Exam 20: Inventory Management: Economic Order Quantity, Jit, and the Theory of Constraints

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When only one binding constraint exists, the product with the smallest contribution margin will be focused on.

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The Golden Wheels Trailer Company recorded the following information for two of their trailers: Trailer A Trailer B Processing time 3 hours 5 hours Vinyl cover used 17 sq. ft. 13. Selling price \ 60.00 \ 90.00 Variable cost \ 45.00 \ 60.00 Fixed cost \ 20.00 \ 30.00 There are 100 hours available in the plant and 75 square feet of vinyl available per operating period. What is the objective function for maximizing profits?

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External constraints are imposed on a firm from within and internal constraints are imposed electronically.

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Which of the following costs are considered in the EOQ model?

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The Golden Wheels Trailer Company recorded the following information for two of their trailers: Trailer A Trailer B Processing time 3 hours 5 hours Vinyl cover used 17 sq. ft. 13. Selling price \ 60.00 \ 90.00 Variable cost \ 45.00 \ 60.00 Fixed cost \ 20.00 \ 30.00 There are 100 hours available in the plant and 75 square feet of vinyl available per operating period. The constraint equation representing the materials available for the production processes is

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The following information is available for Woodside Furniture Company, which sells two products: Chair X Chair Y Processingtime 4 hours 6 hours Metal used 30 sq. ft. 18 sq. ft. Selling price \ 200.00 \ 100.00 Variable cost \ 150.00 \ 60.00 Fixed cost \ 30.00 \ 30.00 There are 200 hours available in the plant and 200 square feet of metal available per operating period. What is the objective function for maximizing sales?

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Which of the following systems is used to ensure that parts or materials are available when needed for production?

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A withdrawal Kanban specifies

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The JIT approach to inventory management

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The model which expresses a constrained optimization problem as a linear objective function is called the __________ model.

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The cost of holding inventory is known as

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The __________ is the amount of inventory needed to keep the constrained resource busy for a specified time interval.

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Crimson Wheels Bus Company produces buses. In order to produce the seats for the buses, special equipment must be set up. The setup cost per frame is $20. The cost of carrying seats in inventory is $5 per seat per year. The company produces 125,000 buses per year. The number of seats that should be produced per setup in order to minimize the total setup and carrying costs is:

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A marker or card that signals to a supplier the quantity of materials that need to be delivered and the time of delivery is a

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The Golden Wheels Trailer Company recorded the following information for two of their trailers: Trailer A Trailer B Processing time 3 hours 5 hours Vinyl cover used 17 sq. ft. 13. Selling price \ 60.00 \ 90.00 Variable cost \ 45.00 \ 60.00 Fixed cost \ 20.00 \ 30.00 There are 100 hours available in the plant and 75 square feet of vinyl available per operating period. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

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Safety stock is

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In the economic order quantity equation, the numerator under the square root includes

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Which of the following is NOT a cost readily identified with inventory management?

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The manufacturing model which shares the same practices as a JIT manufacturing system is called __________ manufacturing.

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Albuquerque Company has the following information available concerning one of its inventory items: Cost of placing an or der \ 50.00 Unit carrying cost per year \ 2.00 Annual unit demand 3,200 Safety stock 80 Average daily demand 10 Normal lead time in days 12 The reorder point for the inventory item is

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