Questions from General Operations Management

Q: A company is about to begin production of a new product.

A company is about to begin production of a new product. The manager of the department that will produce one of the components for the product wants to know how often the machine used to produce the i...

Q: A company manufactures hair dryers. It buys some of the components

A company manufactures hair dryers. It buys some of the components, but it makes the heating element, which it can produce at the rate of 800 per day. Hair dryers are assembled daily, 250 days a year,...

Q: A mail-order house uses 18,000 boxes a year

A mail-order house uses 18,000 boxes a year. Carrying costs are 60 cents per box a year, and ordering costs are $96. The following price schedule applies. Determine the following: a. The optimal order...

Q: A jewelry firm buys semiprecious stones to make bracelets and rings.

A jewelry firm buys semiprecious stones to make bracelets and rings. The supplier quotes a price of $8 per stone for quantities of 600 stones or more, $9 per stone for orders of 400 to 599 stones, and...

Q: A manufacturer of exercise equipment purchases the pulley section of the equipment

A manufacturer of exercise equipment purchases the pulley section of the equipment from a supplier who lists these prices: less than 1,000, $5 each; 1,000 to 3,999, $4.95 each; 4,000 to 5,999, $4.90 e...

Q: A company will begin stocking remote control devices. Expected monthly demand

A company will begin stocking remote control devices. Expected monthly demand is 800 units. The controllers can be purchased from either supplier A or supplier B. Their price lists are as follows: O...

Q: A manager just received a new price list from a supplier.

A manager just received a new price list from a supplier. It will now cost $1.00 a box for order quantities of 801 or more boxes, $1.10 a box for 200 to 800 boxes, and $1.20 a box for smaller quantiti...

Q: Explain the consequences of task time variability on line balancing.

Explain the consequences of task time variability on line balancing.

Q: A newspaper publisher uses roughly 800 feet of baling wire each day

A newspaper publisher uses roughly 800 feet of baling wire each day to secure bundles of newspapers while they are being distributed to carriers. The paper is published Monday through Saturday. Lead t...

Q: Given this information: Expected demand during lead time =

Given this information: Expected demand during lead time = 300 units Standard deviation of lead time demand = 30 units Determine each of the following, assuming that lead time demand is distribute...