Four products (1,2,3,and 4)must be processed on one of four machines (A,B,C,and D).The times required in minutes for each product on each machine are shown below.

If management assigns products to machines so that the total time to complete all jobs is minimized,then the time to complete Product 1 is
A)10 minutes.
B)9 minutes.
C)16 minutes.
D)12 minutes

Question

Four products (1,2,3,and 4)must be processed on one of four machines (A,B,C,and D).The times required in minutes for each product on each machine are shown below.

If management assigns products to machines so that the total time to complete all jobs is minimized,then the time to complete Product 1 is
A)10 minutes. 
B)9 minutes. 
C)16 minutes. 
D)12 minutes

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To minimize the total time, we need to assign each product to the machine with the shortest processing time for that product. So, for Product 1, we can see that Machine B has the shortest processing time of 9 minutes. Therefore, the time to complete Product 1 is 9 minutes.

Four Products (1,2,3,and 4)must Be Processed on One of Four