Table J.17 A Company Must Take on Seven New Projects. Each Project

question 26

Multiple Choice

Table J.17
A company must take on seven new projects. Each project has a planning stage and a design stage, and the planning stage must be completed before the design stage can begin. Also, two project teams are available to work on these projects: Team 1 works only on planning stages of projects, and Team 2 works only on design stages of projects. The times to complete the project stage, in days, are shown in the following table.

-Using the information in Table J.17 and Johnson's rule, develop a schedule that minimizes makespan for these seven jobs. Assume that job C could be neatly split into two equal parts, each having half of the processing time on each machine as the full job C. Using your original sequence, but splitting job C, what is the reduction in makespan for the seven jobs?

• A) The schedule with job C split is almost a day longer.
• B) The schedule with job C split is almost 2 days shorter.
• C) The schedule with job C split is almost 2 days longer.
• D) There is no difference between the makespan for the original schedule and that made with job C split into two halves.

Recognize the different categories and purposes of filings with the SEC.

Identify the specific SEC forms used for various securities registration and employee stock plans.

Grasp the role and requirements of the PCAOB regarding public accounting firms.

Understand the components and purpose of a securities registration statement.

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