Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (11th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133872132
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 5P

Haley Photocopying purchases paper from an out-of-state vendor. Average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which Haley pays $15 per carton. Inbounds shipments from the vendor average 1,000 cartons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. Haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. The vendor has recently announced that they will be building a facility near Haley Photocopying that will reduce lead time to 1 week. Further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. Haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. What impact will these changes make to Haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregate inventory value?

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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains (11th Edition)

Ch. 9 - New Wave Shelving’s inventory manager would like...Ch. 9 - Yellow Press, Inc. buys paper in 1,500-pound rolls...Ch. 9 - Babble, Inc. buys 400 blank cassette tapes per...Ch. 9 - At Dot Com, a large retailer of popular books,...Ch. 9 - Leaky Pipe, a local retailer of plumbing supplies,...Ch. 9 - Sam’s Cat Hotel operates 52 weeks per year, 6...Ch. 9 - Consider again the kitty litter ordering policy...Ch. 9 - In a Q system, the demand rate for strawberry ice...Ch. 9 - Petromax Enterprises uses a continuous review...Ch. 9 - In a continuous review inventory system, the lead...Ch. 9 - In a two-bin inventory system, the demand for...Ch. 9 - You are in charge of inventory control of a highly...Ch. 9 - Your firm uses a continuous review system and...Ch. 9 - A company begins a review of ordering policies for...Ch. 9 - Prob. 22PCh. 9 - The Farmer’s Wife is a country store...Ch. 9 - Prob. 24PCh. 9 - Prob. 25PCh. 9 - Prob. 26PCh. 9 - In a P system, the lead time for a box of...Ch. 9 - Suppose that Sam’s Cat Hotel in Problem 13 uses...Ch. 9 - Your firm uses a periodic review system for all...Ch. 9 - Using the same information as in Problem 21,...Ch. 9 - Wood County Hospital consumes 1,000 boxes of...Ch. 9 - A golf specialty wholesaler operates 50 weeks per...Ch. 9 - What is the EOQ and what is the lowest total cost?Ch. 9 - What is the annual cost of holding inventory at...Ch. 9 - Prob. 3AMECh. 9 - Prob. 4AMECh. 9 - Prob. 5AMECh. 9 - Prob. 6AMECh. 9 - Comment on the sensitivity of the EOQ model to...Ch. 9 - Consider the pressures for small versus large...Ch. 9 - Prob. 2VCCh. 9 - The Marker Maker© product recently experienced an...Ch. 9 - Prob. 1CCh. 9 - Prob. 2C

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