Given the following information about a small project, task duration immediateestimates predecessorsa 2 days noneb 5 days ac 4 days bd 9 days ae 4 days b & df 12 days e & cdraw a network diagram. identify the critical path, earliest start and finish and slack for each task. using ms excel, produce a gantt chart for this project. what would happen if a new estimate for task d increases its expected duration from 9 days to 11 days? would the project take longer? would anything else change?

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.