Solve the following project crashing problem adopted from Heizer et al. (2016). Attempt the question before looking up the solution on Page 855 of Heizer et. al. 2016 3.32Kimpel Products makes pi...
Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table: Activity A Normal Time (weeks) 3 Crash Time (weeks) 2 B 2 1 1 Normal Cost $1,200 $2,000 $400 $1,500 $950 $4,500 $1,600 Total Cost with Immediate Crashing Predecessor(s) $1,800 $2,800 $400 $1,820 A $1,250 B $5,500 с $2,300...
Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating producing smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are listed in the following table: Activity Normal Time(weeks) Crash Time(weeks) Normal Cost Total Cost with Crashing Immediate Predecessor(s) A 3 2 $ 1,200 $1,800 — B 2 1 $2,100 $2,900 __ C 1 1 $400 $400 — D 7 3 $1,300...
Question 2. (30%) The following table provides the information necessary to construct project network and calculate a total project cost. In case of activity crash, the information includes crash cost for each activity. Activity Immediate predecessor(s) Activity time (weeks) Normal cost (x1000$) Additional cost for crashing one week (x1000$) Normal After maximum crash A - 16 12 2,000 300 B - 14 9 1,000 160 C A 8 6 500 100 D A 5 4 600 700 E B 4...