Questions from Management Science


Q: A farm owner is going to erect a maintenance building with a

A farm owner is going to erect a maintenance building with a connecting electrical generator and water tank. The activities, activity descriptions, and estimated durations are given in the following t...

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Q: The purchasing manager for the Atlantic Steel Company must determine a policy

The purchasing manager for the Atlantic Steel Company must determine a policy for ordering coal to operate 12 converters. Each converter requires exactly 5 tons of coal per day to operate, and the fir...

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Q: The Honda dealership at your city forecasted that it could sell around

The Honda dealership at your city forecasted that it could sell around 500 cars in the next year. The annual carrying cost of a car is ¥500,000, and the ordering cost which involves order processing a...

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Q: Tara, an apparel store, has forecasted a sale of 100

Tara, an apparel store, has forecasted a sale of 100,000 meters of dress material for the next year. Its spinning mill can produce 500 meters of materials per day. The cost of setup per production run...

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Q: In Problem 32 in Chapter 15, the supplier receives shipments of

In Problem 32 in Chapter 15, the supplier receives shipments of partially completed laptops from its manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia, which has maximum production rate of 200 units per day. U...

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Q: Craftwood Furniture Company is a U.S.-based furniture manufacturer

Craftwood Furniture Company is a U.S.-based furniture manufacturer that offshored all of its actual manufacturing operations to China about a decade ago. It set up a distribution center in Hong Kong,...

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Q: The Pacific Lumber Company and Mill processes 10,000 logs annually

The Pacific Lumber Company and Mill processes 10,000 logs annually, operating 250 days per year. Immediately upon receiving an order, the logging company’s supplier begins delivery to the lumber mill,...

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Q: The Road King Tire store sells a brand of tires called the

The Road King Tire store sells a brand of tires called the Roadrunner. The annual demand from the store’s customers for Roadrunner tires is 3,700. The cost to order tires from the tire manufacturer is...

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Q: The Laurel Creek Lawn Shop sells Fastgro Fertilizer. The annual demand

The Laurel Creek Lawn Shop sells Fastgro Fertilizer. The annual demand for the fertilizer is 270,000 pounds. The cost to order the fertilizer from the Fastgro Company is $105 per order. The annual car...

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Q: Hayes Electronics in Problem 1 assumed with certainty that the ordering cost

Hayes Electronics in Problem 1 assumed with certainty that the ordering cost is $450 per order and the inventory carrying cost is $170 per unit per year. However, the inventory model parameters are fr...

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