LECTURE # 1

Q1) Collins Title wants to evaluate its labor-hr. and multi factor productivity with new
computerized title search system The company has the staff of four, each work 8 hours per day(
for a payroll cost of $640/day) and the overhead expense of $400 per day. Collins processes and
closes on 8 titles each day. The new computerized title-search system will allow the processing
of 14 titles per day. Al though the staff, their work hours, and pay are the same , the overhead
expense are now $ 800 per day.

Q2) Riverside metal work produces cast bronze valve on 10 person assembly line. On the recent
day, 160 valve were produce during an 8-hour shift

a) Calculate labor productivity of the line

b) The manager of the riverside changes the layout and was able to increase production to 180
unit per 8 hour shift . What is the new labor productivity per labor –hour.

c) What is the percentage of productivity increase.

LECTURE # 2 & 3

Q3) The activities needed to build a experimental chemical contaminant tracking

machine at Charlie Cook Crop. are listed in the following table . Construct activity
diagram

Q4) Joni Steinberg and the Project management team at Milwaukee Paper wants an expected
time and variance for each activity. Also calculate the standard deviation of the project.
Q5) Joni Steinberg would like to find the Probability that her project will be finish on or before
16th week EPA deadline.

Q6) Joni Steinberg wants to find the due date that gives her company’s project a 99% chance of
on time completion.

Q7) Suppose the milwaekee paper manufacturing has been given only 13 weeks (instead of 16
weeks) to installed the new pollution control equipment or face a curt order shutdown . As you
recall , length of Johi Steinberg’s critical path was 15 weeks , but she must complete the project
in 13 weeks. Also calculate the crush cost.

Q8) Shirley Hopkins is developing a program in leadership training for the middle level
managers . Shirley listed a number of activities that must be completed before a training program
of this nature could be conducted . The activities , immediate predecessor and times appear in
accompanying table.

1. Develop Activity on arrow diagram

2. What is the critical path.

3. What is the total project completion time

4. Calculate the slack time of each activity

5. Crush 2 hours from whole project completion time and also calculate the crushed cost

LECTURE # 4 - 7

Q9) A US chain of family oriented theme parks, has decided to expand overseas by opening its
first park in Europe. Its wish to select from France and Denmark

Q 10) John Kros , owner of Carolina ignition Manufacturing, need to expand his capacity. He is
considering three location—Akron, bowling green and Chicago for new plant. The company
wishes to find the most economical location for an expected volume of 2000 per units per year.
The selling price of each ignition item is $120.

Q11) Mr. X is considering opening a new foundry in Denton, Edwardsville and Fayetteville to
produce high quality machine tool. He also assemble the following fixed cost and variable cost
data
 1. Graph the total cost line
2. Over what range the annual volume is each facility going to have a competitive
advantage
3. What is the volume of intersection of the Edwardsville and Fayetteville cost line

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Q 14) Quain discounted departmental store, a chain of four large target type outlets has the store
location in Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and Atlanta, they are currently being supplied out of
an inadequate warehouse in Pittsburgh, the site of the first store. The firm wants to find some
“centre location in which to build a new ware house.
Q 15) Arizona Plumbering wants to use north west corner rule to find the initial solution of the
problem.

Q 16) Find the Initial solution of the following transportation problem.

Q 17) Find the Initial solution of the following transportation problem using least cost method.

Q 18) Arizona Plumbering wants to use Least Cost Method to find the solution of the problem.
Q 19) Arizona Plumbering wants to use Vogel’s Method to find the solution of the problem.

Q 20) Problem:
a. Use the Northwest- corner Method to find an initial feasible solution to the following
problem.
b. Use the Least –cost approach to find the initial feasible solution . Is this approach
better then North-west corner Method
c. Find the optimal solution using Vogel’s Method

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Q 22) The tara Tripp clothing group owns factories in three towns (W, Y and Z) Which distribute
to three Walsh retail dress shops in three other cities (A, B and C). The following table
summarize factory availabilities, projected store demands, and unit shipping cost.

a) Complete the analysis by calculating the initial cost using Northwest-Corner rule, least cost
Method and Vogel’s Method.
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