The S&OP team at Kansas Furniture, has received estimates of demand requirements as shown in the table. Assuming one-time stockout costs for lost sales of $100 per unit, inventory carrying costs of $25 per unit per month, and zero beginning and ending inventory, evaluate the following plan on an incremental cost basis: Plan A: Produce at a steady rate (equal to minimum requirements) of 1,200 units per month and subcontract additional units at a $70 per unit premium cost. Subcontracting capacity is limited to 500 units per month. (Enter all responses as whole numbers). Month Ending Subcontract Demand Production Inventory (Units) 1 July 1200 1,200 0 2 August 1300 1,200 0 3 September 1200 1,200 0 4 October 1700 1,200 0 5 November 1650 1,200 0 6 December 1400 1,200 0

The S&OP team at Kansas Furniture, has received estimates of demand requirements as shown in the table. Assuming one-time stockout costs for lost sales of $100 per unit, inventory carrying costs of $25 per unit per month, and zero beginning and ending inventory, evaluate the following plan on an incremental cost basis: Plan A: Produce at a steady rate (equal to minimum requirements) of 1,200 units per month and subcontract additional units at a $70 per unit premium cost. Subcontracting capacity is limited to 500 units per month. (Enter all responses as whole numbers). Month Ending Subcontract Demand Production Inventory (Units) 1 July 1200 1,200 0 2 August 1300 1,200 0 3 September 1200 1,200 0 4 October 1700 1,200 0 5 November 1650 1,200 0 6 December 1400 1,200 0

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

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Problem 5.1SC: Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing...

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Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing expenditures for packaging materials with Jeff Joyner. Ben was particularly disturbed about the amount spent on corrugated boxes purchased from Southeastern Corrugated. Ben said, I dont like the salesman from that company. He comes around here acting like he owns the place. He loves to tell us about his fancy car, house, and vacations. It seems to me he must be making too much money off of us! Jeff responded that he heard Southeastern Corrugated was going to ask for a price increase to cover the rising costs of raw material paper stock. Jeff further stated that Southeastern would probably ask for more than what was justified simply from rising paper stock costs. After the meeting, Ben decided he had heard enough. After all, he prided himself on being a results-oriented manager. There was no way he was going to allow that salesman to keep taking advantage of Coastal Products. Ben called Jeff and told him it was time to rebid the corrugated contract before Southeastern came in with a price increase request. Who did Jeff know that might be interested in the business? Jeff replied he had several companies in mind to include in the bidding process. These companies would surely come in at a lower price, partly because they used lower-grade boxes that would probably work well enough in Coastal Products process. Jeff also explained that these suppliers were not serious contenders for the business. Their purpose was to create competition with the bids. Ben told Jeff to make sure that Southeastern was well aware that these new suppliers were bidding on the contract. He also said to make sure the suppliers knew that price was going to be the determining factor in this quote, because he considered corrugated boxes to be a standard industry item. Is Ben Gibson acting legally? Is he acting ethically? Why or why not?
Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing expenditures for packaging materials with Jeff Joyner. Ben was particularly disturbed about the amount spent on corrugated boxes purchased from Southeastern Corrugated. Ben said, I dont like the salesman from that company. He comes around here acting like he owns the place. He loves to tell us about his fancy car, house, and vacations. It seems to me he must be making too much money off of us! Jeff responded that he heard Southeastern Corrugated was going to ask for a price increase to cover the rising costs of raw material paper stock. Jeff further stated that Southeastern would probably ask for more than what was justified simply from rising paper stock costs. After the meeting, Ben decided he had heard enough. After all, he prided himself on being a results-oriented manager. There was no way he was going to allow that salesman to keep taking advantage of Coastal Products. Ben called Jeff and told him it was time to rebid the corrugated contract before Southeastern came in with a price increase request. Who did Jeff know that might be interested in the business? Jeff replied he had several companies in mind to include in the bidding process. These companies would surely come in at a lower price, partly because they used lower-grade boxes that would probably work well enough in Coastal Products process. Jeff also explained that these suppliers were not serious contenders for the business. Their purpose was to create competition with the bids. Ben told Jeff to make sure that Southeastern was well aware that these new suppliers were bidding on the contract. He also said to make sure the suppliers knew that price was going to be the determining factor in this quote, because he considered corrugated boxes to be a standard industry item. As the Marketing Manager for Southeastern Corrugated, what would you do upon receiving the request for quotation from Coastal Products?
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Demand for stereo headphones and MP3 players for joggers has caused Nina Industries to grow almost 50 percent over the past year. The number of joggers continues to expand, so Nina expects demand for headsets to also expand, because, as yet, no safety laws have been passed to prevent joggers from wearing them. Demand for the players for last year was as follows: MONTH DEMAND (UNITS) January February 4,100 4,200 March 3,900 April 4,300 May 4,900 June 4,600 July 5,200 August 4,800 September 5,300 October 5,600 November 6,200 December 5,900
FI The president of Hill Enterprises, Terri Hill, projects the firm's aggregate demand requirements over the next 8 months as follows: January May 2,100 February June 2,200 July 1,800 August 1,800 Her operations manager is considering a new plan, which begins in January with 200 units of inventory on hand. Stockout cost of lost sales is $125 per unit. Inventory holding cost is $20 per unit per month. Ignore any idle-time costs. The plan is called plan A. Calculator Ask my instructor 2 Plan A: Vary the workforce level to execute a strategy that produces the quantity demanded in the prior month. The December demand and rate of production are both 1,600 units per month. The cost of hiring additional workers is $50 per unit. The cost of laying off workers is $80 per unit. Evaluate this plan. (Enter all responses as whole numbers.) Note: Both hiring and layoff costs are incurred in the month of the change. For example, going from 1,600 in January to 1,200 in February incurs a cost of layoff…
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Please provide answers to subparts d to J: Company B is a retailer of mobile phones in Australia that works 250 days in a year. The manager is determining a minimum-cost inventory plan for an upcoming phone to be launched in the market. She has collected the following information: • Annual demand: 1000 phones • Phone cost: $1,214 each • Phone RRP: $1,349 each • Net weight: 163 g each • Tare weight: 277 g each • Annual inventory holding cost: 15% • Cost per order to replenish inventory: $75 • Annual in-transit holding cost: 10% • Freight rate: $8.10 per kg • Time to process order for freight: 1 days • Freight transit time: 3 days Solve this problem using a non-linear programming (NLP) model to determine the followings: d. The total cost for holding the inventory e. The total cost for transportation f. The total cost for holding the phones during transit g. The total cost for this inventory plan h. The number of orders i. Ordering point j. The profit from this inventory plan
Demand for stereo headphones and MP3 players for joggers has caused Nina Industries to grow almost 50 percent over the past year. The number of joggers continues to expand, so Nina expects demand for headsets to also expand, because, as yet, no safety laws have been passed to prevent joggers from wearing them. Demand for the players for last year was as follows: MONTH DEMAND (UNITS) January 4,000 February 4,100 March 3,800 April 4,200 May 4,850 June 4,500 July 5,150 August 4,750 September 5,250 October 5,550 November 6,150 December 5,850 a. Using linear regression analysis, what would you estimate demand to be for each month next year? Using a spreadsheet, follow the general format in Exhibit 3.7. (picture below)(Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Month Forecast january february march april may june july august september october november december b. To…
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