Concept explainers
a)
Interpretation: find the optimal order policy during 100week quarter based on the silver-meal heuristic and also calculate the total holding and ordering costs incurred over the 10-week period.
Concept Introduction: One of the forward method is Silver meal heuristic method. This method defined as planning the production in manufacturing and also within the minimum cost to determine the quantities of the production to achieve the requirement of the process. It is also called as dynamic-lot-size model.
b)
Interpretation: Determine the optimal policy and compare the total holding and ordering cost over the 10 weeks to the answer obtained in part (a).
Concept Introduction: Production Order Quantity(POQ) is determines that the volume of the optimal production for the every order of production for the goods with the independent demand.one of the model EOQ(Economic Order Quantity)refers that the goods are shipped in bulk of orders at a time.
c)
Interpretation: Determine the economical in general to face a smooth or a spiky demand pattern based on the results of part (a) and part (b)
Concept Introduction: Spiky demand refers to bulk orders of the product. Suppose when bulk orders occurs, the overall historical demand curve yields to have a rather spiky shape. This kind of shape refers that certain orders for the significant percentage of the total demand.
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