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Map the supply chain of your product as far back as is feasible. A simple example is a diamond sold by a local jewelry store.
For years, labor and environmental groups have criticized and pressured companies whose suppliers pay low wages, run sweatshops, use child labor.
Michael Dell had the idea of selling computer systems directly to customers when he was a student at the University of Texas.
Why is important to customers that Sephora keep detailed information about its inventory? What does Sephora do to insure its numbers are accurate?
Green Vehicle Inc. manufactures electric cars and small delivery trucks. It has just opened a new factory where the C1 car and the T1
The Lifang Wu Corporation manufactures two models of industrial robots, the Alpha 1 and the Beta 2.
It normally relies on departmental forecasts and preregistration records to determine how many copies of a text are needed.
Jonatan Jelen is considering opening a bicycle shop in New York City. Jonatan enjoys biking, but this is to be a business endeavor.
Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital, founded in 1989, specializes in treatment of women and children and is renowned for its highquality rankings.
Rick Wing has a repetitive manufacturing plant producing automobile steering wheels. Use the following data to prepare for a reduced lot size.
Tej Dhakar’s company wants to establish kanbans to feed a newly established work cell. The following data have been provided. How many kanbans are needed?
Discount-Mart, a major East Coast retailer, wants to determine the economic order quantity (see Chapter 12 for EOQ formulas) for its halogen lamps.
Discount-Mart as part of its new Lean program, has signed a long-term contract with Specialty Lighting and will place orders electronically for its halogen.
The average reliability of each component is 99.0%. Using Figure, determine the overall reliability of the processing unit.
Determine a sequence that will minimize the total completion time for these jobs. Illustrate graphically.
The following set of seven jobs is to be processed through two work centers at George Heinrich’s printing company.
The following jobs are waiting to be processed at Jeremy LaMontagne’s machine center. Today is day 250.
Sunny Park Tailors has been asked to make three different types of wedding suits for separate customers.
In what sequence would the jobs be ranked according to the following rules: (a) FCFS, (b) EDD, (c) SPT, and (d) LPT?
These jobs were logged as they arrived. All dates are specified as planning calendar days. Assume that all jobs arrived on day 180; today’s date is 200.
All dates are specified as manufacturing planning calendar days. Assume that all jobs arrive on day 275. Which decision is best and why?
The Green Cab Company has a taxi waiting at each of four cabstands in Evanston, Illinois. Four customers have called and requested service.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the shortest processing time (SPT) rule? What is a due date?
What is the overall objective of scheduling? List the four criteria for determining the effectiveness of a scheduling decision.
Why does Wheeled Coach have excess inventory, and what kind of a plan would you suggest for dealing with it?