Operations management

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Operations management - introduction
2. Operations Management (OM) - Introduction
3. 5.1 Production methods notes
4. 5.1 Production methods - questions
5. 5.2 Costs and revenues - notes
6. 5.2 Costs and revenues - questions
7. 5.3 Break-even analysis - notes
8. 5.3 Break-even analysis - questions
9. 5.3 Break-even analysis - simulations and activities
10. 5.4 Quality assurance - notes
11. 5.4 Quality assurance - questions and activities
12. 5.5 Location - notes
13. Innovation - notes (HL only)
14. 5.6 Innovation - questions
15. 5.7 Production planning - notes
16. 5.7 Production planning - questions
17. 5.8 Project management - notes (HL only)
    1. Project management - introduction
    2. Critical path analysis
    3. Critical path analysis - The rules and methodology
    4. CPA Stage 1 The data collection
    5. CPA Stage 2 The draft network diagram
    6. CPA Stage 3 - tidying and simplifying
    7. CPA Stage 4 - Earliest starting time (EST)
    8. CPA Stage 5 - Add the Latest finishing time (LFT)
    9. CPA Stage 6 - Identify the CRITICAL PATH
    10. Use of networks
    11. Float analysis
    12. Evaluation of networks
    13. Example - A simple project network
    14. Use of CPA diagrams
18. 5.8 Project management - questions (HL only)
19. Print View

CPA Stage 4 - Earliest starting time (EST)

Add the earliest starting time (EST) to all the nodes on the network

To see how to add the earliest starting time, follow the link below or click on the screenshot. The presentation will open in a new window.

• Earliest starting time

N.B. You will need a set of speakers or headset to hear the explanation.