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Chapter 3: Q.14-11PE (page 373)
Question:If the lead time for an item is exactly five days, the demand is a constant four units per day, and the shipment container contains two units, how many kanban card sets would be needed? (Assume 0 percent safety
stock.)
Answer
10 Card sets.
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One product that Staples sells a lot of is copy paper. According to Lee鈥檚 Uncertainty Framework, what supply chain strategy is appropriate for this product?
Under a kanban approach to lean manufacturing, order quantities should be as small as possible. For a part that is manufactured in-house, what part of its manufacturing process needs to be reduced to reduce the optimal order quantity for an item?
Question:Sketch the operation of a pull system for running Quality Parts Company鈥檚 current system.
The set of value-and non鈥搗alue-adding activities required to design, order, and provide a product from concept to launch, order to delivery, and raw materials to customers.
The owner of a large machine shop has just finished its financial analysis from the prior fiscal year. Following is an excerpt from the final report:
a. Compute the inventory turnover ratio (ITR).
b. Compute the weeks of supply (WS).
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