23 Jul Shipping for Strateline Manufacturing
A manager at Strateline Manufacturing must choose between two shipping alternatives: two-day freight and five-day freight. Using five-day freight would cost $135 less than using two-day freight. The primary consideration is holding cost, which is $10 per unit a year. Two thousand items are to be shipped. Which alternative would you recommend?
Group of answer choices
two-day shipping
five-day shipping
A manager must make a decision on shipping. There are two shippers, A and B. Both offer a two-day rate: A for $500 and B for $525. In addition, A offers a three-day rate of $460 and a nine-day rate of $400, and B offers a four-day rate of $450 and a seven-day rate of $410. Annual holding costs are 35 percent of unit price. Three hundred boxes are to be shipped, and each box has a price of $140. Which shipping alternative would you recommend? Explain.
Group of answer choices
A, two-day
A, three-day
A, nine-day
B, two-day
B, four-day
B, seven-day
Use the assignment method to determine the best way to assign workers to jobs, given the following cost information. Compute the total cost for your assignment plan.
JOB
A B C
1 5 8 6
Worker 2 6 7 9
3 4 5 3
Worker 1 should do job
Worker 2 should do job
Assign trucks to delivery routes so that total costs are minimized, given the cost data shown. What is the total cost?
ROUTE
A B C D E
1 4 5 9 8 7
2 6 4 8 3 5
Truck 3 7 3 10 4 6
4 5 2 5 5 8
5 6 5 3 4 9
Truck 1 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 2 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 3 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 4 should take route at a cost of $ .
Truck 5 should take route at a cost of $ .
The total cost is $ .
The following table contains information concerning four jobs that are awaiting processing at a work center.
Job Job Time
(days) Due Date
(days)
A 14 20
B 10 16
C 7 15
D 6 17
1. Sequence the jobs using (1) FCFS, (2) SPT, (3) EDD, and (4) CR. Assume the list is by order of arrival. List the jobs in order with no spaces, such as ABCD.
FCFS
SPT
EDD
CR
2. For each of the methods in part a, determine (1) the average job flow time, (2) the average tardiness, and (3) the average number of jobs at the work center. Round to two decimal places.
avg job flow time (days) avg tardiness
(days) avg #jobs
FCFS
SPT
EDD
CR
3. Which method is superior to the others?
Question 6
The following table shows orders to be processed at a machine shop as of 8:00 a.m. Monday. The jobs have different operations they must go through. Processing times are in days. Jobs are listed in order of arrival.
1. Determine the processing sequence at the first work center using each of these rules: (1) FCFS , (2) S/O.
2. Compute the effectiveness of each rule using each of these measures: (1) average flow time, (2) average number of jobs at the work center. Round to two decimal places.
FCFS average flow time
FCFS average number of jobs
S/O average flow time
S/O average number of jobs
Job Processing
Time
(days) Due
Date
(days) Remaining
Number of
Operations
A 8 20 2
B 10 18 4
C 5 25 5
D 11 17 3
E 9 35 4
