The processing time (in days) is given in the table below. The holding cost for each job is Rs. K per day.

Question

A set of 5 jobs is to be processed on a single machine. The processing time (in days) is given in the table below. The holding cost for each job is Rs. K per day.                                                                                     

 

Job	Processing time
P	5
Q	2
R	3
S	2
T	1

      A schedule that minimizes the total inventory cost is

      (a) T-S-Q-R-P

      (b) P-R-S-Q-T

      (c) T-R-S-Q-P

      (d) P-Q-R-S-T