Monczka-T rcnt Shipping is t he logistics vendorfor Handfield Manufacturing Co. in Ohio. Handfield has dailyshipments of a power-steering pump from its Ohio plant to an autoassembly line in Alabama. The value of the standard shipment is$250,000. Monczka-Trent has two options: ( I) its standard 2-dayshipment or (2) a subcontractor who will team drive overnightwith an effective delivery of one day. The extra driver costs $175.Handfield's holding cost is 35% annually for this kind of inventory.a) Which option is more economical?b) What productio n issues a re not included in the datapresented?

Monczka-T rcnt Shipping is t he logistics vendorfor Handfield Manufacturing Co. in Ohio. Handfield has dailyshipments of a power-steering pump from its Ohio plant to an autoassembly line in Alabama. The value of the standard shipment is$250,000. Monczka-Trent has two options: ( I) its standard 2-dayshipment or (2) a subcontractor who will team drive overnightwith an effective delivery of one day. The extra driver costs $175.Handfield's holding cost is 35% annually for this kind of inventory.a) Which option is more economical?b) What productio n issues a re not included in the datapresented?

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

6th Edition

ISBN:9781285869681

Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

Publisher:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson

ChapterC: Cases

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Problem 5.1SC: Scenario 3 Ben Gibson, the purchasing manager at Coastal Products, was reviewing purchasing...

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