WK2 Summative Assessment

Good Practice Example - Sourcing Process at Federal Express FedEx Corporation is a $20 billion market leader in transportation, information, and logistics solutions, providing strategic direction to six main operating companies. These are FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Trade Networks, and FedEx Services. Prior to the purchase of the Ground, Freight, and other non-express-based services, Federal Express had reorganized all of its major indirect spend in information technology, aircraft, facilities/business services, vehicles/fuel/ground service equipment, and supply chain logistics groups under the Strategic Sourcing and Supply group, led by Edith Kelly-Green. After the purchase of these different businesses, the supply management function was reorganized into a Center-led supply chain management (SCM) sourcing model. (“Center” refers to a Center of Excellence that focuses on centralizing sourcing strategy teams.) Over the last two years, FedEx…

You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures three types of nailers: a pneumatic model, the "ProLine", and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with all three models of nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. The goal is to maximize your revenue. Your answer will be the number packaging hours to be produced (The number of nailers must be a whole number.) Use Scenario 2

Case study below: The Foschini Group (TFG) says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued sharecapital of Tapestry Home Brands for R2.35 billion. TFG said it is acquiring the sale shares fromWestbrooke Investments Proprietary Limited, funds managed by Actis, as well as the current andprevious management of Tapestry whose brands include popular made-to-order furniture retailer,Coricraft; South Africa’s renowned branded bedding retailer Dial-a-bed; home textile retailer,Volpes; and value bedding retailer, The Bed Store.Established in 2005, Tapestry’s own, locally manufactured product accounts for 47% of net sales,employing a total of approximately 2,500 people, with manufacturing facilities located in CapeTown, Johannesburg, and Gqeberha. Tapestry operates 175 stores across South Africa, Namibia andBotswana. The three business segments, namely living, linen and bedding, are run on adecentralised basis by a strong management team, it said.“The transaction will provide…

Case study below: The Foschini Group (TFG) says it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued sharecapital of Tapestry Home Brands for R2.35 billion. TFG said it is acquiring the sale shares fromWestbrooke Investments Proprietary Limited, funds managed by Actis, as well as the current andprevious management of Tapestry whose brands include popular made-to-order furniture retailer,Coricraft; South Africa’s renowned branded bedding retailer Dial-a-bed; home textile retailer,Volpes; and value bedding retailer, The Bed Store.Established in 2005, Tapestry’s own, locally manufactured product accounts for 47% of net sales,employing a total of approximately 2,500 people, with manufacturing facilities located in CapeTown, Johannesburg, and Gqeberha. Tapestry operates 175 stores across South Africa, Namibia andBotswana. The three business segments, namely living, linen and bedding, are run on adecentralised basis by a strong management team, it said.“The transaction will provide…

Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…

Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…

Q: Model the following business process at a supplier. . After a supplier notifies a retailer of the approval of a purchase order, the supplier can receive an order confirmation, an order change, or an order cancelation from the retailer. It may happen that no response is received at all. If no response is received after 48 h, or if an order cancelation is received, the supplier will cancel the order. If an order confirmation is received within 48 h, the supplier will process the order normally. If an order change is received within 48 h, the supplier will update the order and ask again the retailer for confirmation. The retailer is allowed to change an order at most three times. Afterwards, the supplier will automatically cancel the order.

6. McDonald's and Wendy's The following figures are taken from the 2003 financial statements of McDonald's and Wendy's. Figures are in million dollars. McDonald's 129.4 Wendy's 54.4 Inventory Revenue Cost of goods sold (COGS) Gross profit 17,140.5 11,943.7 3,148.9 1,634.6 5,196.8 1,514.4 In 2003, what were McDonald's inventory turns? What were Wendy's inventory turns? ii. Suppose it costs both McDonald's and Wendy's $3 (COGS) for each value meal offerings, each sold at the same price of $4. Assume that the cost of inventory for both companies is 30% a year. Approximately how much does McDonald's save in the inventory cost per value meal compared to that of Wendy's? You may assume the inventory turns are independent of price. i.

