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Text book required – Operations Management: Contemporary cases and concepts Author: Schroeder, 5th edition –http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073403385/information_center_view0/
This assignment is based around questions 7, 8, and 10 on page 239 in the text book. Use the data in question #7 on page 239 in this textbook to complete this assignment. A number, word, phrase, sentence or paragraph at most should be enough.
1. Question 7a. Compute the total supply chain throughput for all the entities from beginning to end.
Answer – (answer is a number)
2. Question 7 b. Compute the cash-to-cash cycle time for each of the four entities separately. Based on this calculation, who is benefiting the most?
Answer – (answer is a number)
3. Question 7c. Compute the total delivered unit cost in the supply chain from beginning to end. How much profit is there in the supply chain from beginning to end?
Answer – (answer is a number)
4. Question 8a. Considering the data and calculations from question 7 which entities in the supply chain have the worst performance in terms of throughput time, cash-to-cash, added unit cost, and on-time delivery? Simply list the entity and the measure that is MOST (WORST) deficient for each.
Answer
5. Question 8b. Considering the data and calculations from question 7 where should improvements be made to benefit the supply chain as a whole?
Answer
6. Question 10. How would you decide whether a supply chain needs improvement in supply chain structure, supply chain infrastructure or both?
Answer
7. How would you decide whether a supply chain needs improvement in supply chain structure, supply chain infrastructure or both? Choose an answer –
a. Analyze the nature and causes of act deficiencies and their “subject”.
b. Determine if deficiencies relate to the roles and responsibilities of employees, suppliers and how they are managed, systems of all kinds, production, inventory and quality control.
c. Determine if deficiencies relate to the products and services offered, the types and locations of facilities, process technology, layouts and vertical incorporation.
d. a and b only
e. b and c only
f. a, b and c
8. Timely information and refill lead times help minimize the exaggeration effects of market demand.
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