Question

The Budd Gear Co. specializes in heat-treating gears for automobile companies. At 8:00 a.m., when Budd’s shop opened today, five orders (listed in order of arrival) were waiting to be processed. Order Order Size (units) Per Unit Time in Heat Treatment (minutes/unit) Due Date (min. from now) A 16 4 160 B 6 12 200 C 10 3 180 D 8 10 190 E 4 1 220

Answer 1

Question Continuation

If the due date rule is used, what sequence is used

Answer:

if the due date rule is used, ths sequence used is .A,C,D,B,E

Explanation:

Given

Order Order Size (units) Per Unit Time in Heat Treatment (minutes/unit) Due Date (min. from now)

A 16 4 160

B 6 12 200

C 10 3 180

D 8 10 190

E 4 1 220

First, extract order and order size columns

Order ---- Order Size

A -------------- 16

B ---------------- 6

C -----------------10

D ----------------- 8

E ------------------- 4

The basic understanding of the due date rule is that;

The order size is listed out in descending order (i.e from highest to lowest).

The order is as follows;

16, 10, 8, 6, 4

The corresponding order is as follows;

A,C,D,B,E

Hence, if the due date rule is used, ths sequence used is .A,C,D,B,E