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introduction to materials management

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Parent S requires three of component T and two of component U. Both T and U are run on work center 30.Setup time for T is 7 hours, and run time is 0.1 hour per piece. For component U, setup time is 8
Parent W requires one of component B and two of component C. Both B and C are run on work center 10. Setup time for B is 2 hours, and run time is 0.1 hour per piece.For component C, setup time is 2
Bill builds benches in a small shop and he plans to operate five 8-hour days per week.Each bench has two ends and a top. It takes 5 minutes to cut and sand each end and 3 minutes to make each top.
In problem 6.12, what would be the manufacturing lead time if the second machine could not be set up until the setup on the first machine was completed? Would there be any reduction in manufacturing
An order for 100 of a product is run on work center 40. The setup time is 4 hours, and the run time is 3 minutes per piece. Since the order is a rush and there are two machines in the work center, it
What would be the reduction in MLT if the second machine could not be set up until the setup was completed on the first machine? LO.1
An order for 100 of a product is processed on operation A. The setup time is 50 minutes, and the run time per piece is 9 minutes. Since this is a rush order, it is to be split into two lots of 50
An order for 200 bell ringers is processed on work centers 10 and 20. The setup and run times are as follows. It is decided to overlap the lot on the two work centers and to split the lot into two
An order for 100 of a product is processed on operation A and operation B. The setup time on A is 50 minutes, and the run time per piece is 9 minutes. The setup time on B is 30 minutes, and the run
International Door Slammers has an order to deliver 500 door slammers on day 130.Draw up a backward schedule under the following conditions:a. Only one machine is assigned to each operation.b.
Amalgamated Skyhooks, Inc., has an order for 200 Model SKY3 Skyhooks for delivery on day 200. The Skyhook consists of three parts. Components B and C form subassembly A. Subassembly A and component D
In problem 6.4, what percent of time is the order actually running? LO.1
An order for 50 of a product is processed on work centers A and B. The setup time on A is 60 minutes, and run time is 5 minutes per piece. The setup time on B is 30 minutes, and the run time is 6
In problem 6.2, what percent of the time is the order actually running? LO.1
An order for 100 of a product is processed on work centers A and B. The setup time on A is 50 minutes, and run time is 5 minutes per piece. The setup time on B is 60 minutes, and the run time is 5
Bottlenecks exist in many business processes that serve the public and are usually indicated by lineups. Choose a business that experiences lineups and identify the constraints in the system. Give
A student of production inventory management has decided to apply critical ratio to his homework assignments. Describe what is happening if his critical ratio for various assignments is:a.
What is the purpose of production reporting? Why is it needed? LO.1
If the time remaining to complete a job is 10 days and the lead time remaining is 12 days, what is the critical ratio? Is the order ahead of schedule, on schedule, or behind schedule? LO.1
Describe each of the following dispatching rules giving their advantages and disadvantages.a. First come, first served.b. Earliest due date.c. Earliest operation due date.d. Shortest processing
What is dispatching? What is a dispatch list? LO.1
What is an input/output control system designed to do? How is input controlled? How is output controlled? LO.1
What two things must be done to control queue and meet delivery commitments? LO.1
What is a shop order? What kind of information does it usually contain? LO.1
What are the five things discussed in the text that are important in managing bottlenecks? LO.1
What are the six bottleneck principles discussed in the text? LO.1
What is the definition of throughput? LO.1
What is a bottleneck operation? LO.1
What information does a load report contain? Why is it useful to production activity control? LO.1
What is operation splitting? What is its purpose? LO.1
What is operation overlapping? What is its purpose? LO.1
Describe infinite and finite loading. LO.1
Describe forward and backward scheduling. Why is backward scheduling preferred? LO.1
What is manufacturing lead time? Name and describe each of its elements. LO.1
What should production activity control check before releasing a shop order? LO.1
What are the two control files? What are their purposes? LO.1
What are the four planning files used in production activity control? What information does each contain? LO.1
To plan the flow of materials through manufacturing, what four things must production activity control know? Where will information on each be obtained? LO.1
Why is production activity control more complex in intermittent manufacturing? LO.1
What are the major characteristics of flow, intermittent, and project manufacturing? LO.1
What are the major functions of planning, implementation, and control? LO.1
What is the responsibility of production activity control? LO.1
Amalgamated Fenderdenter’s sales are $10 million. The company spends $3.5 million for purchase of direct materials and $2.5 million for direct labor; overhead is $3.5 million and profit is
On the average, a company has 12 weeks of work-in-process and annual cost of goods sold of $40 million. Assuming that the company works 50 weeks a year:a. What is the dollar value of the
On the average, a firm has 10 weeks of work-in-process, and annual cost of goods sold is$15 million. Assuming that the company works 50 weeks a year:a. What is the dollar value of the
