Answer:
The answer is: 4) More frequently than not, the three objectives are compatible.
Explanation:
Toyota is famous for its Just in Time (JIT) management. They are the absolute kings of efficient supply chain management and they were able to do it by making the three objectives compatible. That doesn't mean that they all have to be dealt with at the same time and with the same intensity.
Toyota's first goal was to reduce costs and in order to reduce costs they had to increase their inventory turnover. Then they discovered that in order to keep increasing inventory turnover, they had to compress their cycle time. When they were able to compress their cycle time, their turnover increased even more and their costs were lowered. The system produces continuous feedback and their efficiency keeps increasing.
I once visited one of their factories that produces almost 500 pickup trucks per day and every single work station had available inventory for only 4 trucks; only 4 engines, 16 doors, etc. It is amazing how they do it considering that every 3 minutes one truck is fully produced.
The three objectives are not only compatible, but they are absolutely necessary for the SCM to be effective.
Consumers and business in the market economy seek to earn money so they can buy products so that they don't go out of business.
Answer: C. Promotion
Explanation:
Furs unlimited needs to use the technique of marketing mix called promotion, to give more exposure to their products then get more popular that should result in a incrementation of their sales. The purpose of the promotion is also to capture the customer to obtain brand loyalty.
Answer: 980
Explanation:
The number of units of inventory that the storage area must be able to hold will be calculated as:
Demand = 100 × 300 = 30000
Production rate per day = 500
Setup cost = $200
Annual holding cost = $10
We then use the economic order quantity formula to solve and the answer will be gotten as 1225
The maximum inventory will now be:
= EQQ × (1-d/p)
= 1225 × (1-100/500)
= 1225 × ( 1 - 0.2)
= 1225 × 0.8
= 980
