Exam 15: Location, Logistics, and Product Returns

Lauren Industries wants to open a warehouse in the U.S. northwest. The location factors, weights, and potential locations are shown below. -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Salem.

Lauren Industries wants to open a warehouse in the U.S. northwest. The location factors, weights, and potential locations are shown below. -Based on the weighted-factor computations, where should Lauren Industries decide to locate?

A company finds the following information about its customers and their locations: Calculate the center of gravity.

The Nashville Jam and Jelly Co. has four markets they wish to serve with a centrally located distribution center. The (X,Y) coordinates, in miles, for the four markets are: M1 = (300,650); M2 = (700,550); M3 = (350,475); and M4 = (750,325). The projected annual demand for each of the markets is: V₁ = 3,500 units, V₂ = 2,950 units, V₃ = 1,800 units_, and V₄ = 1,500 units. -Calculate the X-coordinate of the center-of-gravity location using the centroid method.

Supernova Rubber Co. wants to switch to a more decentralized warehousing system. They currently have 1 central warehouse with 20,000 tires. If they go to a 5-warehouse system, what would be the impact on inventory, given that they wish to maintain the same stockout levels?

The following factors are being used to evaluate three potential country locations for the Hope Machineries Co. -Based on the weighted-factor computations, where should Hope Machineries Co. decide to locate?

Elyria Warehousing desired to locate a central warehouse to serve five Ohio markets. Placed on a grid system, its five markets had coordinates and demand as shown below. -Calculate the Y-coordinate of the center-of-gravity location using the center-of-gravity technique.

Rebecca wants to go to college to study supply chain and operations management and has several places in mind. She has listed the important factors and their weights and then performed enough research to determine the relative scores for the institutions using a 100-point scale. -Based on the weighted-factor computations, which college should Rebecca favor?

Lauren Industries wants to open a warehouse in the U.S. northwest. The location factors, weights, and potential locations are shown below. -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Helena.

Supernova Rubber Co. wants to switch to a more decentralized warehousing system. They currently have 1 central warehouse with 15,000 tires. If they go to a 10-warehouse system, what would be the impact on inventory, given that they wish to maintain the same stockout levels?

Supernova Rubber Co. wants to switch to a more decentralized warehousing system. They currently have 1 central warehouse with 20,000 tires. If they go to a 10-warehouse system, what would be the impact on inventory, given that they wish to maintain the same stockout levels?

Sandy Clearwater and Sons currently owns 2 warehouses in Albany and Charlotte to store its products before shipping them out to various retail customers across the eastern United States. The owner is considering changing to 1 centralized warehouse in Richmond to service all of their retail customers and is curious to know the impact this will have on their system inventories. Their current average inventory level is approximately 3,300 units at each warehouse. They have found that this level of stock will result in warehouse stockouts approximately 1% of the time. -Calculate the inventory level at the centralized location in order to keep their current service level.

Rebecca wants to go to college to study supply chain and operations management and has several places in mind. She has listed the important factors and their weights and then performed enough research to determine the relative scores for the institutions using a 100-point scale. -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for the University of Nevada, Reno.

Agona Exotic Car Co. wants to better centralize their warehouses from 5 to 3. They currently have approximately 400 cars in their 5 warehouses. What is their inventory reduction, to keep their current service level?

The following factors are being used to evaluate three potential country locations for the Hope Machineries Co. -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Cuba.

The following factors are being used to evaluate three potential country locations for the Hope Machineries Co. -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Mexico.

A producer of action figures is in a quandary about where to locate a central warehouse that will serve all of their regional centers for the coming millennium. They have predicted average annual demands for the following locations in the table. -Calculate the Y-coordinate of the center-of-gravity location using the center-of-gravity technique.

Bubba Bradman wanted to locate a new carburetor shop in the Midwest region of the United States. The following potential locations, factors, and weights were decided upon: -Calculate the total weighted-factor score for Peoria.

Garret Carpet Inc. desires to increase its warehouses from 3 to 5 in their market areas, and the manager wants to know the impact this will have on their system inventories. Their current average inventory level is approximately 2,000 units at each of the 3 warehouses. -Using the same information, if Garett's instead preferred to go with 2 centrally located warehouses, how would this impact system inventories?

A producer of action figures is in a quandary about where to locate a central warehouse that will serve all of their regional centers for the coming millennium. They have predicted average annual demands for the following locations in the table. -Calculate the X-coordinate of the center-of-gravity location using the center-of-gravity technique.