The Operations Manager of a Body and Paint Shop Has

question 33

Multiple Choice

The operations manager of a body and paint shop has five cars to schedule for repair.He would like to minimize the make-span to complete all work on these cars.Each car requires body work prior to painting.The estimates of the times required to do the work at each of the two stations are as follows: Using Johnson's rule where in the optimum sequence should car E be scheduled?

• A)First
• B)Second
• C)Third
• D)Fourth
• E)Fifth

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Definitions:

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Skewed Distribution

A statistical term describing an asymmetry in the frequency distribution of a set of data.

Withdrawals

The act of removing something from a place or instance of no longer participating or being involved in something.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic (such as the mean or proportion) obtained through repeated sampling from a population.