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ISO 9000 Series Standards
ISO 9000 Series Standards
Unit VIII: Business Statistics and Operations Management

Given Data

Job Machine 1 (M1) Machine 2 (M2)
Job 1 4 7
Job 2 6 3
Job 3 2 3
Job 4 7 7
Job 5 8 6

Step 1: Apply Johnson’s Rule

Step 1: Find the smallest processing time

Smallest time = 2 (Job 3 on M1)

👉 Since it is on Machine 1, place Job 3 at the beginning.

Sequence:
[ Job 3 _ _ _ _ ]

Remove Job 3.


Step 2: Remaining jobs

Job M1 M2
Job 1 4 7
Job 2 6 3
Job 4 7 7
Job 5 8 6

Smallest time = 3 (Job 2 on M2)

👉 Since it is on Machine 2, place Job 2 at the end.

Sequence:
[ Job 3 _ _ _ Job 2 ]

Remove Job 2.


Step 3: Remaining jobs

Job M1 M2
Job 1 4 7
Job 4 7 7
Job 5 8 6

Smallest time = 4 (Job 1 on M1)

👉 On Machine 1 → place next from the start.

Sequence:
[ Job 3 Job 1 _ _ Job 2 ]

Remove Job 1.


Step 4: Remaining jobs

Job M1 M2
Job 4 7 7
Job 5 8 6

Smallest time = 6 (Job 5 on M2)

👉 On Machine 2 → place from the end.

Sequence:
[ Job 3 Job 1 _ Job 5 Job 2 ]

Remove Job 5.


Step 5: Only Job 4 left

Place in remaining position.


✅ Optimal Sequence

Job 3→Job 1→Job 4→Job 5→Job 2


Step 2: Compute Total Elapsed Time (Makespan)

Now we calculate completion times.

Job M1 Start–Finish M2 Start–Finish
J3 0 – 2 2 – 5
J1 2 – 6 6 – 13
J4 6 – 13 13 – 20
J5 13 – 21 21 – 27
J2 21 – 27 27 – 30

✅ Total Elapsed Time (Makespan)


Final Answer

Optimal Job Sequence:

J3 → J1 → J4 → J5 → J2

Minimum Total Elapsed Time:

30 units