Consider a packaged milk products supply chain. A lumber company provides wood to a paper mill, who supplies cardboard to a container manufacturer, who supplies containers to the milk products manufacturer. The lumber company is: a tier two supplier. not in the supply chain. O a tier three supplier. O a tier one supplier. Oa tier four supplier. MacBook Air DD D00 000 F8 F7 F5 ) %23 % %24 9

Specific individual firm measures in supply chains are the following EXCEPT   Question 46 options:   unit cost.   supplier turnover.   flexibility.   on-time delivery.

Bradley Solutions and Alexander Limited are two well-established suppliers of inexpensive tools. Weekend Projects is a national chain of retail outlets that caters to the occasional fixer-upper who would prefer to get the job done fast rather than investing in a well-appointed tool box. Weekend Projects wants to find a supplier for a particular tool set that promises to be a big seller. Expected annual sales are 100,000 units (D). Weekend's warehouses operate 50 weeks a year. Management collected data on the two suppliers, which are contained in the table below: Annual Price/Unit Holding Cost/Unit Lead Time (L) (p) (wks) Supplier 10,000 25,000 50,000 Bradley $40,000 $26,000 $19,000 Alexander $30,000 $28,000 $17,000 $7.15 $7.15 a. Which of the two suppliers would provide the lowest annual cost to Weekend Projects? What shipping quantity would you suggest? and a shipping quantity of Using Annual Freight Costs Shipping Quantity (Q) -w an example Get more help. (H) $1.43 $1.43 6 4 Annual…

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Florida Citrus produced 40000 boxes of fruit that sold for OMR 3 per box. The total variable costs for the 40000 boxes were OMR 60000, and the fixed costs were OMR 75000. (a) What was the break-even quantity? (b) How much profit (or loss) resulted? (Ans. (a) 50000 boxes and (b) OMR 15000 loss) Draw a graph for the above question. Take appropriate scale on x and y axes. Label axes. Show Break-even point, break-even cost and break even quantity.

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The decision to place a certain volume of business with a supplier does not have to be based on sound set of criteria/  True  False

Using domestic suppliers can sometimes ________. Group of answer choices Increase lead times Increase price Increase variability All of these answers

Bradley Solutions and Alexander Limited are two well-established suppliers of inexpensive tools. Weekend Projects is a national chain of retail outlets that caters to the occasional fixer-upper who would prefer to get the job done fast rather than investing in a well-appointed tool box. Weekend Projects wants to find a supplier for a particular tool set that promises to be a big seller. Expected annual sales are 100,000 units (D). Weekend's warehouses operate 50 weeks a year. Management collected data on the two suppliers, which are contained in the table below: Annual Freight Costs Shipping Quantity (Q) Price/Unit Annual Holding Lead Time (L) (p) $7.15 $7,15 Annual Supplier Bradley Alexander 10,000 25,000 $40.000 $26.000 50,000 $18.000 Cost/Unit (H) (wks) Administrative Cost $15.000 $1.43 $1.43 $30,000 $25,000 $17,000 6 $10,000 a. Which of the two suppliers would provide the lowest annual cost to Weekend Projects? What shipping quantity would you suggest? Using V and a shipping…

Reactions and additional comments: Per the textbook definition, the term bullwhip effect “Describes the distortions in a supply chain caused by changes in customer demand, resulting in large swings in inventory levels as the orders ripple upstream from the retailer to the distributor and manufacturer” (Wallace, 2020, p. 137).  The term is derived from physics. When cracking a whip, someone just has to snap their wrist and it causes a wave like effect that increases with a chain reaction.  The bullwhip effect is a term that was first used in the 1990s. The makers of Pampers had many changes in order volumes, when usually diapers were bought at a constant rate (The Bullwhip effect : History and solutions, 2021). This caused the company to receive hard hits in demand with each new order from the retailers. For example, during the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone was told to stay home, go to school from home, and work from home. This caused the need for many more computers and electronic…