Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780133148787
Author: HEIZER
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 6P
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•• 11.6 Arrow Distributing Corp. (see Table 11.9) likes to track inventory by using weeks of supply as well as by inventory turnover.
- a. What is its weeks of supply?
- b. What percent of Arrow’s assets are committed to inventory?
- c. What is Arrow’s inventory turnover?
- d. Is Arrow’s supply chain performance, as measured by these inventory metrics, better than that of Baker in Problem 11.5?
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