Sam and Dave Have Identified 9 Activities That Are Required

question 12

Essay

Sam and Dave have identified 9 activities that are required to complete their next project and developed a snazzy resource loading table.Since they each work 8 hours a day,they need your help to perform resource leveling on their project such that they can finish it by the close of business on Day 24.Activity float times are indicated by bracketed cells in the table.Times indicated in the table are in hours;the top row shows the day number of the project.The total hours for each day are shown in the bottom row of the table and cannot exceed 16 hours.The total resource time in any day cannot exceed 16 hours.

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Definitions:

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, including utilities, maintenance, and management salaries not directly tied to production.

Work in Process

Materials and products that are partially completed but not yet finished goods in the manufacturing process.

Finished Goods Inventory

The stock of completed products that are ready to be sold by a manufacturing company.

Vertical Analysis

An analysis that compares each item in a current statement with a total or key amount within the same statement.