EPT2602/103/0/2024

Tutorial Letter 103/0/2024

Engineering Production Technology II

EPT2602

ASSIGNMENT 1

Department of Industrial Engineering

This tutorial letter contains important information

about your module.

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Dear Student
The following instructions relate to Assignment number 1:

• YOUR ASSIGNMENT MUST BE SAVED WITH STUDENT NO, AND SUBJECT

CODE AND UPLOADED ON myUnisa PLATFORM.
• Students must upload their answer scripts in a single PDF file (assignment scripts
must not be password protected or uploaded as “read-only” files)
• NO emailed assignments will be accepted.
• Students are advised to preview submissions to ensure legibility and that the correct
answer assignment file has been uploaded.
• Students are permitted to resubmit their assignment should their initial submission be
unsatisfactory.
• Incorrect file format and uncollated answer assignments will not be considered.
• Incorrect assignment scripts and/or submissions made on unofficial platforms will not
be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
• Mark awarded for incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
• Mark awarded for illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No
opportunity for resubmission will be granted.
• Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts.
• UNISA has a zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic
dishonesty.

Assignment information
Details of assignment can be found in the table below:
Assignment weight contribution towards final mark: 15%
Method of assessment Written assignment
(project/takehome/written/portfolio)
Total marks: 76
The assignment is: (compulsory/mandatory/elective) Compulsory
The assignment will be proctored using IRIS No
Turn-it-in will be used for projects/takehome/written No
assignments

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The date for submission can be found on myUNISA.

Assignment submission instructions

• Unisa, as a comprehensive open distance e-learning institution (CODeL), is
moving towards becoming an online institution. You will therefore see that all your
study material, assessments and engagements with your lecturer and fellow students
will take place online. We use myUnisa as our virtual campus.
• The myUnisa virtual campus will offer students access to the myModules site,
where learning material will be available online and where assessments should be
completed. This is an online system that is used to administer, document, and deliver
educational material to students and support engagement between academics and
students.
• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the
myModules 2024 button to access the online sites for the modules that you are
registered for.
• The university undertakes to communicate clearly and as frequently as is
necessary to ensure that you obtain the greatest benefit from the use of the
myModules learning management system. Please access the announcements on
your myModules site regularly, as this is where your lecturer will post important
information to be shared with you.
• When you access your myModules site for the module/s you are registered for,
you will see a welcome message posted by your lecturer. Below the welcome
message you will see the assessment shells for the assessments that you need to
complete. Some assessments may be multiple choice, some tests, others written
assessments, some forum discussions, and so on. All assessments must be
completed on the assessment shells available on the respective module platforms.
• To complete quiz assessments, please log on to the module site where you need
to complete the assessment. Click on the relevant assessment shell (Assessment 1,
Assessment 2, etc.). There will be a date on which the assessment will open for you.
When the assessment is open, access the quiz online and complete it within the time
available to you. Quiz assessment questions are not included in this tutorial letter
(Tutorial Letter 101) and are only made available online. You must therefore access
the quiz online and complete it online where the quiz has been created.
• It is not advisable to use a cell phone to complete the quiz. Please use a desktop
computer, tablet or laptop when completing the quiz. Students who use a cell phone
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find it difficult to navigate the Online Assessment tool on the small screen and often
struggle to navigate between questions and successfully complete the quizzes. In
addition, cell phones are more vulnerable to dropped internet connections than other
devices. If at all possible, please do not use a cell phone for this assessment
type.

• For written assessments, please note the due date by which the assessment must
be submitted. Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your lecturer to complete
the assessment. Click on the submission button on the relevant assessment shell on
myModules. You will then be able to upload your written assessment on the
myModules site of the modules that you are registered for. Before you finalise the
upload, double check that you have selected the correct file for upload. Remember,
no marks can be allocated for incorrectly submitted assessments.

Proctoring and plagiarism

Since 2020 Unisa conducts all its assessments online. Given stringent requirements from
professional bodies and increased solicitations of Unisa’s students by third parties to unlawfully
assist them with the completion of assignments and examinations, the University is obliged to
assure its assessment integrity through the utilisation of various proctoring tools: Turnitin,
Moodle Proctoring, the Invigilator App and IRIS. These tools will authenticate the student’s
identity and flag suspicious behaviour to assure credibility of students’ responses during
assessments. The description below is for your benefit as you may encounter any or all of these
in your registered modules:

Turnitin is a plagiarism software that facilitates checks for originality in students’ submissions
against internal and external sources. Turnitin assists in identifying academic fraud and ghost
writing. Students are expected to submit typed responses for utilisation of the Turnitin
software.

The Moodle Proctoring tool is a facial recognition software that authenticates students’ identity
during their Quiz assessments. This tool requires access to a student’s mobile or laptop
camera. Students must ensure their camera is activated in their browser settings prior to their
assessments.

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The Invigilator “mobile application-based service does verification” of the identity of an

assessment participant. The Invigilator Mobile Application detects student dishonesty-by-proxy
and ensures that the assessment participant is the registered student. This invigilation tool
requires students to download the app from their Play Store (Google, Huawei and Apple) on
their mobile devices (camera enabled) prior to their assessment.

IRIS Invigilation software verifies the identity of a student during assessment and provides for
both manual and automated facial verification. It has the ability to record and review a student’s
assessment session. It flags suspicious behaviour by the students for review by an academic
administrator. IRIS software requires installation on students’ laptop devices that are enabled
with a webcam.

Students who are identified and flagged for suspicious dishonest behaviour arising from the
invigilation and proctoring reports are referred to the disciplinary office for formal proceeding.

