Principles Of Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780135173930
Author: RENDER, Barry, HEIZER, Jay, Munson, Chuck
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 11.S, Problem 20P
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To determine: The item which has to be stored at the very front.
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To determine: The item which has to be stored at the very end.
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The items listed in the following table are stored in a warehouse.
ITEM
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AREA NEEDED (BLOCKS)
A
68
34
328
8
C
54
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13
E
140
a) Which item should be stored at the very front (closest to the dock)?
Fill in the table below for the ratios of the number of trips to blocks of storage area (enter your responses as whole numbers).
ITEM
TRIPS/BLOCKS
A
E
V should be stored at the very front (closest to the dock).
b) Which item should be stored at the very back (furthest from the dock)?
V should be stored at the very back (furthest from the dock).
Which of the following items is most likely to be stored at the back of a warehouse, furthest away from the shipping dock?a) low number of trips and low number of storage blocksb) low number of trips and high number of storage blocksc) high number o f trips and low number of storage blocksd) high number of trips and high number of storage blocks
Green Gardens' owner has asked your advice about a possible problem at his business. Over the last 6 months the large-sized lawn and garden inventory (ie, tables, chairs, planters, etc.) has appeared to be short. The inventory records that employees use to determine what is on hand show that more inventory is available than can actually be located. This has cause frustration and mis-trust in the inventory records for the sales employees. The owner realizes that the problem is bigger than just frustrated employees. He is afraid that inventory is being stolen, a problem he didn't think possible given that these are large items that are not easily moved.
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Provide the owner with two internal controls that he could implement to reduce the likelihood of theft of the lawn and garden inventory.
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