Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education)
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education)
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Author: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 3AE
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Person PH, the production control manager was interested in time-phased requirements schedule. The first step for his idea was to develop a master schedule for one engine type produced by Company BM. Person PH decided to develop a materials requirement planning for the product.

To develop: A better schedule by reducing the number of orders and carrying some amount of inventory and identify the cost savings with the new schedule.

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Given information:

Model 1000 Master Schedule

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education), Chapter 21, Problem 3AE , additional homework tip  1

Model 1000 Product Structure

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education), Chapter 21, Problem 3AE , additional homework tip  2

  • There are 17 gearboxes on-hand at the beginning of week 1. 5 gearboxes are on order and should be delivered at the beginning of week 2.
  • There are 40 input shafts present on-hand at the beginning of week 1, and 22 are scheduled to be delivered at the beginning of week 2.

Cost:

Gearbox:

Setup cost (S)             = $90 per order.

Inventory carrying cost (I)     = $2 per unit per week.

Input shaft:

Setup cost (S)             = $45 per order.

Inventory carrying cost (I)     = $1 per unit per week.

Existing schedule:

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education), Chapter 21, Problem 3AE , additional homework tip  3

Each gearbox will require two units of the input shaft. Hence, the planned order release of the gearbox is doubled when they become the gross requirements of the input shaft.

Calculation of cost of the schedule:

Gearbox:

There are 8 planned order releases. The inventory is 2 units in week 1 and 2 units in week 2. Therefore, the total cost would be:

Total cost=Setup cost+Inventory carrying cost=(8 orders×S)+((2+2)×I)=(8×$90)+((2+2)×$2)=$720+$8=$728

Input shaft:

There are 5 planned order releases. The inventory is 30 units in week 1, 32 units in week 2, 32 units in week 3, and 2 units in week 4. Therefore, the total cost would be:

Total cost=Setup cost+Inventory carrying cost=(5 orders×S)+((30+32+32+2)×I)=(5×$45)+((30+32+32+2)×$1)=$225+$96=$321

The total cost of the schedule would be:

Total cost of schedule=$728+$321=$1,049

The cost of the existing schedule is $1,049.

Calculation of net requirements and planned order release for the new schedule:

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education), Chapter 21, Problem 3AE , additional homework tip  4

In order to reduce the number of orders, the planned order releases of three weeks are combined together and released with a lead time of 2 weeks while carrying some amount of inventory.

Formula:

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education), Chapter 21, Problem 3AE , additional homework tip  5

Calculation of cost of the schedule:

Gearbox:

There are 3 planned order releases. The inventory is 2 units in week 1, 2 units in week 2, 10 units in week 3, 30 units in week 6, 10 units in week 7, 18 units in week 11, and 16 units in week 12. Therefore, the total cost would be:

Total cost=Setup cost+Inventory carrying cost=(3 orders×S)+((2+2+10+30+10+18+16)×I)=(3×$90)+((2+2+10+30+10+18+16)×$2)=$270+$176=$446

Input shaft:

There are 2 planned order releases. The inventory is 10 units in week 1, 32 units in week 2, and 32 units in week 3. Therefore, the total cost would be:

Total cost=Setup cost+Inventory carrying cost=(2 orders×S)+((10+32+32)×I)=(2×$45)+((10+32+32)×$1)=$90+$74=$164

The total cost of the schedule would be:

Total cost of schedule=$446+$164=$610

The cost of the new schedule is $610.

Calculation the cost difference between the two schedules:

Cost difference=$1,049+$610=$439

The cost savings with the new schedule is $439.

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