Work center has four jobs that just arrived (the start of Day 1) to be processed, as shown in the following table. Assume the shop works eight hours per day. Using the information in the following table and the critical ratio rule, what is the flow time of job A?
|
Job
|
Processing Time at Workstation (hours)
|
Time Remaining to Due Date (days)
|
Work Time Remaining Including Workstation (days)
|
Remaining Number of Operations
|
|
A
|
12
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
|
B
|
9
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
|
C
|
8
|
11
|
10
|
5
|
|
D
|
16
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
A) fewer than or equal to 10 hours
B) greater than 10 hours but fewer than or equal to 20 hours
C) greater than 20 hours but fewer than or equal to 30 hours
D) greater than 30 hours