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Mobile App Chapter 4: Q5OQ (page 610)
The following table gives the operation times and due dates for five jobs that are to be processed on a machine. Assign the jobs according to the shortest operation time and calculate the mean flow time.
Job | Processing Time | Due Date (Days Hence) |
101 102 103 104 105 | 6 days 7 days 4 days 9 days 5 days | 5 3 4 7 2 |
Short Answer
The mean flow time using the shortest process assignment rule is 18.6.
Step by step solution
Introduction
The mean is a statistical indicator that can be used to gauge the performance of a company's stock price for days, months, or years; a company's earnings for years; a firm by assessing its fundamentals such as price-to-earnings ratio, free cash flow, and liabilities on the balance sheet; and a portfolio by estimating its average returns over a certain period.
Find mean
Calculation of mean flow time:
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