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The demand for subassembly S is 100 units in week 7. Each unit of S requires 1 unit of T and 2 units of U. Each unit of T requires 1 unit of V
As the production planner for Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., you have been given a bill of material for a bracket that is made up of a base, two springs.
You are expected to have the gift bags ready at 5 p.m. However, you need to personalize the items (monogrammed pens, note pads, literature from the printer.
You have developed the following simple product structure of items needed for your gift bag for a rush party for prospective pledges in your organization.
Use the Web or other sources to identify what an ERP vendor (SAP, PeopleSoft/Oracle, American Software, etc.) includes in these software modules.
What are the distinctions between MRP, DRP, and ERP? The structure of MRP systems suggests “buckets” and infinite loading.
What is the rationale for (a) a phantom bill of material, (b) a planning bill of material, and (c) a pseudo bill of material?
MRP is more than an inventory system; what additional capabilities does MRP possess? What are the options for the production planner.
Master schedules are expressed in three different ways depending on whether the process is continuous, a job shop, or repetitive.
Race One Motors is an Indonesian car manufacturer. At its largest manufacturing facility, in Jakarta, the company produces subcomponents at a rate of 300.
Identify the economic order quantity and consider the implications for making an error in calculating economic order quantity.
Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation.
How much would this save the company in inventory costs compared to the current policy of producing 400 in each production run?
The catering manager of La Vista Hotel, Lisa Ferguson, is disturbed by the amount of silverware she is losing every week. Last Friday night.
Rocky Mountain Tire Center sells 20,000 go-cart tires per year. The ordering cost for each order is $40, and the holding cost is 20% of the purchase price.
Wang Distributors has an annual demand for an airport metal detector of 1,400 units. The cost of a typical detector to Wang is $400.
Cesar Rego Computers, a Mississippi chain of computer hardware and software retail outlets, supplies both educational and commercial customers.
Southeastern Bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices.
Matthew Liotine’s Dream Store sells beds and assorted supplies. His best-selling bed has an annual demand of cont’d 400 units.
Henry Crouch’s law office has traditionally ordered ink refills 60 units at a time.
Lindsay Electronics, a small manufacturer of electronic research equipment, has approximately 7,000 items in its inventory.
When demand is not constant, the reorder point is a function of what four parameters? How are inventory levels monitored in retail stores?
Explain what is meant by the expression “robust model.” Specifically, what would you tell a manager who exclaimed, “Uh-oh, we’re in trouble.
Describe the difference between a fixed-quantity ( Q ) and a fixed-period ( P ) inventory system.
Phillip Witt, president of Witt Input Devices, wishes to create a portfolio of local suppliers for his new line of keyboards.