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At ABC Manufacturing, the industry is mature, competition tough, and margins low. Most production lines are highly capital intensive.  The amount of reserve capacity they use to handle sudden increases in demand or temporary losses of production capacity is called:

Which of the following changes would decrease the likelihood of the bullwhip effect?

True or False? You will be able to have a one-page cheat sheet front and back.

What materials are permitted (select all that apply)?

Pack’d is a producer of Backpacks and Lunch boxes. Relevant data on the bottleneck operation in the shop for the upcoming fiscal year are given in the following table: Item Backpacks Lunch boxes demand forecast 30,000 units/yr 15,000 units/yr lot size  20 units 60 units standard processing time 0.4 hours/unit 0.5 hours/unit standard setup time 3 hours/lot 4 hours/lot   The shop works two shifts per day, 8 hours per shift, 180 days per year. Currently, the company operates [x] machines. The utilization rate of the shop is __________% (enter response rounded to two decimal places. For 10% enter 10).

The objective of a firm in a responsive supply chain is likely to be realized if it has a:

The mechanism of action of cromolyn sodium (Intal) is to

Regarding the measurement of capacity, when a firm provides a relatively small number of standardized products and services (e.g., most of its products are not standardized):

Which of the following does NOT generate pressure to decrease inventories?

Based on the Wal-Mart case details and in-class discussions, which of the two distribution methods designs (i.e., cross dock or staple stock) is more reflective of a responsive supply chain? Recall that with cross dock inventory is sent directly to the Wal-Mart stores. With staple stock, the inventory is temporarily housed in a warehouse.