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What are the advantages and disadvantages of the shortest processing time (SPT) rule? What is a due date?
What is the overall objective of scheduling? List the four criteria for determining the effectiveness of a scheduling decision.
Why does Wheeled Coach have excess inventory, and what kind of a plan would you suggest for dealing with it?
Courtney Kamauf schedules production of a popular Rustic Coffee Table at Kamauf Enterprises, Inc.
The entire fabrication for these units is scheduled on one machine. There are 2,250 usable minutes in a week, and each unit will take 65 minutes to complete.
The entire fabrication for these units is scheduled on one machine. There are 2,250 usable minutes in a week.
Develop a POQ solution and calculate total relevant costs for the data in the preceding table.
What are the similarities between MRP and DRP? How does MRP II differ from MRP?
Once a material requirements plan (MRP) has been established, what other managerial applications might be found for the technique?
Southeastern Airlines’s daily flight from Atlanta to Charlotte uses a Boeing 737, with all-coach seating for 120 people.
The demand for subassembly S is 100 units in week 7. Each unit of S requires 1 unit of T and 2 units of U. Each unit of T requires 1 unit of V
As the production planner for Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., you have been given a bill of material for a bracket that is made up of a base, two springs.
You are expected to have the gift bags ready at 5 p.m. However, you need to personalize the items (monogrammed pens, note pads, literature from the printer.
You have developed the following simple product structure of items needed for your gift bag for a rush party for prospective pledges in your organization.
Use the Web or other sources to identify what an ERP vendor (SAP, PeopleSoft/Oracle, American Software, etc.) includes in these software modules.
What are the distinctions between MRP, DRP, and ERP? The structure of MRP systems suggests “buckets” and infinite loading.
What is the rationale for (a) a phantom bill of material, (b) a planning bill of material, and (c) a pseudo bill of material?
MRP is more than an inventory system; what additional capabilities does MRP possess? What are the options for the production planner.
Master schedules are expressed in three different ways depending on whether the process is continuous, a job shop, or repetitive.
Race One Motors is an Indonesian car manufacturer. At its largest manufacturing facility, in Jakarta, the company produces subcomponents at a rate of 300.
Identify the economic order quantity and consider the implications for making an error in calculating economic order quantity.
Thomas Kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation.
How much would this save the company in inventory costs compared to the current policy of producing 400 in each production run?
The catering manager of La Vista Hotel, Lisa Ferguson, is disturbed by the amount of silverware she is losing every week. Last Friday night.
Rocky Mountain Tire Center sells 20,000 go-cart tires per year. The ordering cost for each order is $40, and the holding cost is 20% of the purchase price.