Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
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ISBN: 9780134741062
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter A, Problem 21P
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Interpretation: The owner of P Automotive Dealers is trying to decide whether to expand his current facility. If he expands and customer demand turns weak, there is a chance he could lease part of his newly constructed facility to another dealer. If he doesn’t expand and strong demand occurs, he could attempt to lease another facility across town. The decision tree shown in Figure A8 needs to be analyzed and the best set of decisions and expected payoffs needs to be determined.
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Concept Introduction: The measure of likelihood that an event will happen, in a random experiment is called probability.
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The owner of Pearl Automotive Dealers is trying to decide whether to expand his current facility. If he expands and customer demand turns weak, there is a chance he could lease part of his newly constructed facility to another dealer.If he doesn’t expand and strong demand occurs, he could attempt to lease another facility across town. Analyze the decision tree in Figure A8. What is the best set of decisions and the expected payoff?
The following payoff table provides profits based on various possible decision alternatives adn various levels of demand at Robert Klassan's print shop:
decision low high
alt 1 $10,000 $36,000
alt 2 $6,000 $38,000
alt 3 -$2500 $52,000
The probability of low demand is 0.40 whereas the probability of high demand is 0.60.
a) The alternative that provides Robert the greatest expected monetary value is _________
The EMV for this decision is $_______
b) The expected value with perfect information (EVwPI)= $______
c) The expected value of perfect information (EVPI) for Robert= $________
A payoff table is given as:
S1
S2
S3
D1
250
750
500
D2
300
-250
1200
D3
500
500
600
(a) What choice should be made by the optimistic decision maker?
(b) What choice should be made by the conservative decision maker?
(c) What decision should be made under minimal regret?
(d) If the probabilities of d1, d2, and d3 are .2, .5, and .3, respectively, then what choice should be made under expected value?
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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (12th Edition) (What's New in Operations Management)
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