INSTRUCTOR’S TEST BANK Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Why would a marketing major need a basic foundation in operations management? A) Marketing staff schedule work centers for most businesses B) Marketing staff must know how to design processes C) Marketing staff must be able to make decisions with the entire business in mind D) Marketing staff must understand the technical processes behind manufacturing capacity management C 2 The value of a product is defined by: A) The owner B)
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Case Study: Global Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing Assignment 1 Due: October 13‚ 2013 at 11:59pm Marks: 20 Sounds like a supply chain problem Metrovox is a German electronics manufacturer that designs‚ develops and manufactures a range of products for the entertainment and home electronics sector. Management has recently focused on two related products‚ Bugabyte and Terabyte Lite. The Bugabyte is a video and audio player with a flash drive. The company has invested heavily in
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WEEK 11-OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Operations Management is one of the essential business functions and is therefore vital to any organizational system that delivers products and services ‚ for example a bank‚ airline‚ or computer manufacturer. At the very core‚ operations management is all about‚ designing‚ creating‚ controlling and improving the many operational processes within a company (in such system environments). Operations management deals with a transformation of inputs
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INTEGRATING THE SUPPLY CHAIN Case Study - Friedland Timbers co. Johann Klassen is the Managing Director of Friedland Timbers co. which makes specialised wood products for the construction industry. He has recently been worried by late deliveries to some important customers. The industry is very competitive‚ and Johann knows that customers will go to other suppliers if he cannot guarantee deliveries. The marketing manager is particularly upset because he has worked with these customers for a
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NEWSVENDOR MODEL Too Much/Too Little Problem Maximize Expected Profit STEP 1: overage/underage costs Co = overage cost per unit Co = Variable Cost – Salvage value Cu = underage cost per unit Cu = Price – Cost (+ Future Cost) STEP 2: Find Critical Ratio F(Q*) = Probability demand < Q. Cu /Cu+ C0 = critical ratio/srvc level STEP 3: Calculate z from table. φ(Ζ) = Critical ratio STEP 4: Calculate Q* = optimal order quantity Ζ= from above (table) μ = mean σ = standard
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E13-1 (Balance Sheet Classification of Various Liabilities) How would each of the following items be reported on the balance sheet? a) Current Liability b) Current Liability c) Current or long-term liability (dependent on term of warranty) d) Current liability e) Current liability f) Current liability g) Current or noncurrent (dependent on time involved) h) Current liability i) Current liability j) Current liability k) Deduction from face value of note l) Disclose in footnote m) Current
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product shortage may result if actual demand exceeds the forecast demand. 2. Lead times serve to magnify the increase in variability due to demand forecasting. Therefore‚ lead time reduction can significantly reduce the bullwhip effect throughout a supply chain. Lead times typically include two components: order lead times‚ information lead times. Order lead times can be reduced through the use of cross-docking‚ but information lead time can be reduced through the use of electronic data interchange
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seasons would have already gone by and the supplies manufactured would be out of season. The company would have also missed the two or three style seasons that have already gone by. The only way to resolve this issue is to reduce the lead time by 15 weeks to being only 3 weeks lead time. To the left is a chart of the flows of product‚ information‚ and financial settlements between Miliken‚ apparel shops design & manufacture apparel‚ department store chain headquarters & distribution centers‚ and
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Supply Chain Management- Paint Industry By: Purvi Mehta Abstract The purpose of this paper is to outline the importance and benefits‚ paint industry can achieve through supply chain integration. These benefits are primarily in the area of achieving superior customer service and operating with lower working capital. A three level framework for achieving the integration has been proposed which is in the form of structural integration‚ process integration and performance integration. The paper also
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excellence? How do supply chain management systems coordinate planning‚ production‚ and logistics with suppliers? How do customer relationship management systems help firms achieve customer intimacy? What are the challenges posed by enterprise applications? How are enterprise applications used in platforms for new cross-functional services? Chapter Outline 9.1 Enterprise Systems What Are Enterprise Systems? Enterprise Software Business Value of Enterprise Systems Supply Chain Management Systems The
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