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Draw a 3NF ERD for the following business case. You may make reasonable assumptions about cardinalities with clear textual clarifications. You need to label primary keys and foreign keys in your diagram.
Car Rental is a car rental company which has been founded recently in London. It currently has four branches opened in London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Car Rental is planning to expand to Liverpool
in the future. A branch has an address and a telephone number. Each rental car must be associated with exactly one Car Rental branch. A rental car can be identified by its registration number and has the information about the model and the production year. Each employee
working at Car Rental has a unique tax file number (TFN), a name and an address. Car Rental employees consist of managers, mechanics, and customer service representatives. Every employee must work at exactly
one branch. A customer of Car Rental should provide driver license number, name, and a contact number. A customer can rent a car from a Car Rental branch and details about the rental such as the rental period and price should be recorded. If a customer is not satisfied
with the rental service provided, this customer may submit a complaint to a customer service representative who is identified by a unique service representative ID and thus a distinct reference number and detailed description of the complaint should be recorded. The manager, associated with a manager ID, of a branch will handle all the complaints with respect to this branch and has an urgent contact number in case of emergency. Mechanics working at a branch inspect the cars associated with the branch and record the condition and
inspection date. A car must be inspected at least two times per year.
Each mechanic has a certificate ID and a skill level, and might have another mechanic as the supervisor. The supervisor must have a higher skill level compared to the mechanics supervised by this supervisor.
 
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a – c. Gestalt’s Gadgets has forecasted the demand for the Gadget 2000 for the next six weeks as follows:

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

Demand forecast

220

200

220

200

220

180

a.Given a starting on-hand inventory of 40 units of Gadget 2000, determine the minimum amount/rate of production required for a “Mixed” (i.e., level production with inventory) strategy to satisfy the total demand over the next six weeks with no backlogs. And then show the required production (i.e., S&OP) plan (using a table as shown below), including estimating the inventory levels (for both starting and ending) for each of the next six weeks. (Please use a blank sheet to show your work for all three [a, b, and c] questions and upload it back into Canvas here.)

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

Starting inventory

Demand forecast

220

200

220

200

220

180

Production

Ending inventory

b.Marketing department has just updated the forecast. Week 4 forecast has decreased to 180 from 200, and Week 6 increased to 200 from 180 (but, the six-week total remains unchanged). Show your revised “Mixed” plan that meets all the conditions (e.g., minimum production amount to satisfy the total demand over the six weeks with no backlogs). Show the required production (S&OP) plan (using an updated table as shown below), including a new/updated minimum production rate (if necessary), and inventory levels (both starting and ending) for each of the next six weeks.

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

Starting inventory

Demand forecast

220

200

220

180

220

200

Production

Ending inventory

c.The owner of Gestalt reviews the “Mixed” plan from (b) and decides that she would rather have a “Chase” plan using the same starting inventory of 40 units and requiring a fixed buffer inventory (i.e., safety stock) of 15 units. Using the updated demand forecast from (b), show the required production (“Chase”) plan, including (both starting and ending) inventory levels, for each of the next six weeks.

Week

1

2

3

4

5

6

Starting inventory

Demand forecast

220

200

220

180

220

200

Production

Ending inventory

 
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Human Rights legislation requires that the specific performance requirements of a job be based on:

Select one:

a.

common practices in industry.

b.

the National Occupational Classifications.

c.

past practices.

d.

valid job-related criteria.

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The most prevalent problems among employees are personal crises involving marriage, family, financial, and legal matters.

Select one:

a.

TRUE

b.

FALSE

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Employers’ attempts to adjust working conditions and employment practices in order to prevent discrimination is known as:

Select one:

a.

prohibited ground of discrimination.

b.

bona fide occupational qualification.

c.

reasonable accommodation.

d.

undue hardship.

Question 4

Recruiting is the process of attempting to locate and encourage potential applicants to apply for existing or anticipated job openings.

Select one:

a.

TRUE

b.

FALSE

 
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The KAI Insurance Company wants to offer new insurance policies for outdoor plants, basic life insurance on a new plant bought at a garden store. If the plant dies within 2 years of purchase, Green Insurance will pay for a replacement plant. The premium is based on the purchase price of each plant.
a. Can the garden store sell this insurance? Discuss.

b. KAI Insurance would like to offer some discounts to garden shoppers who are in the store’s Preferred Gardener Club? Discuss how this could be done, or if it is prohibited.

c. KAI Insurance would also like to sell this insurance directly to consumers. Discuss the best distribution channel(s) for this insurance.

 
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