Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Using the information in Problem 16, calculate the following:

Using the information in Problem 16, calculate the following: a) The economic order quantity b) The total annual costs using the EOQ ordering policy c) The penalty costs Sam is incurring by using his...

Q: Healthy Plants Ltd. (HP) produces its premium plant food

Healthy Plants Ltd. (HP) produces its premium plant food in 50-pound bags. Demand for the product is 100,000 pounds per week. HP operates 50 weeks per year and can produce 250,000 pounds per week. The...

Q: Using the data provided in Problem 23, determine what will happen

Using the data provided in Problem 23, determine what will happen if HP uses the economic production quantity model to establish the quantity produced each cycle. a) Calculate the economic production...

Q: Greener Pastures Incorporated (GPI) produces a high-quality organic

Greener Pastures Incorporated (GPI) produces a high-quality organic lawn food and weed eliminator called Super Green (SG). Super Green is sold in 50-pound bags. Monthly demand for Super Green is 75,00...

Q: Lissette Jones, the materials manager for an upscale retailer, wants

Lissette Jones, the materials manager for an upscale retailer, wants to measure her customer service level. She has collected the following representative data. Order Number Number of Line Items Do...

Q: In an effort to reduce its inventory, Rapid Grower is offering

In an effort to reduce its inventory, Rapid Grower is offering Greens, a local nursery (Problems 12 and 13), two additional price breaks to consider. If the nursery orders a three-month supply, the co...

Q: W. C. Sanders, owner of Fort Engines, a

W. C. Sanders, owner of Fort Engines, a producer of heavy-duty snow blower engines, needs to develop an aggregate plan for the coming year. The company currently uses 20 individuals working 160 regula...

Q: The BackPack Company produces a line of backpacks. The manager,

The BackPack Company produces a line of backpacks. The manager, Jill Nicholas, is interested in using a level aggregate plan. Inventories and back orders will be used to handle demand fluctuations. Sh...

Q: Med-First is a medical facility that offers outpatient medical services

Med-First is a medical facility that offers outpatient medical services. The facility is considering offering an additional service, mammography screening tests, on-site. The facility estimates the an...

Q: Jill has decided that the BackPack Company must have very good customer

Jill has decided that the BackPack Company must have very good customer service. She has asked you to develop a level aggregate plan using inventories but not back orders. All demand must be met each...