Chapter 13: Parts Emporium* A. Synopsis This case describes the problems facing Sue McCaskey‚ the new materials manager of a wholesale distributor of auto parts. She seeks ways to cut the bloated inventories while improving customer service. Backorders with excessive lost sales are all too frequent. Inventories were much higher than expected when the new facility was built‚ even though sales have not increased. Summary data on inventory statistics‚ such as inventory turns‚ are not available. McCaskey
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Case 12-4 Wayside Inns‚ Inc. 1. Pro side: The proposed expansion appears to meet the firm’s stated expansion criteria; The existing inn is clearly operating at or near its practical capacity; The analysis is based on one year only‚ and it ignores the fact that the management and reservation fees stay within the overall firm. Con side: The ROI is projected to decrease with the investment; The turnover count might be grossly overstated. This depends on how these data are collected. The same person
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After reading this case anyone would say that the ABC Auto Parts and Auto Zone Co. didn’t entered into a proper written agreement and neither of them signed any legal contract. So‚ it’s a clear indication that there no legal contract signed by both parties. Furthermore‚ a presentation by ABC of its good at Auto Zone premises and Auto Zone places an order verbally‚ it doesn’t create a valid contract when the contract amount is more than $500. So‚ if ABC brings a lawsuit against the Auto Zone than
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SPARE PARTS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT WITH DELIVERY LEAD TIMES AND RATIONING a thesis submitted to the department of industrial engineering and the institute of engineering and science of bilkent university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science By Ya¸ar Levent Ko¸a˘a s c g May‚ 2004 I certify that I have read this thesis and that in my opinion it is fully adequate‚ in scope and in quality‚ as a thesis for the degree of Master of Science. Assist. Prof
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Faizal Aziz Critical Thinking (Pn. Syarifah Bahya) 4th November 2010 Don’t Blame The Burgers The ‘victims’ of over-weight people in America today blames McDonald’s for the cause of their health problems. Most Americans claim that McDonald’s and other food companies are responsible for obesity-related health problems. These fast food consumers issue lawsuits to defend their health problems. Five out of eight lawsuits has successfully push fast food restaurants to provide better nutritional
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MATERIALS AND METHODS This experiment contained two parts‚ a “PART A” consisting of blood pressure measurements‚ and a “PART B” consisting of linear displacement measurements. The equipment used in “PART A” consisted of an OMRON manual sphygmomanometer with a stethoscope attachment as the manual blood pressure meter‚ and a ReliOn Manual Inflation Blood Pressure Monitor model HEM-412CREL as the automated blood pressure meter. The pressure accuracy of the automatic meter was 3 mmHg and held a displayed
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The All Americans Burger video shows a mother and daughter trying to order‚ however the mother doesn’t know English properly. The daughter speaks fluent English and assisting her mother to read the menu. The situation is being presented in this video is that people that don’t speak English are being discriminated in the United States. People responded by speaking to the manager‚ others by facing the aggressor and some by inviting them to eat. The way this people act towards this situation make me
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Individual weekly case assignment 4 – YakkaTech Ltd. RUIWEN RAN (N01014875) MGMT- 1500-OLG 1. What symptom(s) in this case suggest that something has gone wrong? Because employees can investigate most software and hardware system problems online and problems had to be diagnosed and resolved on-site‚ consequently‚ YakkaTech amalgamated its customer service operations into four large regional centres. On the hand‚ YakkaTech’s customer services business has nearly increased two times
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Hamilton County‚ based on the amount of cases that were appealed. We will be counting appealed cases as mistakes that have been committed by the judges. In this report‚ will we go through and determine which judges in the county are making too many mistakes. 1. The probability of a case in Hamilton County being appealed and reversed in Common Pleas Court .04462 Domestic Relations Court .00403292 Municipal Court .005556867 2. The probability of a case being appealed for each judge
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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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