Questions from General Operations Management


Q: What are the primary reasons for holding inventory?

What are the primary reasons for holding inventory?

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Q: Explain briefly how a higher carrying cost can result in a decrease

Explain briefly how a higher carrying cost can result in a decrease in inventory.

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Q: What is safety stock, and what is its purpose?

What is safety stock, and what is its purpose?

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Q: Can the optimal stocking level in the single-period model ever

Can the optimal stocking level in the single-period model ever be less than expected demand? Explain briefly.

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Q: What factors cause the company to carry minimal amounts of certain inventories

What factors cause the company to carry minimal amounts of certain inventories? What benefits result from this policy?

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Q: Which inventory models could be used for ordering the ingredients for bagels

Which inventory models could be used for ordering the ingredients for bagels? Which model do you think would be most appropriate for deciding how many bagels to make in a given batch?

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Q: Describe the philosophy that underlies JIT (i.e., what

Describe the philosophy that underlies JIT (i.e., what is JIT intended to accomplish?).

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Q: This reading offers one possible reason for the existence of a long

This reading offers one possible reason for the existence of a long supply process. Can you think of some other possible reasons for long supply processes?

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Q: Explain the key benefit of the revised approach, and the reason

Explain the key benefit of the revised approach, and the reason for the benefit.

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Q: What is a supply chain?

What is a supply chain?

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