Description
Complete the following problems and submit the results in either a Microsoft Word document or a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. If you choose to use an Excel spreadsheet, place each problem on a separate sheet and label the tab with problem number. Save your document with a descriptive file name, including the assignment and your name.
Module 7 Problems (docx)
QM software will be extremely helpful. Excel QM will provide little or no help.
You need to show all the work/steps, partial credit will be provided. Submitting just the answers (even if they are correct) does not provide for any partial credit.
Quantitative Analysis for Management (12th Edition)
Render, Barry
Explanation & Answer
Hi, here is the excel file of all the answers of the four problems :)
Jean Walkeris making plans for spring break at the beaches in Florida. In applying techniques she learned
in her quantitative methods class, she has identified the activities that are necessary to prepare for her trip. Th
following table lists the activities and the immediate predecessors. Draw the network for this project
Activity
Immediate Predecessors
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
A
A
B
C,D
A
E,F
Network Diagram
Critical path is A-B-D-E-G, which is annotated by the red line
B
C
A
F
The following are the activity times for Jean Walkers activities.Find the earliest
latest, andslack times for each activity.Then find the critical path.
Activity
Time (in days)
A
3
B
7
C
6
D
2
E
5
F
8
G
4
The earliest, latest and slack times are listed in the below table
D
Activity
Project
Activity Time
Early Start
Early Finish
21
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
3
7
6
2
5
8
4
0
3
3
10
12
3
17
3
10
9
12
17
11
21
applying techniques she learned
ecessary to prepare for her trip. The
e network for this project
am
notated by the red line
D
E
G
Late Start
Late Finish
0
3
6
10
12
9
17
Slack
3
10
12
12
17
17
21
0
0
3
0
0
6
0
Tom Schriber, a director of personnel of Management Resources, Inc., is in the process of designing a program
customers can use in the job-finding process. Some of the activities include preparing resumes, writing letters
making appointments to see prospective employers, researching companies and ind...