In: Operations Management
A forensic audit firm has five audit jobs remaining at a point in time. The audits are labeled as jobs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The respective audit times (in days) and the remaining days before the due date are given in the table below. Audit job Time required Due (at the end of) day
Audit job |
Time required |
Due (at the end of) day |
1 |
10 |
60 |
2 |
28 |
45 |
3 |
30 |
30 |
4 |
1 |
32 |
5 |
2 |
31 |
a) Determine the job sequence using each of these priority rules: (1) CR, (2) SPT and (3) EDD b) Determine the performance of each rule using (1) average flow time, (2) average days late, and 3) average work in progress c) Apply the appropriate method to determine the sequence which will minimize the total number of late jobs