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Please answer with explanation with calculations!! Orange County Public Schools

ID: 2963038 • Letter: P

Question

Please answer with explanation with calculations!!

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) uses only one construction contractor to construct eight public school campuses starting January 1, 2015. Each school must be completely constructed by the first day of the month indicated in the table below or the contractor will not receive a special benefit for each school constructed by its "Constructed By" date. OCPS officials are considering two prioritizing strategies - Shortest Processing Time (SPT) and Earliest Due Date (EDD). Assume 12 months in a year. Given the information below: Recommend which strategy should OCPS use to schedule the construction of the public school campuses in order to maximize the number of special benefits received by the contractor? You must show all of your work to receive full credit. What is the sequence generated using your recommended strategy? You must use a Gantt Chart to show the resulting schedule of start times and finish times. What is the resulting performance using your strategy? Show your answer quantitatively.

Explanation / Answer

a. to maximize the number of special benefits, EDD rule must be used. the detailed procedure is as follows:


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