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Current issues in OSCM do not include (Points
4) coordinating relationships between
organizations. making senior management aware
that OSCM can be a competitive weapon. the triple
bottom line. managing customer touch points.
increasing global supply chain employment.  Questi
on 2.2. (TCO 1) Which of the following is not a
characteristic that distinguishes services from
goods? (Points 4) Service jobs are unskilled .A
service is intangible. Services are
perishable. Services are heterogeneous . None of
the above (TCO 5) Which of the following are used
to describe the degree of error? (Points 4)
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GSCM 520 Week 1 Case Study The Tao of Timbuk2 (2
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Case Study The Tao of Timbuk 2GSCM520 Case Study
The Tao of Timbuk 2CaseThe Tao of Timbuk2 (p.
43) In a three-page paper, answer the
following.         Consider the two categories
of products that Timbuk2 to makes and sells. For
the custom messenger bag, what are the key
competitive dimensions that are driving sales?
Are their competitive priorities different for
the new laptop bags sourced in China?Compare the
assembly line in China to that in San Francisco
along the following dimensions (1) volume or
rate of production, (2) required skill of the
workers, (3) level of automation, and (4) amount
of raw material and finished goods inventory.
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Week 1 Quiz  1.         Question         (TCO 1)
The Goods-Services Continuum consists of which
set of the following categories? 2.        
Question         (TCOs 1 and 2) Which of the
following is a measure of operations and supply
management efficiency used by Wall
Street? 3.         Question         (TCO 2) In
development of an operations and supply chain
strategy, which of the following may be an
important product-specific criteria to
consider? 4.         Question         (TCO 2)
Which of the following is a multifactor measure
of productivity? 5.         Question        
(TCO 2) Which of the following is a total measure
of productivity?
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GSCM 520 Week 2 Case Study Shouldice Hospital A
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Week 2 Case Study Shouldice Hospital A Cut
Above  Review the Shouldice Hospital case study.
You can find the questions for this case study in
Doc Sharing. Compose an APA-formatted Word
document, no more than three pages in length
please answer each of the questions in the
presented case study. In a three-page paper,
answer the following.          How well does the
hospital currently utilize its beds? Develop a
similar table to show the effects of adding
operations on Saturday. (Assume that 30
operations would still be performed each day.)
How would you affect the utilization of the bed
capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the
additional patients?
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Week 2 Quiz   1.         Question         (TCO
5) In most cases, demand for products or services
can be broken down into several components. Which
of the following is not considered a component of
demand? 2.         Question         (TCO 5) In
most cases, demand for products or services can
be broken into several components. Which of the
following is considered a component of
demand? 3.         Question         (TCO 5)
Which of the following forecasting methodologies
is considered a time series forecasting
technique? 4.         Question         (TCO 5)
Which of the following forecasting methods uses
executive judgment as its primary component for
forecasting?
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GSCM 520 Week 3 Case Study Pro Fishing Boats For
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Pro Fishing Boats case study on page 428 in the
textbook, and refer to the questions noted in Doc
Sharing.  CasePro Fishing BoatsA Value Stream
Mapping Exercise (p. 428) Create a value stream
map (VSM) of this supply chain. What other
information is needed? Where are there risks
for supply chain disruptions or stoppages to the
flow of materials? Where do opportunities
reside in improving supply chain operations, and
how has VSM helped to reveal these?
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GSCM 520 Week 3 Case Study Quality Parts Company
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Study Quality Parts Company Quality Parts Company
Review the Quality Parts Company case study on
page 426 in the textbook, and refer to the
questions noted in Doc Sharing. In a three-page
paper, answer the following. Which of the changes
being considered by the manager of Quality Parts
Company are counter to the lean philosophy? Make
recommendations for lean improvements in such
areas as cheduling, layout, kanban, task
groupings, and inventory. Use quantitative data
as much as possible state necessary assumptions.
Sketch the operation of a pull system for running
Quality Parts Companys current system.Outline a
plan for introducing lean at Quality Parts
Company.
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GSCM 520 Week 3 Case Study Value Stream
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three-page paper, answer the following. Eliminati
ng the queue of work dramatically quickens the
time it takes a part to flow through a system.
What are the disadvantages of removing those
cues? How do you think the machine operators
would react to the change? What would you do to
ensure that the operators were busy?
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Week 3 Quiz  1.         Question         (TCO 6)
An analytical tool used in six-sigma quality
improvement programs is which of the
following? 2.         Question         (TCO 6)
Which of the following is not an analytical tool
used in six-sigma quality improvement
programs? 3.         Question         (TCO 6) An
opportunity flow diagram as part of a six-sigma
quality improvement process might be found in
which DMAIC category? 4.         Question
        (TCO 6) Failure mode and effect analysis
are used in six-sigma projects. It involves which
of the following? 5.         Question        
(TCO 6) Which of the following are eligible
companies to be considered for the Baldrige award?