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Prob 3: Slattkey Sweets proposes to re-launch one of its mature brands, the Zubirot Bar. The brand manager has identified the tasks involved and produced the following information about them: I Activity H A B C D E F Description Redesign the bar Redesign the packaging Build pilot production line Trial production run Consumer panel tests Main pilot production Design promotional material Test market redesigned product Produce report for the Board Predecessor Activity A, B C D E E F, G H Optimistic estimate of time (weeks) 5 3 10 1 4 2 8 2 Most likely estimate of time (weeks) 8 4 13 1 1 6 4 10 2 Pessimistic estimate of time (weeks) 10 5 a. Construct the PERT/CPM network for this problem. b. What is the expected project completion time? What is the critical path? c. Determine the mean and the standard deviation for the product re-launch. d. Ascertain the probability that the project will be finished in 40 weeks. 16 2 1 9 5 15 3

HW • Select a treatment method Il-Efficiency Three criteria: cost, efficiency, sustainability Option A A 1 1/3 1/7 • Three types of treatments: A,B,C B 3 1/4 • Developed pairwise comparison matrices I,II,fi 7 4 1 • Ranked the decişion criteria based on the pairwise comparison • Şelect the best treatment using АНР I-Sustainability Option A B A 1 3 1 B 1/3 1 1/2 1 1-Cost Criteria Cost Efficiency Sustain. Option A B Cost 1 3 5 A 1. 6 в 1/3 1 1/2 Efficiency 1/3 2 1/6 2 1 Sustain. 1/5 1/2 1

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Q: Provide a structured persona and related withdraw amount and check balance scenarios of an ATM for elder user having minor visual and reflexive impairments (problem in vision and movement of limb). Also suggest a low-fidelity paper-based working prototype of an ATM machine to support the mentioned withdraw amount and check balance scenarios. Note: this question is related from HCI subject kindly solved this corectly and in detail.

The management of Pearson Institute of Higher Education (PIHE) has decided to run a registrationpromotion to give students some discount on their fees. The promotion is as follows:• Complete Registration at least two weeks before resumption, 5% discount is given• Up to 70% payment and black south African, 5% discount is given• Complete payment onsite, 5% discount given 1.2 Draw a decision table to represent your decision tree 1.3 Represent your decision table in a structure English

MASTERY PROBLEM / Cr. Cash: $4,301.83 ar Ban Trenkamp owns and operates the Trenkamp Collection Agency. Listed below are the name, number of allowances claimed, marital status, information from time cards on hours worked each day, and the hourly rate of each employee. All hours worked in excess of 40 hours for Monday through Friday are paid at 1½ times the regular rate. All weekend hours are paid at double the regular rate. Trenkamp uses a weekly federal income tax withholding table (see Figure 8-4 on pages 288 and 289). Social Security tax is withheld at the rate of 6.2% for the first $110,100 earned. Medicare tax is withheld at 1.45% and state income tax at 3.5%. Each employee has $5 withheld for health insurance, All employees use payroll deduc- tion to the credit union for varying amounts as listed. GENERAL LEDGER Trenkamp Collection Agency Payroll Information for the Week Ended November 18, 20-- Credit Total Hourly Rate Earnings 1/1-11/11 Union Employee No. No of Allow. Regular…

10.7. Delph Manufacturing Company is going to purchase an auto parts component from one of two competing suppliers. Delph is going to base its decision, in part, on the supply chain performance of the two suppliers. The company has obtained the following data for aver- age raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory value, as well as cost of goods sold for the suppliers: Supplier 1 Supplier 2 Cost of goods sold $8,360,000 $14,800,000 Raw materials 275,000 870,000 Work-in-process 62,000 550,000 Finished goods 33,000 180,000 brsalu Each company operates 52 weeks per year. Determine which supplier has the best supply chain performance according to inventory turns and weeks of supply. What other factors would the company likely take into account in selecting a supplier?

The outdoor pool is out of service at your resort and your teenage tour group of 30 is checking in today. What could the convention services manager do to be proactive?   Question 5 options:   a)  Make arrangements to shuttle the guests who want to use the pool to a private pool.   b)  Nothing. The pool is closed for the safety of the guest.   c)  Tell them to go to the YMCA.   d)  Pay for them to swim at the hotel pool next door and charge a small fee.

Arc-bot Technologies, manufacturer of six-axis, electric servo-driven robots, has experienced annual expenses and savings in its shipping department through improved supply-chain software applications. Find the i* value between 0 and 100%.   The i* value is  % per year.