Problem 17-16 Chuck's Custom Boats (CCB) builds luxury yachts to customer order. CCB has landed a contract with a mysterious New York lawyer (Mr....

Problem 17-16

Chuck’s Custom Boats (CCB) builds luxury yachts to customer order. CCB has landed a contract with a mysterious New York lawyer (Mr. T). Relevant data are shown on the next page. The complication is that Mr. T wants delivery in 32 weeks or he will impose a penalty of $375 for each week his yacht is late. Note: No activity can be crashed more than two weeks.

   CRASHING COSTS

ActivityImmediate

PredecessorNormal Time (weeks)1st Week2nd WeekK—9$410      $415      LK7125      —       NK545      45      ML4300      350      JN650      —       QJ,M5200     225      PQ8—       —       YQ785      90      ZP690      —       EndY,Z   

Develop a crashing schedule. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Project Length Shorten Activity    Crash Cost         39 wk—                       38(Click to select)ZN and LQPM and N

                      37(Click to select)ZN and LQPM and N

                       36(Click to select)ZN and LQPM and N

                       35(Click to select)ZN and LQPM and N

                      34(Click to select)ZN and LQPM and N