Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Over the past 5 weeks, demand for wine at Winston’s Winery

Over the past 5 weeks, demand for wine at Winston’s Winery has averaged 1,890 bottles, and the variance of demand has been 793,000 bottles. Winston has ordered an average of 1,900 bottles per week ove...

Q: How does automatic identification work in a warehousing system?

How does automatic identification work in a warehousing system?

Q: A manufacturer produces a single product that is sold abroad to an

A manufacturer produces a single product that is sold abroad to an industrial company through the following channel. a) Calculate the bullwhip effect for each stage of the supply chain. b) What kind o...

Q: Consider a three-firm supply chain consisting of a retailer,

Consider a three-firm supply chain consisting of a retailer, manufacturer, and supplier. The retailer’s demand over an 8-week period was 100 units each of the first 2 weeks, 200 unit...

Q: The manager of a traffic and safety company wants to use the

The manager of a traffic and safety company wants to use the ABC classification system to classify its inventory items. The annual demand and the selling price of each item are listed in the table bel...

Q: Matthew Liotine’s Dream Store sells beds and assorted supplies. His best

Matthew Liotine’s Dream Store sells beds and assorted supplies. His best-selling bed has an annual demand of 400 units. Ordering cost is $40; holding cost is $5 per unit per year. a) To minimize the t...

Q: South-eastern Bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central

South-eastern Bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. The yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. South-eastern estimates its a...

Q: Lead time for one of your fastest-moving products is 21

Lead time for one of your fastest-moving products is 21 days. Demand during this period averages 100 units per day. a) What would be an appropriate reorder point? b) How does your answer change if dem...

Q: Atech Service sells professional cleaning machines and scouring agents. They deliver

Atech Service sells professional cleaning machines and scouring agents. They deliver the scouring agents to customers on a fixed weekly schedule. The annual demand is 1,500 bottles, each with a value...

Q: Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large

Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. Thomas’s fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units...