Assignment Two Instructions

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SCM: 670:501 Spring 2024 Professor Asoke Dey, College of Business, The University of Akron Assignment Two Due: Before or by, Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (midnight), 02.18.24. Instructions for Assignment Two: Work with another classmate (enrolled in MSM-BA program and SCM:670 Spring 2024) Task: Respond to the two questions in the assignment. Write your answers and computations in the Assignment Two Response Excel document (different worksheet for the two questions) to respond to the assignment questions. Submit the assignment answers (Excel document) over email (one per group) to faculty. Question One: (five points) (a) Describe the differences between level, chase, and hybrid strategy. (b) Use the forecast in the table to show the differences by creating a plan of each type. There is no beginning inventory and regular production capacity is 350 units. Overtime costs $10 extra and is limited to 50 units per month. Subcontracting is limited to 100 units per month and costs $15 per unit. Back orders cost $40 per unit and there is a cost of $5 per month to hold a unit in inventory. There is room for only 100 units in inventory. Question Two: (ten points) Refer the Case Study Information worksheet in the Assignment Two Response Document (Excel) to answer the three questions: a) Develop a level production plan for Bridgertown Diving Gear. b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of this plan? c) Could Bridgertown implement a pure chase plan, given the current capacity? Why? Faculty Guidance To answer both the questions, you need to learn the following concepts from the textbook: Aggregate Production Planning – relevant aggregate planning costs, aggregate production strategies (level production strategy, chase strategy, hybrid strategies) (pp. 474 – 483); Creating an Aggregate Production Plan – level production plan, chase plan (pp. 484 – 487); Question Three : The continuous review model – economic order quantity, total annual inventory cost, reorder point, enter variability and uncertainty, determining the standard deviation of demand during lead time, determining a service level policy (textbook pages 256 – 266) Month Forecast January 250 February 300 March 500 April 350
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