Decisions Involving Alternative Choices Structure: 13.1 Introduction Objectives 13.2 Decision Making 13.3 Types of Costs 13.4 Types of Choices Decisions 13.5 Make or Buy Decisions 13.6 Addition / Discontinuance of a Product line 13.7 Sell or Process Further 13.8 Operate or Shut down 13.9 Exploring New Markets 13.10 Maintaining a desired level of profit 13.11 Summary 13.12 Terminal Questions 13.13 Answers to SAQs and TQs 13.1 Introduction In the previous unit we learnt about Marginal
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Demand Forecasting Importance Demand forecasts form the basis of all supply chain planning. Forecast of future demand are essential for making accurate supply chain decisions and ensuring the company’s success. Examples of such decisions include how much of the product to make‚ how much to inventory‚ how much to replenish and how much to order. Ease of Forecasting Beverages are a push product. Forecasting is not easy in the beverage industry as there are possible serious fluctuations in demand
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Applying Decision Making Techniques to Identify Solutions How will the South Pacific Logistics and Transportation Company establish a greater and profitable presence on the Island of Kava? Considering all the physical‚ environmental and socio-economical issues previously discussed‚ how can a decision be made that will provide the best solution for both the corporation‚ its stakeholders and the community in which they operate? There are several tools and techniques available to guide decision
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Make-A-Wish Foundation Revenue Matrix Elizabeth Overman BSHS/373 October 11‚ 2010 Pat Chatman Abstract The Make-A-Wish foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions this help has to give the children hope and joy to live each day they have with the sickness that they have. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a large Operation that is a fixed organization all over the United States and each state has their own way of collecting donations for the organization
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Forecasting Why forecast? Features Common to all Forecasts • Conditions in the past will continue in the future • Rarely perfect • Forecasts for groups tend to be more accurate than forecasts for individuals • Forecast accuracy declines as time horizon increases Elements of a Good Forecast • Timely • Accurate • Reliable (should work consistently) • Forecast expressed in meaningful units • Communicated in writing • Simple to understand and use Steps in Forecasting Process
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Relevant Costs and Decision Making 4.16 A. The fixed overhead cost will be the same regardless of which method Regina Corp goes. Based on the analysis of Yoklic‚ they will incur the additional cost of $6 per unit by purchasing the subassemblies versus manufacturing them. B. The $50‚000 that is saved by eliminating the fixed overhead reduces the cost for outsourcing. This will give Yoklic an overall $20‚000 savings for 5‚000 units by purchasing externally versus manufacturing internally
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On any given day within any organization there are decisions to be made. These may be as mundane as where to go for lunch or what new product to put out on the market. There are several decision-making tools and techniques that a person or group can put to use with brainstorming being one of them. Brainstorming is "a tool for generating as many ideas or solutions as possible to a problem or an issue" (Simon para 1). Brainstorming does not determine the solution that needs to be implemented rather
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The objective of this assignment is to investigate different business forecasting methods‚ and demonstrate the benefits of their use for a specific organization. We have learned that demand forecasting invokes the processes of determining exactly what service/products are needed‚ in what quantity‚ and in what amount of time. Organizations that are able to implement effective forecasting will be better equipped to find the balance between managing demand for a product/service and the capacity to meet
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the sole proprietorship form of business to discuss. The sole proprietorship form of ownership is a business that is owned by just one person. This form of business ownership has several advantages. There are no partners. The single owner makes all decisions regarding the operation of the business. He/she decides what‚ where‚ and when regarding every aspect of the business. This is the form of business that most small businesses adopt for startup. It is the most simple and least costly form of business
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what decisions would estimated cost information be useful if you were a hospital administrator? The Director of a Cinema hall? The Marketing vice president of a bank? Cost information is the information about the different costs that are incurred in the operation of the organization or a business process. Here the cost includes all cost like material cost‚ labor costs‚ and all other overhead costs that are incurred depending on the type of business they operates. The main objectives of cost information
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