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A company has decided to market a new product for the consumer market. The problems of how to plan and control the various phases of this project โ€“ sales promotion, training of salespeople, pricing, packaging, advertising, and manufacturing โ€“ are obvious to the management of this firm. They have asked you to guide them through this difficult venture using CPM. The first firm to market this type of product will reap substantial profits and will enhance its image by marketing such a revolu- tionary product. A list of the activities, with the expected time duration for each, is given in the table, in terms of weeks. Activity Description Precedence Time (weeks) Manufacturing activities A Study equipment requirement โ€“ 1 B Select supplier of equipment A 1 C Study manufacturing procedures B 3 D Study quality control procedures C 3 E Study purchasing and inventory rules B 3 F Receive and install equipment B 8 G Place order for raw materials E 2 H Manufacture from raw materials for test and first production runs G 4 I Receive containers and packaging supplies P 1 J Have personnel available for first production run F 0 K Run manufacturing test D, J, H, I, T 3 L Run first production K 7 Marketing activities M Price product B, S 2 N Prepare artwork for advertising M 4 O Send out advertising materials and packaging orders to suppliers N 5 P Produce advertising and packaging materials O 1 Q Hold sales meeting K, S 2 R Training salespeople Q 3 Accounting activities S Determine cost of new product B 2 T Determine cost of the new product inventory S 3 (a) Draw a network diagram for the project. (b) Identify the critical path and determine its length.

Posted by: Sambuddha Sarkhel on: 29 Mar, 2021