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Southeast Soda Pop, Inc., has a new fruit drink for which it has high hopes. John Mittenthal, the production planner, has assembled the following cost data and demand forecast: John’s job is to develop an aggregate plan. The three initial options he wants to evaluate are: ◆             Plan A: a strategy that hires and fires […]

 

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The S&OP team (see Problem 13.9) is considering two more mixed strategies. Using the data in Problem 13.9, compare plans  and  with plans  and  and make a recommendation. â—† Plan C: Keep the current workforce steady at a level producing 1,300 units per month. Subcontract the remainder to meet demand. Assume that 300 units remaining […]

 

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Dwayne Cole, owner of a Florida firm that manufactures display cabinets, develops an 8-month aggregate plan. Demand and capacity (in units) are forecast as follows: The cost of producing each unit is $1,000 on regular time, $1,300 on overtime, and $1,800 on a subcontract. Inventory carrying cost is $200 per unit per month. There is […]

 

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Yu Amy Xia has developed a specialized airtight vacuum bag to extend the freshness of seafood shipped to restaurants. She has put together the following demand cost data: Yu decides that the initial inventory of 250 units will incur the 20¢/unit cost from each prior quarter (unlike the situation in most other companies, where a […]

 

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