Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Name several behaviors related to aggregate planning or master
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Operations Management
Ch. 11 - What three levels of planning involve operations...Ch. 11 - What are the three phases of intermediate...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3DRQCh. 11 - Why is there a need for aggregate planning?Ch. 11 - What are the most common decision variables for...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6DRQCh. 11 - Briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages...Ch. 11 - What are the primary advantages and limitations of...Ch. 11 - Briefly describe the planning techniques listed as...Ch. 11 - What are the inputs to master scheduling? What are...
Ch. 11 - Prob. 11DRQCh. 11 - What general trade-offs are involved in master...Ch. 11 - Who needs to interface with the master schedule...Ch. 11 - How has technology had an impact on master...Ch. 11 - Service operations often face more difficulty in...Ch. 11 - Name several behaviors related to aggregate...Ch. 11 - Compute the total cost for each aggregate plan...Ch. 11 - A manager would like to know the total cost of a...Ch. 11 - Determine the total cost for this plan given the...Ch. 11 - a. Given the following forecast and steady regular...Ch. 11 - Manager T. C. Downs of Plum Engines, a producer of...Ch. 11 - Manager Chris Channing of Fabric Mills, Inc., has...Ch. 11 - SummerFun. Inc., produces a variety of recreation...Ch. 11 - Nowjuice, Inc., produces Shakewell fruit juice. A...Ch. 11 - Wormwood, Ltd., produces a variety of furniture...Ch. 11 - Refer to Solved Problem 1. Prepare two additional...Ch. 11 - Refer to Solved Problem 1. Suppose another option...Ch. 11 - Prob. 12PCh. 11 - Prob. 13PCh. 11 - Prob. 14PCh. 11 - Prob. 15PCh. 11 - Refer to Example 3. Suppose that regular-time...Ch. 11 - Prob. 17PCh. 11 - Prob. 18PCh. 11 - Prepare a master production schedule for...Ch. 11 - Update the master schedule shown in Figure 11.11...Ch. 11 - Prepare a master schedule like that shown in...Ch. 11 - Determine the available-to-promise (ATP)...Ch. 11 - Prepare a schedule like that shown in Figure 11.12...Ch. 11 - The objective is to choose the plan that has the...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2CQ
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- A barbershop has been using a level workforce of barbers five days per week, Tuesday through Saturday. The barbers have considerable idle time on Tuesday through Friday, with certain peak periods during the lunch hours and after 4 p.m. each day. On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, all the barbers are very busy, with customers waiting a substantial amount of time and some customers being turned away. What options should this barbershop consider for aggregate planning? Howwould you analyze these options? What data should be collected, and how should the options be compared?arrow_forwardsniparrow_forwardExplain whats cheduling involves and the importance of good scheduling?arrow_forward
- Explain the relationship between priority versus capacity that must exist within the production planning and control area of an industry.arrow_forwardConsuelo Chua, Inc., is a Columbian disk drive manufacturer in need of an aggregate plan for July through December. The company has gathered the following data. There are 8 hours of production per day. Holding cost Subcontracting Regular-time labor Overtime labor Hiring cost Layoff cost Costs $8/disk drive/Month $80/disk drive Month $12/hour $18/hour (above 8 hours) $40/worker $80/worker 0 June 1 July 2 August 3 September 4 October 5 November 6 Doramhar What will each of the two following strategies cost? a) Vary the workforce so that production approximates demand. Chua had eight workers on board in June. (Enter all responses as whole numbers). Demand* Fill in the table below. (Enter all responses as whole numbers. In the hire/layoff column, use positive numbers for hires-plus signs omitted; negative numbers for layoffs.) 400 500 550 700 800 700 Current workforce (June) Labor-hours/disk drive Workdays/month Beginning Inventory 150 Other Data 20 days Beginning Inventory 150 disk…arrow_forwardJAYB, manager of a Fabrication company, has the following aggregate demand requirements and other data for the upcoming four quarters. Table 5: Forecast and cost information [Jadual 5: Maklumat Ramalan dan kos] Quarter [Suku] Demand [Permintaan] Previous quarter's output [Keluaran suku sebelumnya] 1,500 units 1 1,400 Beginning inventory [Inventori awal] 200 units 2 1,000 Hiring workers [Pengambilan pekerja] RM6 per unit 3 1,500 Laying off workers [Pembuangan pekerja] RM11 per unit 4 1,300 Unit cost [Kos unit] RM30 per unit With the information given, JAYB wants you to calculate the total cost of using chase strategy by hiring and layoff workers.arrow_forward
- Relate the three levels of priority planning to capacity planning. Describe each level in terms ofthe detail and the time horizons used.arrow_forwardDefine "what-if analysis." How can a spreadsheet be used to plan capacity?arrow_forwardDirections Select one of these concepts: How the Aggregate Operations Plan combines required materials, capacity, and staffing. Inputs and application of the different Production Planning Strategies: Chase strategy, level strategy, Stable workforce Aggregate planning techniques that minimize the costs of operations. Application of Materials Requirement Planning methods as a manufacturing scheduling tool Use of Bills of Materials and Lot Sizing in MRP syste After reviewing and analyzing at least one of the current events articles, compose an analysis of that event or situation using the unit operations concept that you selected. Note: Remember to focus upon your selected operations concept in your analysis.arrow_forward
- Briefly explain what is mean by float/slack?arrow_forwardIdentify the variables decision makers have to work with in aggregate planning.arrow_forwardRequired information Milford Industries provides medical equipment to oncology and surgical units in major hospitals. Milford allocates indirect costs to five departments and redistributes the IDC for Quality Assurance and Engineering to the other three departments monthly. The table summarizes IDC allocation and direct labor (DL) hours for one month. Department Production Subassemblies Final assembly Quality assurance Engineering NOTE: This is a multi-part question. Once an answer is submitted, you will be unable to return to this part. Determine the IDC redistribution for each of the three departments. The IDC redistribution is as follows: Production = $ 54.54 Subassemblies = $ IDC Allocation, $ 30,000 20,000 10,000 8,500 26,000 Final assembly = $ 36.36 Actual DL Hours 550 1050 650 18.18arrow_forward
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