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operations management 6th

Questions and Answers of Operations Management 6th

Mity-Lite (ML) is a manufacturer of folding and stackable chairs and folding tables for social events. The demand for ML's products is seasonal, peaking in spring and summer. Suppose it is December
What is FTE? Give an example.
How is MPS for a process industry different?
What is a time fence and why is it useful?
A niche bicycle manufacturer manufactures bicycles in two different sizes. David, the company's owner-manager, has just received the following forecasts for the next six months.a. Under what
What is RCCP and why is it useful?
A spring-water bottling company has recently expanded into flavoured water. The marketing manager is predicting an upturn in demand based on the new offerings and the increased public awareness of
Refer to Solved Problem 1. Start with 20 permanent workers. Prepare a minimum cost plan that may use some combination of hiring ($250 per worker), subcontracting ($8 per unit, maximum of 20 units per
What are the differences between aggregate operations planning for services and goods?
Give an example of a product with highly seasonal demand and discuss how its manufacturer meets the demand.
A small distiller produces whisky. The salesperson has developed the following forecasts for demand (in cases) for the next six months.Develop the minimum cost production plan using level
How does the trial-and-error approach for aggregate operations planning work?
A small company produces recreational vehicles. The marketing manager has developed the following forecasts (in units):Develop the minimum cost production plan and compute its total cost. Month Mar
A manager would like to know the total cost of an aggregate production plan that meets the forecasts below using a steady regular production rate of 200 units a month, a maximum of 20 units per month
A fabric mill has developed the following forecasts (in hundred bolts of cloth). The mill has a normal capacity of 275 units (a unit equals one hundred bolts) per month, and employs 275 workers.
What are the most common decision variables for aggregate operations planning in a manufacturing setting? In a service setting?
A manufacturer of heavy truck engines must develop an aggregate production plan, given the following demand forecasts for engines. The company currently has 13 workers and makes 130 engines per
What is an equivalent unit and why is it used?
Many companies are using temporary workers to meet their peak demand. Is using temps instead of permanent workers ethically wrong? Briefly discuss.
Visit https://www.oliverwight-americas.com/system/files/clients/profiles/caterpillarna.pdf and http://oliverwightamericas. co ml system/files/ clients/ pro files/ caterpillarttt.pdf, and summarize
How has technology had an impact on aggregate operations planning?
Why is there a need for operations planning?
a. What are the aggregate demand forecast and aggregate safety stock for each week, and the aggregate initial inventory?b. Using the result of part a, and available hours during regular time (80
Visit http://www.kinaxis.com/Global/resources/case-studies/supply-chain-responsiveness-mtd-case-study-kinaxis.pdf, and summarize what RapidResponse is doing for MTD.
What feasible set of lot sizes for each family in each week will minimize total setup and holding cost? A feasible set of lot sizes will meet the demand during the next three weeks within 40-hour
Visit http://info.steelwedge.com/rs/steelwedge/images/sw_sony_case_study_2014.pdf, and summarize how Sony Entertainment is using Steelwedge's planning software. Steelwedge was recently bought by
What is the minimum cost aggregate production plan for Scotsburn Dairy?Scotsburn Dairy's plant in Truro, Nova Scotia, makes over 300 types and sizes of ice cream and frozen yogurt products. The
A major Saskatchewan potash producer ships potash from mines in Saskatchewan to several warehouses in North America by rail. The objective is to prevent stock-out at the warehouses. The demand from
A grain elevator not only buys grains from nearby farmers but also sells them seeds and chemicals. But how much of each item will be sold in a given year is uncertain, making the decision on the
Because there is a significant number of no-shows on a specific daily flight, the airline wants to intentionally overbook the flight. The number of no-shows can be described by a Normal distribution
Demand for Black Forest cake at the bakery of a supermarket can be approximated using a Poisson distribution with a mean of six per day. The manager estimates it costs $9 to prepare each cake. Fresh
A stockroom manager must set up inventory ordering procedures for two new items, P34 and P35. P34 can be ordered at any time, but P35 can be ordered only once every four weeks. The company operates
A hospital reorders size 7 surgical gloves when the supply on hand and on order falls to 18 units (pairs). Lead time for resupply is three days. Given the typical usage over the last 10 days below,
A car service shop uses 1,200 cases of oil a year. Ordering cost is $20 per order, and annual holding cost is $3 per case. The shop owner has specified an annual service level of 99 percent.a. What
Demand for a particular tablet at an electronics store has recently surged, and the store manager must recalculate at what inventory level to replenish it. The manager wants a probability of at least
A large electronics repair shop uses an average of 85 capacitors a day. The standard deviation is 5 units per day. The buyer follows this rule: Order when the amount on hand and on order drops to 625
What are the echelons in the liquid makeup supply chain of Procter & Gamble?
What is an ASRS? Give an example.
Briefly describe the three methods used for multi-echelon inventory management.
Can the optimal stocking level in the single period model ever be less than median (i.e., 50th percentile) demand? Explain briefly.
How are the economic production quantity and its model different from EOQ and its model?
Explain briefly how a higher holding cost should result in more frequent orders.
Watch Moose Jaw Hospital's kanban video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQW-zcLCllE and describe how its two bin system works.
What benefits do bar codes have for inventory management?
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AcjAfWBVXg and summarize how SAP's SmartOps helped Celestica's supply chain inventory management.
Define purchase lead time. What factors affect it?
Readhttp://img.en25.com/Web/DematicCorp/%7B3af4ab7f-7233-463e-88ab-d96299f6a4c5% 7D NA_CS-1017 UBC.pdf and describe how Dematics' automatic storage and retrieval system is used by the UBC Library.
