Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Schmears Inc. is a catalog retailer of men’s shirts. Daily

Schmears Inc. is a catalog retailer of men’s shirts. Daily demand for a particular SKU (style and size) is Poisson with mean 1.5. It takes three days for a replenishment order to arrive from Schmears’...

Q: ACold Inc. is a frozen food distributor with 10 warehouses across

ACold Inc. is a frozen food distributor with 10 warehouses across the country. Iven Tory, one of the warehouse managers, wants to make sure that the inventory policies used by the warehouse are minimi...

Q: Cyber Chemicals uses liquid nitrogen on a regular basis. Average daily

Cyber Chemicals uses liquid nitrogen on a regular basis. Average daily demand is 178 gallons with a standard deviation of 45. Due to a substantial ordering cost, which is estimated to be $58 per order...

Q: Consider the following excerpts from a New York Times article (Kaufman

Consider the following excerpts from a New York Times article (Kaufman, 2000): Despite its early promise . . . Restoration has had trouble becoming a mass-market playerWhat went wrong? High on its own...

Q: You are in charge of designing a supply chain for furniture distribution

You are in charge of designing a supply chain for furniture distribution. One of your products is a study desk. This desk comes in two colors: black and cherry. Weekly demand for each desk type is nor...

Q: One of O’Neill’s high-end wetsuits is called the Animal.

One of O’Neill’s high-end wetsuits is called the Animal. Total demand for this wetsuit is normally distributed with a mean of 200 and a standard deviation of 130. In order to ensure an excellent fit,...

Q: McBurger, Inc., wants to redesign its kitchens to improve productivity

McBurger, Inc., wants to redesign its kitchens to improve productivity and quality. Three designs, called designs K1, K2, and K3, are under consideration. No matter which design is used, daily product...

Q: Develop a Pareto Chart of the following causes for defectives in Lloyds

Develop a Pareto Chart of the following causes for defectives in Lloyds shoe production.

Q: The daily demand for tuna sandwiches at an Ohio University cafeteria vending

The daily demand for tuna sandwiches at an Ohio University cafeteria vending machine is 8, 9, 10, or 11, with probabilities 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, or 0.1, respectively. Assume the following random numbers hav...

Q: Leonard Presby’s newsstand uses naive forecasting to order tomorrow’s papers. The

Leonard Presby’s newsstand uses naive forecasting to order tomorrow’s papers. The number of newspapers ordered corresponds to the previous day’s d...