10. Marie has established a new package format for airports and train stations. Here, the boards are...
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10. Marie has established a new package format for airports and train stations. Here, the boards are only made from a specially made, large container of crackers with a special quick filler nozzle. But the innovation is that the boards are not made ahead in large batches.
Instead, a few of each variety are made at a time, in the shop, with the result being a better ability to exactly match supply to demand. Prior to this change, the shop had roughly 5 percent leftovers of six of the board varieties sold each day. Analysis shows that now the company can sell 10 percent more of the two best sellers each day. What are the potential benefits of the new format if the store sells 12 different board varieties each with an average demand of 20 per day?
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Manufacturing Planning And Control For Supply Chain Management The CPIM Reference
ISBN: 9781265138516
3rd Edition
Authors: F. Robert Jacobs, William Lee Berry, D. Clay Whybark, Thomas E. Vollmann