Suggested answers of the tutorial questions EXERCISE 15.25 1 Safety stock: The lead time is one month‚ so the safety stock is equal to the difference between average monthly usage and the maximum usage in a month. Average monthly usage is 70 tonnes (840/12)‚ and the maximum usage is 80 tonnes. Therefore‚ the safety stock is 10 tonnes (80 – 70). 2 Reorder point: The reorder point is 80 tonnes. This is the maximum amount of the chemical that would be used in a month‚ and this is the
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Tutorial 1 Answers 1. In your own words‚ summarise your understanding of the terms ‘supply chain’ and ‘supply chain management’. A supply chain is the set of value-adding activities that connects a firm’s suppliers to the firm’s customers. It consists of all parties involved‚ directly or indirectly‚ in fulfilling a customer request. The supply chain‚ which is also referred to as the logistics network‚ consists of the suppliers‚ manufacturer centers‚ transporters‚ warehouses‚ retailers‚ and customers
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Accept the Tutorial Quest? YES NO Gregory hesitated‚ then thought to himself ‘Of course I should accept‚ there could be rewards‚ and if this is really real‚ it would probably help to have a grasp on what everything is. So‚ yes’ as he started to move‚ the YES light
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Pert Grantt Chart - Tutorial Exercises 1 Calculate the EET and LET for the following charts (the letters represent activities). Now Identify each CP 2 Redraw the following charts after Inserting activity N (duration 5) in them. Assume in each case it (N) must precede all activities whose initial letter is >= F (but succeed all others). Recalculate the chart and identify the CP 3 For each of the following precedence
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at the time were small farmers‚ and they all had the same fear of Britain invading the colonies. Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” utilizes logos to persuade his fellow colonists to fight the British. If the colonists had voted against Henry’s proposition they would’ve been caught ill-prepared by the English. Henry used logos to convince the revolutionaries who still fooled themselves that peace could still be made with Britain. “Deceive ourselves no longer‚ Sir‚ we have done everything
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Tutorial 1: Natasha Oliver (3522225) Randall van Rooyen (3521675) Teboho (Goodman) Moloi (2974296) Paul Muller (3522241) Robin Parenzee (3522217) Tiger Brands Mission Statement (www.tigerbrands.co.za): 1. Our Vision To be the world’s most admired branded consumer packages goods company in emerging markets. Our Mission To be a high performing‚ fast-moving consumer goods company with leading brands‚ operating across the globe in several selected emerging territories. Tiger Brands Limited (www.whoswho
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are used to being public speakers‚ such as public leaders are able to sway their audience in any direction they want with the assistance of logos‚ pathos‚ ethos. Antony and Brutus were equally honorable and well-respected‚ but after comparing the two funeral speeches ‚ there’s no debate that Antony had the most effective speech because his excellent range of logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos. In the passage‚
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whatever price they paid was well worth the brand recognition and certainly a value to the company. The new logo was designed to look happy‚ by using a bright yellow arrow under the word Amazon to form a smiling face. This is a form of subliminal advertising‚ as a smiling face tends to make humans feel happy and engaged. The arrow also starts at the letter “A” in the word Amazon and ends at the Letter “Z”. This is to imply that you can happily purchase anything and everything from “A” to “Z”
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History Tutorial Journal Words: 549 The American Revolution displayed radical ideas on freedom for its time. However‚ there was one fatal flaw – the contradiction between their ideas on freedom and on slavery. The importance of the American Revolution was limited due to the lack of support for abolitionism‚ argues the historian Nash in Sparks from the Altar of ’76: International Repercussions and Reconsiderations of the American Revolution. The article relates to imperialism and colonisation‚
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Tutorial 07: Solutions Part A: For all your answers‚ please remember to do the following: 1. Draw curves 2. State the distribution 3. Define the variable A7.1 An automatic machine in a manufacturing process is operating properly if the lengths of an important subcomponent are normally distributed‚ with mean µ = 117 cm and standard deviation σ = 2.1 cm. If the machine is operating correctly: Let X = variable length of subcomponent (cm). Then if the machine is operating correctly‚ X ~ N (117‚ 2.12
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