OutputLaborCost 3 200 cid 2 65011 cid 2 60 cid 2 12 cid 2 8 cid 0 1 cid 2 60 cid 2 1 cid 2 8 cid 25 33 08 b TheproductivitywashigherforthedesktopcomputersinJanuary 3 Forthemulti factorproblem thecomputationisgivenasfollows a Themulti factorproductivityofthemanufacturerinJanuaryisMulti factorproductivityinJanuary OutputLabor Materials Overhead 3 000 cid 2 500 3 200 cid 2 650 11 cid 2 60 cid 2 20 cid 2 8 cid 0 1 cid 2 60 cid 2 1 cid 2 8 1 800 cid 2 500 2 000 cid 2 650 500 cid 2 20 cid 25 1 55 b Thismulti factorproductivitycanbeexplainedasfollow Forevery 1inputoflabor material andoverhead themanufacturercangenerate 1 55ofoutput salesrevenue 4 ThelaborproductivityofthedesktopcomputersinFebruaryiscomputedasLaborproductivityofthedesktopcomputersinFebruary OutputLaborCost 3 000 cid 2 55011 cid 2 60 cid 2 9 cid 2 8 cid 25 34 72 Thus theproductivitygrowth cid 151 thepercentagechangeinlaborproductivityofdesktopcomputers cid 151 fromJanuarytoFebruarycanbefoundasProductivitygrowthofdesktopcomputersfromJanuarytoFebruary 34 72 cid 0 35 5135 51 cid 25 cid 0 2 23 1 shared via CourseHero com This study resource was This study source was downloaded by 100000808016125 from CourseHero com on 10 26 2021 23 03 23 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 22088432 Assignment1 Solution BUS2211 OperationsManagementSolutiontoAssignment1whichimpliesthat fromJanuarytoFebruary themanufacturerexperiencedadeclineinthelaborproductivityofdesktopcomputers cid 7 cid 6 cid 4 cid 5 Question2 Layout 20marks Answer 1 Theprecedencegraphisplottedasfollows ABDGCEFH2 Theminimumpossiblenumberofworkstations Nmin isobtainedasfollows Nmin Ptasktimecycletime 3811 3 45 4workstations Thetaskassignmentismadeinthefollowingtable StationTimeRemainingEligibleWillFitAssign TaskTime RevisedTimeRemainingIdle111A CA CA 5 66B CB CC 4 22B E F cid 150 cid 150 22211B E FB E FF 7 44B EBB 4 00311D ED EE 6 55D GD GG 4 11D cid 150 cid 150 11411DDD 3 88HHH 5 333 Basedontheresultobtainedfromtheabovetable weplotthefollowing cid 133 guretoshowtheproductlayout 4 Thee ciencyoftheprocessisobtainedasfollows E ciency 1 cid 0 totalidletimeN cid 2 cycletime 1 cid 0 2 0 1 34 cid 2 11 86 36 2 shared via CourseHero com This study resource was This study source was downloaded by 100000808016125 from CourseHero com on 10 26 2021 23 03 23 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 22088432 Assignment1 Solution Powered by TCPDF www tcpdf org BUS2211 OperationsManagementSolutiontoAssignment1ABDGCEFHWorkstation 1Workstation2Workstation3Workstation45 Therateofoutputiscomputedasfollows Outputrate OTCT 48011 43 6cellphones day 3