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GSCM 520 Week 4 Case Study Toshibas Notebook
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three-page paper, answer the following. Pg
199  What is the daily capacity of the
assembly-line design by the engineers? When it
is running at maximum capacity, what is the
efficiency of the line relative to its use of
labor? Assume that the supporter is not included
in efficiency calculations? How should the line
be redesigned to operate at the initial 250 units
per day target, assuming that no overtime will be
used? What is the efficiency of your new
design? What other issues might Toshihiro
consider when bringing a new assembly line up to
speed?
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Week 4 Quiz  1.         Question         (TCO 7)
Using the assembly-line balancing procedure,
which of the following is the required cycle time
in minutes per unit if the daily production time
is 480 minutes and the required daily output is
50 units? 2.         Question         (TCO 7 )
Using the assembly-line balancing procedure,
which of the following is the theoretical minimum
number of workstations if the task times for the
eight tasks that make up the job are 7, 4, 7, 8,
9, 4, 3 and 6 minutes and the cycle time is 8
minutes? 3.         Question         (TCO 7)
Which of the following is not a step in
developing a manufacturing cell layout?
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GSCM 520 Week 5 Case Study Bradford
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an aggregate plan for the coming year, assuming
that the sales forecast is perfect. Use the
spreadsheet Bradford Manufacturing. In the
spreadsheet, an area has been designated for your
aggregate plan solution. Supply the number of
packaging lines to run and the number of overtime
hours each quarter. You will need to set up the
course calculations in the spreadsheet. Review
your solution carefully and defend your answers.
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GSCM 520 Week 5 Case Study Brunswick Motors For
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Brunswick Motors  Assume that Phil wants to
minimize his inventory requirements. Assume that
each order will be only for what is required for
a single period. Using the forms in the case,
calculate the net requirements and planned order
releases for the gearboxes and input shafts.
Assume that the lot sizing is done using a lot
for lot. Calculate a schedule using
lease-total-cost lot sizing. What are the savings
with this new schedule?
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Week 5 Quiz  1.         Question         (TCO 8)
In an overview of the major operations planning
activities in a typical logistics organization,
which of the following activities follows
aggregate sales and operations planning? 2.       
  Question         (TCO 8) The main purpose of
aggregate operations planning is to specify the
optimal combination of which of the
following? 3.         Question         (TCO 8)
Which of the following is considered a pure
production planning strategy? 4.         Question
        (TCO 8) From an operational perspective,
yield management is most effective under which of
the following circumstances?
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GSCM 520 Week 6 Case Study Grainger Reengineering
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the China/U.S. Supply Chain (p.457) Please
address the following. Evaluate the current
China/Taiwan logistics costs. Assume a current
total volume of 190,000 CBM and that 89 is
shipped direct from the supply is plants in
containers. Using the data from the case and
assume that the supplier-loaded container is 85
full. Assume that consolidation centers are run
at each of the four port locations. The
consolidation centers only use 40-foot containers
and fill them to 96 capacity. Assume that it
costs 480 to ship a 20-foot container and 600
to ship a 40-foot container. What is the total
cost to get the containers to the United States?
Do you include U.S. port costs in this part of
the analysis?
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GSCM 520 Week 6 Case Study Inventory Management
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Below CaseInventory Management at Big10Sweater
(p.395) Please address the following. Using the
data provided in the text, calculate how much
Rhonda and Steve made for taxes last year.What
was your reasoning behind using the aggregate
demand forecasts when determining the size of
your order rather than the individual school
forecasts? Should you rethink this or is there a
sound basis for doing it this way?How many
sweaters should you order this year? Write down
your order by individual school. Document your
calculations in your spreadsheet. Calculate this
based on the aggregate forecasts and also the
forecast by individual school.
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Week 6 Quiz  1.         Question         (TCO 4)
Which of the following is one of the categories
of manufacturing inventory? 2.         Question
        (TCO 4) When material is ordered from a
vendor, which of the following is not a reason
for delays in the order arriving on
time? 3.         Question         (TCO 4) In
making any decision that affects inventory size,
which of the following costs do not need to be
considered? 4.         Question         (TCO 4)
Which of the following are fixed-time period
inventory models?
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GSCM 520 Week 7 Case Study Distribution Center
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Week 7 Case Study Distribution Center
Location-Grainger  CaseDistribution Center
Location-Grainger (p.477) Please address the
following system. Assume that 40 of the volume
arrives in Seattle and 60 in Los Angeles, and
the port processing fee for federal processing at
both locations is 5.00 per CBM. Assume that
everything is transferred to the Kansas City
distribution center by rail, where it is unloaded
and quality checked. Assume that all volume is
then transferred by truck to the nine existing
warehouses in the United States.
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