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GPS-to-GO Case
You are Joseph Thomas, Vice-President of Operations for GPS-to-GO and responsible for preparing the factory to build, test and ship GO I, II, and II GPS products.
Current situation
Please answer the following questions:
Hint – Make Excel your friend and use UMC cost to help drive your decision, also take into consideration redesign to develop common architecture across three products.
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Baseball Card Emporium Baseball Card Emporium (BBE) of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, is a distributor of baseball cards to sports card retailers. Its market area encompasses most of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and New Jersey. The cards are printed in Neenah, Wisconsin, and currently shipped to Lewistown via motor carrier transportation. Kenny Craig, vice president of logistics, has asked his staff to evaluate using air carrier service to ship the cards. Nick Gingher, director of distribution, has collected the following information:
• Annual demand: 6,000 cases of cards
• Case value (price): $96 each
• Inventory carrying cost (annual): 30%
• Cost per order to replenish inventory: $75
• In-transit inventory carrying cost: 18%
• Transit time using motor carrier (parcel ground): 4 days
• Cycle time using motor carrier (parcel ground): 7 days
• Transit time using air carrier: 1 day
• Cycle time using air carrier:2 days
• Motor carrier rate: $1.20 per cwt. (100 lbs.)
• Air carrier rate: $2.50 per cwt.
• Unit weight: 50 lbs. per case
CaSe QueStionS
1. What is the economic order quantity for BBE in units? In pounds?
2. What is the total cost (not considering transportation-related costs) of the EOQ?
3. What is the total cost for using motor carrier transportation?
4. What is the total cost for using air carrier transportation?
5. Which alternative should BBE use
At the start of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. in the early 1980s, some physicians (and other healthcare providers) refused to treat AIDS patients, citing concerns for personal health and the health of their own families (remember – this is before we knew what HIV was, how it was spread, and before there were any treatments).
Considering all we know today about HIV//AIDS, do you believe a physician should have the right to refuse certain patient cases based on a patient’s diagnosis? Conversely, should patients have the right to refuse to be seen by healthcare providers who are HIV+ or have AIDS (not that this protected health information would be available, but think about it!).
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