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It found that it had an average of .002 defective shipments. It wants to monitor this shipping accuracy using control chart. What will be the UCL and LCL?
Suppose that sales increase to 1500 sweatshirts per month but you decide to keep the lot size the same as in part a. How much will this decision cost the Co-op per year?
Midwest Nut Company produces cans of mixed-nuts on a high volume assembly line. Is the process still in control? (b) Why or why not? (Show all your calculations)
Some companies contend that they can never adopt JIT because their suppliers are located all over the country, and the distances are too great.
You are a manufacturer of clothes washers. Your team is developing a new washer. You asked several customer focus groups their needs. Based on these, you have identified five important customer requ
The foreman estimates that the value of the work actually finished is about $162, 000. What are the spending and schedule variances for the project? What are the SPI and CPI?
How is just-in-time (JIT) scheduling different from the supply-to-inventory philosophy of scheduling? How is it that JIT scheduling can eliminate the need for inventories in the supply channel?
How can we use these concepts in ways that not only build our personal power, but empowers those who work for or with us? What do you think?
what is process capability? What do the process capability indexes tell the company? What do the initial control chart tell you? Do any out-of-control conditions exist?
A fishing boat manufacturer, Pro Fishing Boats (PFB), is having many problems with critical globally sourced parts. Create a value stream map (VSM) of this supply chain. What other information is need
All seven jobs must go through A and B in that sequence A first, then B. Determine the optimal order in which the jobs should be sequenced through the process using these times.
Assume that the company can earn interest at a rate of 20% per year on all revenues. Determine how often the news paper should bill its customers.
Each time the dealer places an order for cars,ordering cost amounts to 10000$. Determine the Mercedes dealer's optimal ordering policy. what is the maximum shortage that Will occur?
Northwestern Savings and Loan has a current capital structure consisting of $150,000 of 12% (annual interest) debt and 2,000 shares of common stock. The firm pays taxes at the rate of 32%.
Find a workforce plan using the level strategy that allows for no delay in service. It should rely only on overtime and the minimum amount of undertime necessary. What is the total cost of this plan
Informational (decide -> learn), Basic (decide -> learn) & Future (decide -> learn). What are the benefits of this approach to complex decisions?
The largest variances indicate the areas with the greatest amount of "waste," and, correspondingly, the greatest opportunity for improving the bottom line. What are the advantages and disadvantages
Which system (MRP-II or lean manufacturing) does each company use? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each system?
Prepare an aggregate plan for the coming year assuming that the sales forcast is perfect Use a spreadsheet Bradford Manufacturing in the spreadsheet an area has been designated.
What kinds of electronic communications are utilized in your own organization? Consider an organization web page, internal e-mail for staff communication.
Are there other ways in which decisions can be linked? So the decision of another person put a few constraints on some of my decisions. How else can decisions be linked?
The primary consideration is holding cost, which is $10 per unit a year. Two thousand items are to be shipped. Which alternative would you recommend? Explain.
Formulate and solve an appropriate optimization model to help this soda producer identify the best promotional strategies for its two products.
If there is no expansion, what is the maximum number of cars that may actually travel from the stadium to the inter¬state per hour? Why is this number not equal to 33,000, as Dr. Lee suggested?
What suggestions would you make to improve your agency's policies on dealing with employees who are having a difficult time adjusting to technology?