Question 16.SP.4: S/O rule. Using the following information, determine an orde...

S/O rule. Using the following information, determine an order processing sequence using the S/O priority rule.

Order Processing
Time
Remaining
(days)
Due Date
(days)
Number of
Operations
Remaining
A 20 30 2
B 11 18 5
C 10 6 2
D 16 23 4
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Assume times are independent of processing sequence.

Order (1)
Remaining
Processing
Time
(2)

Due Date

(3)

(2) − (1)
Slack

(4)

Number of
Operations

(5)

Ratio

(6)

Rank
(sequence)

A 20 30 10 2 5.00 4
B 11 18 7 5 1.40 2
C 10 6 −4 2 −2.00 1
D 16 23 7 4 1.75 3

(Note that one ratio is negative. When negatives occur, assign the lowest rank to the most negative number.)

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