Loose Leaf for Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases 7e
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ISBN: 9781260151954
Author: SCHROEDER, Roger G
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 1DQ
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To determine: How independent demand inventories differ from the dependent demand inventories.
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In the case of independent demand inventories:
- The planning is based on meeting customer requirements, as happens in a retail store.
- The quantity to be ordered is based largely on past demand.
- The priority of the plan for the inventory planning of various items is based on an ABC or Pareto analysis, which focuses on the more important items.
- Normally, the ordering process is commenced when the inventory level reaches a predetermined ordering point.
- It generally covers only finished goods.
The planning for dependent demand inventories is based:
- On the requirements as determined by a master production
schedule , which typically occurs in a manufacturing plant. - The quantity is based on the requirements of the succeeding process or operation.
- The plan covers all the items and there is no question of ignoring less important items in terms of value.
- It covers also raw materials and work-in-progress.
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Loose Leaf for Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases 7e
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