In problem 1.1, how much would sales have to increase to provide the same increase in profits? LO.1
If the cost of manufacturing (direct material and direct labor) is 60% of sales and profit is 10% of sales, what would be the improvement in profit if, through better planning and control, the cost
A computer carrying case and a backpack are familiar items to a student of manufacturing planning and control. Discuss the manufacturing planning and control activities involved in producing a
What are metrics? What are their uses? LO.1
Why can materials management be considered a balancing act? LO.1
What are the six activities involved in the physical supply/distribution system? LO.1
Name and describe the inputs to a manufacturing planning and control system. LO.1
Name and describe the three primary activities of manufacturing planning and control. LO.1
What is the purpose of materials management? LO.1
Describe how the objectives of marketing, production, and finance are in conflict over customer service, disruption to production, and inventories. LO.1
What are the objectives of production? How can these objectives be met? LO.1
What are the objectives of finance? How can these objectives be met? LO.1
What is the objective of marketing? What three ways will help it achieve this objective? LO.1
What are the four objectives of a firm wishing to maximize profit? LO.1
Name and describe the three main divisions of supply, production, and distribution systems. LO.1
What must manufacturing management do to manage a process or operation? What is the major way in which management plans and controls? LO.1
What is a supply chain? Describe five important factors in supply chains. LO.1
Describe the four primary manufacturing strategies. How does each affect delivery lead time? LO.1
What are an order qualifier and an order winner? LO.1
Name and describe four major factors affecting operations management. LO.1
What is value added, and how is it achieved? LO.1
What is wealth, and how is it created? LO.1
Name and describe the two functions in the flow of materials from supplier to consumer. What are the differences between physical supply and physical distribution?
What is the primary function of the transaction channel and the distribution channel?
The particular way that goods move depends in part on four factors. What are they?
Describe the reverse logistics system of a beverage company, including the movement of goods and the flow of payment. What steps does the company take to reduce their costs?
Why are the total costs associated with reverse logistics increasing? Will this trend continue into the future?
What are the objectives of a physical distribution system?
Name and describe each of the six activities in a physical distribution system.
What are the cost trade-off and total cost concepts? Why are they important?
Describe the relationship between marketing and physical distribution. How does physical distribution contribute to creating demand?
Why is the demand placed on a central distribution center or a factory by distribution centers considered dependent?
What are the five basic modes of transportation?
What are the three physical elements in a transportation system? For each of the five modes, describe who provides them and how they are funded.
Describe why train service is cheaper than road transport for large quantities of bulky commodities moving over long distances.
Why can trucks provide a fast, flexible service for the distribution of small volumes of goods to a dispersed market?
What are the major characteristics of water and air transport?
What are the major legal types of carriage? What are the three areas of economic regulation?To which legal type of carriage do they apply?
Compare common and contract carriage. How do they differ from private carriage? Which will give the highest level of service?
On what do total line haul costs and line haul costs per hundredweight depend? What two ways can shippers reduce line haul costs?
Describe how a shipper can reduce the following:a. Pickup and delivery costs.b. Terminal-handling costs.c. Billing and collecting costs.
The rates charged by a shipper vary with the commodity shipped. Name and describe five factors that affect the rates.
Why are LTL rates more expensive than TL rates?
Name and describe the two basic types of warehouses.
Name and describe the three important roles warehouses serve.
Name four factors that affect shipping patterns. Which can a supplier control?
What is the landed cost? What is a market boundary? Why are landed costs important in determining market boundaries?
As more distribution centers are added to a system, what happens to the cost of truckload, less than truckload, and total transportation costs?
What are the three roles of packaging in a distribution system? Describe why each is important.
What is unitization? Why is it important in physical distribution? Why is it successive?
What are three prime objectives of material handling? Describe the characteristics of conveyors, industrial trucks, cranes, and hoists.
As more warehouses are added to the system, what would we expect to happen to the following?a. Transportation costs.b. Inventory costs.c. Material handling costs.d. Packaging costs.e. Total costs.f.
How does the use of the transportation term FOB for domestic shipments in North America differ from the use of the term in international shipments?
Which North American shipping term has the minimum risk for:a. the buyer?b. the seller?
A buyer in England would like to import a Harley–Davidson motorcycle directly from a dealer in the United States. Which Incoterm would minimize the buyer’s efforts? Would arranging the shipment

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