MGMT CH14 – Flashcards
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Scheduling refers to specifying:
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The start and completion times of jobs.
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Triage by nurses in an emergency room would be an example of:
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Sequencing.
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Staff scheduling needs all of the following except:
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Flow time estimates.
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Which of the following is not a consideration when designing an appointment system?
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Determining the appropriate sequencing rule
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The time needed to process a given set of jobs is called:
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Makespan.
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The numerical difference between the completion time and the due date is called:
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Lateness
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Scheduleanywhere.com an online software helps clients do all the following except:
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Decide how much to overbook for each day of the week.
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The shortest processing time (spt) rule:
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Minimizes work-in-process inventory
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The sequencing rule that minimizes the maximum number of jobs that are past due from a given set of jobs is:
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Earliest due date (edd).
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If the highest priority is to minimize the average job lateness then the job sequence should begin with those jobs requiring:
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The shortest processing time.
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In a two-resource sequencing problem:
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The goal is to minimize makespan.
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A requirement of johnson's two-resource sequencing rule is:
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Jobs must be processed through each work center in the same job sequence.
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Johnson's sequencing rule is used to sequence:
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Several jobs through two work centers.
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Which of the following is not a criterion for evaluating job-sequencing rules?
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Sum of processing times
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The chief disadvantage of the shortest processing time (spt) rule is:
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Long-duration jobs may have excessive completion times.
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Gantt charts can be used to:
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Display the two-resource sequencing solution using johnson's rule.
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Which of the following is an example of a situation for which a gantt chart would be appropriate?
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Monitoring job schedules
