Question 1
Five jobs are waiting to be processed. Their processing times and due dates are given below. Using the earliest due date dispatching rule, in which order should the jobs be processed?
Job | Processing Time (days) | Job due date (days) |
A | 4 | 7 |
B | 2 | 4 |
C | 8 | 11 |
D | 3 | 5 |
E | 5 | 8 |
◦ A, B, C, D, E
◦ C, B, A, E, D
◦ B, D, A, E, C
◦ E, C, B, D, A
◦ C, E, A, D, B
Question 2
Flow time represents the time
◦ to complete an order, including time spent in processing and in waiting.
◦ an order spends moving from one work centre to another.
◦ an order spends being processed at a work centre.
◦ an order spends waiting for processing at a work centre.
◦ an order spends moving from a work centre to storage.