Practical Operations Management
Practical Operations Management
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Author: Simpson
Publisher: HERCHER PUBLISHING,INCORPORATED
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To find:The sequence in which B Construction should complete the repair projects of six road.

Introduction:TheJohnson rule is a technique of scheduling jobs in two work centers. The rule states that from the list of unscheduled jobs, the job with the shortest processing time in any of the work centers should be selected. The objective to use the Johnson rule is to reduce the time in which a group of jobs can be completed that are managed on two machines or at two work centers.

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