Instructions:
Format for Problem Set:
1. Title page
2. Write Questions and
Answers
3. Reference page (if needed
and add citations for every reference)
Answers to these questions are found in Chapters
15, 17, 18, 20, and 21
Chapter 15:
1. List five major reasons
why a new electronic components manufacturing firm should move into your city
or town.
2. How do facility location
decisions differ for service facilities and manufacturing plants?
Chapter 17:
3. Explain how an ERP system
can improve the evaluation and analysis of performance metrics.
4. What supply chain metric
measures how many complete orders were filled and shipped on time?
Chapter 18:
5. It is a common saying
that the only thing certain about a forecast is that it will be wrong. What is
meant by this?
6. What sorts of risks do
you see in reliance on the Internet in the use of Collaborative Planning,
Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)?
Chapter 20:
7. Distinguish between
dependent and independent demand in a McDonald’s restaurant, in an integrated
manufacturer of personal copiers, and in a pharmaceutical supply house.
8. Which type of inventory
system would you use in the following situations?
a. Supplying your kitchen
with fresh food.
b. Obtaining a daily
newspaper.
c. Buying gas for your car.
To which of these items do
you impute the highest stockout cost?
Chapter 21:
9. Explain the need for time
fences in the master production schedule.
10.Why is the MRP process
referred to as an “explosion”?
