01 Assignment 1 ASSIGNMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT .docx

ASSIGNMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1.
Carbondale Casting produces cast bronze valves on a 10-person assembly line. On a recent day,
160 valves were produced during an 8-hour shift. (3 items x 5 points)
a.
What is their productivity?
b.
John Goodale, the manager at Carbondale, changed the layout and was able to increase
production to 180 units per 8-hour shift. What is the new labor productivity per labor-
hour?
c.
What is the percentage of productivity increase?
2.
Kimpel Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. James Kimpel, CEO, is contemplating to
produce smaller ovens for use in high school and college kitchens. The activities necessary to build
an experimental model and related data are given in the following table: (5 items x 5 points)
ACTIVITY
NORMAL
TIME
(WEEKS)
CRASH
TIME
(WEEKS)
NORMAL
COST (PHP)
CRASH
COST (PHP)
IMMEDIATE
PREDECESSOR(S)
A 3 2 1,000 1,600 -
B 2 1 2,000 2,700 -
C 1 1 300 300 -
D 7 3 1,300 1,600 A
E 6 3 850 1,000