Jack's Refrigeration Repair is under contract to repair, recondition, and/or refurbish commercial and industrial icemakers from restaurants, seafood processors, and similar organizations. Jack currently has five jobs to be scheduled, shown in the order in which they arrived.
a. Complete the following table. (Show your supporting calculations below).
b. Which dispatching rule has the best score for flow time?
c. Which dispatching rule has the best score for work-in-process (jobs in the system)?
d. Which dispatching rule has the best score for lateness?
e. What dispatching rule would you select? Support your decision.

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Jack's Refrigeration Repair is under contract to repair, recondition, and/or refurbish commercial and industrial icemakers from restaurants, seafood processors, and similar organizations. Jack currently has five jobs to be scheduled, shown in the order in which they arrived.
  a. Complete the following table. (Show your supporting calculations below).
b. Which dispatching rule has the best score for flow time?
c. Which dispatching rule has the best score for work-in-process (jobs in the system)?
d. Which dispatching rule has the best score for lateness?
e. What dispatching rule would you select? Support your decision.

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The Answer of Jack's Refrigeration Repair is under contract to repair, recondition, and/or refurbish commercial and industrial icemakers from restaurants, seafood processors, and similar organizations. Jack currently has five jobs to be scheduled, shown in the order in which they arrived.
  a. Complete the following table. (Show your supporting calculations below).
b. Which dispatching rule has the best score for flow time?
c. Which dispatching rule has the best score for work-in-process (jobs in the system)?
d. Which dispatching rule has the best score for lateness?
e. What dispatching rule would you select? Support your decision.

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