Employee theft of inventories can be a problem in a wholesaler/distributor/retailer warehouse. Name one thing a manager can do to combat this.
Answer the following questions about the Montreal DC of Canadian Tire. You might want to use the following article http://www.mmh.com/images/site/MMH 101 l _SystemRptCanadianTire.pdf and video
Have the Min/Max values been set correctly?Conor Shirley is a materials management (MM) intern in the supply chain management department of Cameco, one of the largest uranium producers in the world.
Visit http://mhi.org/mediaba nk/general.asp, choose a category, click on ''videos," pick a video, view it, and describe the equipment shown and its advantages.
a. What are the order-up-to level and the order quantity for these items? Audrey thinks that a lead time service level of 70 percent is adequate as large orders are passed to the supplier and the
View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= gJixk7Yjc3E and briefly describe what Retail Pro 9 (the most popular retail software) can do.
Why is managing returns important?
What is involved in transportation execution and control?
What are the transportation modes?
What is a third-party logistics service? Give an example.
What is involved in transport planning?
Describe Lambert's partnership model.
Describe supplier analysis. What are the common factors used in selecting a supplier?
What is fulfillment?
What are some of the advantages of ecommerce?
Describe value analysis.
Describe what a buyer (in an organization) does. Name at least five activities.
Describe supply chain management information systems.
Why is global supply chain management more challenging?
All products sold at the Co-op retail stores in Western Canada are purchased and distributed by Federated Cooperatives Ltd (FCL). The produce buyer for FCL purchases 13 loads of Chiquita bananas per
The BBC attached an RFID tag to a 40-foot ocean container and tracked it and its contents for a year in order to get a sample of global trade. Use
What is cross-docking?
Potash Corp, through Canpotex, has an order for 5,000 tons of potash from Sinofert, the largest fertilizer importer and distributor in China. How should this shipment be delivered (in terms of supply
Visit http://www.purolator.com/en/resources-and-support /about-us/annual-review/2012/enabling-success.page? and view and summarize a customer video.
Juliette loves to eat ice cream and spends a fortune each week buying it. In an effort to save money, she is considering making her own ice cream at home. The cost of an ice cream maker is $150 and
Visit http://www.nykwebcasting.com/profile/video/08_eng.htm, watch the video ''NYK Group Profile," and summarize the supply chain/logistics services NYK Logistics performs for its customers.
What is risk pooling? Delayed differentiation?
Visit http://thepartnershipmodel.com/the-partnership-model/, find and watch the video of Dr. Lambert's overview of his partnership framework, and summarize it.
Visit http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09035/video.htm, view the video ''Keeping the Global Supply Chain Moving," and summarize it.
The Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) is Canada's largest association for supply chain management professionals. Visit http://scma.com/en/resources/supplychain-success-stories and read one
Visit https://www.sap.com/about/customer-testimonials.html, click Find Customer Stories, choose Canada as Region/Country, choose Supply Chain as Solution, read a testimonial, and summarize it.
Visit http://www.rfidjournal.com/case-studies, choose a case study, and state how RFID is used.
Name two different ways that information systems technology has improved the ability to manage supply chains.
Visit https ://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=kfy YFOoIMI w & t = 26s and summarize how RFID is being used by Montreal Transit Authority.
Who needs to be involved in supply chain management?
What is the FXF rate for this shipment? Hint: You need to determine the transportability class of this shipment (http://shipfreight.van.fedex.com/ClassificationTool.aspx). Then, you can get the rate
a. Determine which delivery alternative would be most economical for 80 boxes of parts. Each box costs $200 and annual holding cost is 30 percent of cost. Assume 365 days per year. Freight costs
View http://www. you tube.com/watch ?v=KksQbzRM wvQ on LogicNet, a network design software, and summarize what it can do.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of opening up Louisville holding tanks versus shipping live lobsters out of Bedford to the United States?Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership of Bedford,
View http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqXIwjD3Cso and identify Pepsi's distribution channels.
What is a mentally healthy workplace? Give an example.
The Beer Distribution Game is an activity that is designed to teach the distribution-side dynamics of a three-level or four level supply chain. In the four-level game, the activity needs to be
Boxes of 50 small packages of M&M's milk chocolate candies, produced by Mars, should weigh 625 grams. Therefore, Mars has to ensure that there are enough candies in each package. Suppose two
The operations manager of a large manufacturer received a certain number of complaints during the last two weeks.a. Construct a control chart with Three Sigma limits for the number of complaints
Why is order of observation important in control charts?
Visit http://www.statease.com/pubs/breaddoe.pdf and summarize the design of an experiment to determine the ingredients for bread.
Visit http ://www. inspection. gc. ca/ about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-safety-system/haccp/eng/1346306502207/1346306685922 and read about what the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has to say about HACCP.
Visit http://jobs.isixsigma.com, choose a job announcement related to Six Sigma quality, and describe the job description.
Six Sigma means product specifications are six standard deviations away from the process mean. Without incorporating a shift of 1.5 standard deviations in the process mean, how many defective parts
Visit http://www.qualitymag.com, search for "statistical quality control," find an application, and summarize it.
A manufacturer of toys and board games has built a reputation on quality. However, sales have leveled off in recent years. The VP of sales has been concerned with customer complaints about the
In the internal audit process map of ERCO Worldwide, who is the "responsible manager/supervisor''?
Why is the word cycle in ''PDSA cycle"?

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