Question

M5_IND6. Bowman Builders manufactures steel storage sheds for commercial use. Joe Bowman, president of Bowman Builders, Inc. is contemplating producing sheds for home use. The activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are given in the table below. ACTIVITY IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS STANDARD TIME (weeks) STANDARD COST CRASH TIME (weeks) CRASH COST A --- 3 $1,000 2 $1,600 B --- 2 $2,000 1 $2,700 C --- 1 $300 1 $300 D A 7 $1,300 3 $1,600 E B 6 $850 3 $1,000 F C 2 $4,000 1 $5,000 G D, E 4 $1,500 2 $2,000 Crash the project from 14 weeks to 10 weeks by 1 week increments and answer the following questions: a) To crash the project from 14 weeks to 13 weeks, which activity would you crash by one week? b) To crash the project from 13 weeks to 12 weeks, which activity would you crash by one week? c) To crash the project from 12 weeks to 11 weeks, which activity(s) would you crash by one week? (Select all that apply) d) To crash the project from 11 weeks to 10 weeks, which activity(s) would you crash by one week? (Select all that apply) e) What is the total crashing cost to crash the project from 14 weeks to 10 weeks

Answer 1