Please note:
Students must refer to their module assessment information on their myModule sites to
determine which proctoring or invigilation tool will be utilised for their formative and summative
assessments.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
1. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of taking the words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting them as
your own. It is a form of theft. Plagiarism includes the following forms of academic dishonesty:
• Copying and pasting from any source without acknowledging the source.
• Not including references or deliberately inserting incorrect bibliographic
information.
• Paraphrasing without acknowledging the original source of the information.

2. Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following:
• Completing assessments on behalf of another student, copying the work of
another student during an assessment, or allowing another student to copy your
work.
• Using social media (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram) or other platforms to disseminate
assessment information.

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• Submitting corrupt or irrelevant files, this forms part of examination guidelines

• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract
cheating).
3. For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Study-@-Unisa/Student-values-and-rules

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ASSIGNMENT 1

QUESTION 1

1.1 Differentiate between scheduling for service operation and scheduling for
manufacturing operation. (4)

1.2 A company has the following ten jobs that are awaiting processing at their 3D print
shop. Processing times as well as due dates are given in the table. If today is day
50 on the planning calendar, determine the optimum sequence of the jobs using
the critical ratio rule. Show full calculations. (6)

Job Job due date Job processing time

(days)
A 70 13

B 85 15

C 72 8

D 63 9

E 94 20

F 70 12

G 84 24

H 100 18

I 78 9

J 110 25

1.3 The following eight (8) jobs are ready for scheduling at a job shop in Rosslyn.
Today on the planning calendar is day 100, and none of the jobs have been
started or scheduled yet:

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Job Production Days Date Order Due

Needed
A 2 110
B 10 125
C 5 115
D 8 130
E 6 108
F 3 114
G 4 140
H 11 130

Using the shortest processing time (SPT) and the earliest due date (EDD)
scheduling techniques, determine the following:

1.3.1 The scheduling of the jobs. (2)

1.3.2 The average job lateness of the job schedules above. Show full
calculations. (8)

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QUESTION 2

2.1 The following eight (8) jobs are ready to be processed through a two-step
operation at a paint shop in Silverton, in an order of operation 1 before operation
2. The processing times for each operation (in hours) are as follows:

Job Operation 1 Operation 2

A 2 3
B 4 2
C 3 1
D 1 3
E 4 5
F 8 6
G 6 4
H 7 7

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2.1.1 Using the Johnson’s rule, determine a sequence that will minimize the total
completion time for these jobs and illustrate your answer graphically. (8)

2.2 Johannesburg Hospital is extending its emergency ward. The project activities,
activity times as well as the precedence relationships for this project are shown in
the table below:

Activity Immediate Duration

Predecessor (weeks)

A None 3
B None 2
C A, B 4
D C 5
E B,C 6
F D, E 6
G F 8

2.2.1 Draw the Gantt chart for the project. (7)

2.2.2 Determine the critical path for the project. (2)

2.2.3 What is the expected project completion date? (2)

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QUESTION 3

3.1 Discuss ways in which a retailer such as Checkers supermarket should manage
and monitor their inventory. (6)

3.2 To build a composite deck, the following eight (8) major activities are undertaken.
The activities have been labelled A to H. The activities’ optimistic, pessimistic and
most likely times (in weeks) as well as their predecessors are shown in the table
below.

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Task Immediate a m b
predecessor/s
A None 3 4 5
B None 2 4 6
C A 7 8 10
D B 4 7 9
E C,D 3 5 7
F E 1 2 4
G C,F 5 8 9
H F 3 6 8

3.2.1 Determine the expected time and the variance of each project activity.
Convert the expected time to the nearest whole number (12)

3.2.2 Determine the critical path and completion time of the project. (4)

3.2.3 Determine the project standard deviation. (2)

3.2.4 What is the probability that the project will be completed two weeks before
the project completion time? (3)

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QUESTION 4

4.1 Describe the objectives of a work breakdown structure (WBS) in project

management. (6)

4.2 ZAR Carpet and Trim installs carpets in commercial offices. The company has
been given a new contract to install carpets at a new office block in Renbo office
park. A list of activities and their predecessor/s are shown below.

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Activity Immediate Activity

Predecessor/s time

A - 5
B - 3
C A 8
D B,C 10
E C 6
F B,D 4
G E,F 7
H E 5

4.2.1 Complete the table below to complete the forward and backward passes for
the project. (14)

Activity Immediate Activity Early Early Late Late Slack

Predecessor/s time Start Finish Start finish

A - 5
B - 3
C A 8
D B,C 10
E C 6
F B,D 4
G E,F 7
H E 5

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QUESTION 5

5.1 A company delivers closed-cell foam to a bike seat manufacturer in Rosslyn two
(2) times a year. The reorder point without safety stock is 40 units. The holding
cost is R120 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is R160 per unit. Below
are the demand probabilities during the reorder period:

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Demand during reorder Probability

period
0 0.05
20 0.15
40 0.25
60 0.20
80 0.20
100 0.15

5.1.1 Calculate the amount of safety stock the company needs to carry to
minimise total costs (holding + stockout). Show full calculations. (10)

5.2 A textile manufacturing company orders 50 000 kilograms of regenerated fibres

annually from a supplier at R30 per kilogram. The supplier offered the company
different price discounts to attract large orders. The holding cost per unit per year
is 15% of the unit cost and the ordering cost is R45 per order. The price structures
are shown below:

Quantity (kgs) Unit price

1-1000kg R30

1001-2000kg R28

2001kg+ R26

5.2.1 Which price structure must the company select to keep costs low? Show full
calculations (10)

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TOTAL MARKS = 106

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