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R.C. Coleman distributes a variety of food product that are sold through grocery store and supermarket
outlets. The company receives orders directly from the individual outlets, with a typical order requesting
the delivery of several cases of anywhere from 20 to 50 different products. Under the company’s
current warehouse operation, warehouse clerks dispatch order-picking personnel to fill each order and
have the goods moved to the warehouse shipping area. Because of the high labor costs and relatively
low productivity of hand order-picking, management has decided to automate the warehouse operation
by installing a computer-controlled order-picking system, along with a conveyor system for moving
goods from storage to the warehouse shipping area
R.C. Coleman’s director of material management has been named the project manager in charge of the
automated warehouse system. After consulting with members of the engineering staff and warehouse
management personnel, the director compiled a list of activities associated with the project. The
optimistic, most probable and pessimistic times (in weeks) have also been provided for each activity.
Activity
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Description
Determine equipment needs
Obtain vendor proposals
Select vendor
Order system
Design new warehouse layout
Design warehouse
Design computer interface
Interface computer
Install system
Train system operators
Test system
Immediate
Predecessor
?
?
A, B
C
C
E
C
D, F, G
D, F
H
I, J
Optimistic
4
6
2
8
7
4
4
4
4
3
2
Most
Probable
6
8
4
10
10
6
6
6
6
4
4
Pessimistic
8
16
6
24
13
8
20
8
14
5
6

Managerial Report … to be submitted by Tuesday, 26 March 2019.
Develop a report that presents the activity schedule and expected project completion time for the
warehouse expansion project. Include a project network in the report. In addition, take into
consideration the following issue.
1. R.C. Coleman’s top management established a required 40-week completion time for the
project. Can this completion time be achieved? Include probability information in your
discussion What recommendations do you have if the 40-week completion time is required?
2. Suppose that management requests that activity times be shortened to provide an 80 percent
chance of meeting the 40-week completion time. If the variance in the project completion time
is the same as you found in part (1), how much should the expected project completion time be
shortened to achieve a goal of an 80 percent chance of completion in 40 weeks?
3. Enrichment (or optional … to be submitted separately NLT 14 April 2019 for grade adjustment)
Using the expected activity times as the normal times and the following crashing information,
determine the activity crashing decisions and revised activity schedule for the warehouse
expansion project.
Activity
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Crashed Activity Time
(weeks)
4
7
2
8
7
4
5
4
4
3
3
Cost $
Normal
1,000
1,000
1,500
2,000
5,000
3,000
8,000
5,000
10,000
4,000
5,000
Crashed
1,900
1,800
2,700
3,200
8,000
4,100
10,250
6,400
12,400
4,400
5,500

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