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This question has the formulas for chapter 8. Click TRUE to earn one point of credit toward your exam score. Use these formulas for the next two questions. It is recommended you write them on your scratch paper so you don’t have to scroll up and down to see them.   

A grocery chain wants to determine the location for a new distribution center to service 4 store locations. Assume all locations will have equal shipments from the new distribution center. The table below shows X, Y coordinates for each location.  Location X Coordinate Y Coordinate A 5 4 B 6 4 C 3 5 D 4 3   The X, Y coordinate for the new distribution center will be [x], [y]. Enter your answers rounded to one decimal in the format 1.2 with no other text or symbols.

Windows-to-Go in Lansing, Michigan has orders for 3 customers in Jacksonville, Florida. The company wants to calculate the cost to consolidate shipping everything on one truck.  The transportation carrier has quoted $9.00 per cwt (that is, per hundred pounds) for the freight cost of a consolidated shipment.  The consolidated shipments weigh a total of 50,000 pounds.  Each of the three times the truck stops to make a delivery, it will cost $200 for a stop-off charge.    Enter your answers as a whole number with no other text or symbols. A. Calculate the cwt for the consolidated shipment: $[cwt] B. Calculate the total freight cost: $[fr]  C. Calculate the total stop-off charge: $[st]  D. Calculate the total cost for consolidated shipment: $[ttl] 

How much product to hold, when to replenish, what form to hold (work in process, finished goods, etc), and where to hold are the key ________ decisions that affect integrated logistics management.

In chapter 8, we discussed why location decisions are strategic. If a firm chooses the strategy of “low cost producer”, one method of achieving this is to _______ by locating near raw material suppliers, for example locating a dairy next to a dairy farm. 

Which of these is a key question in capacity planning? 

We learned in chapter 6 that for products such as cans of Pepsi, which are produced in high volumes and with low variety, where all products follow the same steps to be produced, we should use a _______ layout.

In integrated logistics management, a primary function of warehouse and distribution center management is _______, storing inventory to protect against seasonality in supply or demand. 

A “big picture” or systems approach to managing capacity changes is to ________.

Recall our discussion of service layouts. Two important considerations for a warehouse layout are frequency of order or use of items, and _______ items bought together. If two items are frequently bought together, put them near one another to reduce pick times.