Exam 20: Sales and Operations Planning

Most companies use mixed strategies for managing demand.

All of the following are inputs to the aggregate production planning process except

When demand fluctuations are extreme using overtime and undertime is a feasible strategy for adjusting capacity.

A bagel company bakes a specialty bagel that it sells by the dozen every day.These specialty bagels can only be baked early in the morning before the store opens for business.The company estimates that the daily demand (in dozens)for its specialty bagel is distributed as follows: Specialty bagels are sold by the dozen only at a cost of $9.00 per dozen.The cost to make one bagel is $0.50.Leftover specialty bagels are sold by the dozen the next day for a 50% discount.The optimal number of specialty bagels that should be baked tomorrow (in dozens)is

The level strategy for adjusting capacity is only appropriate when there is no variation in demand.

The following information relates to a company's aggregate production planning activities: Beginning Workforce = 35 workers Production per Employee = 1,250 units per quarter Hiring Cost = $500 per worker Firing Cost = $1,000 per worker Inventory Carrying Cost = $20 per unit per quarter If a chase demand strategy is used,then the number of workers hired at the start of quarter 2 is

The following information relates to a company's aggregate production planning activities: Beginning Workforce = 125 workers Production per Employee = 500 units per quarter Hiring Cost = $750 per worker Firing Cost = $1,500 per worker Inventory Carrying Cost = $10 per unit per quarter If a chase demand strategy is used,then the number of workers hired at the start of quarter 4 is

A chase strategy involves hiring and firing workers so that production trails demand.

A hot dog vendor must decide on Monday how many hot dogs to have available for the coming Saturday's football game.Each hot dog costs the vendor $3.00 and is sold for $5.00.After the game any unsold hot dogs are discounted and sold to the university cafeteria for $1.75.The vendor believes that the demand for hot dogs follows the probability distribution shown below: The vendor's cost of overestimating demand,C_o,is

The following information relates to a company's aggregate production planning activities: Beginning Workforce = 125 workers Production per Employee = 500 units per quarter Hiring Cost = $750 per worker Firing Cost = $1,500 per worker Inventory Carrying Cost = $10 per unit per quarter If a level production strategy is used,the number of workers required each quarter is

A company is developing a linear programming model for its aggregate production plan.If Wt = workforce size for period t,Ht = number of workers hired for period t,and Ft = number of workers fired for period t,then the company's workforce constraint for period 4 is

The term aggregate planning reflects the fact that plans are developed for ___________,rather than _____________.

An aggregate operations plan specifies the production quantities for an entire product family or product line.

The following information relates to a company's aggregate production planning activities: Beginning Workforce = 125 workers Production per Employee = 500 units per quarter Hiring Cost = $750 per worker Firing Cost = $1,500 per worker Inventory Carrying Cost = $10 per unit per quarter If a chase demand strategy is used,the total hiring and firing costs for the production plan is

Which of the following is not a strategy for adjusting capacity?

The following information relates to a company's aggregate production planning activities: Beginning Workforce = 125 workers Production per Employee = 500 units per quarter Hiring Cost = $750 per worker Firing Cost = $1,500 per worker Inventory Carrying Cost = $10 per unit per quarter If a chase demand strategy is used,the number of workers fired at the start of quarter 3 is

A hotel manager must decide how many rooms to overbook.Room rates are $125 per night and each room costs $45 to maintain.A bumped customer is sent to another hotel at a cost of $75.Given the distribution of no-shows below,how many rooms should the manager overbook?

A company is developing a linear programming model for its aggregate production plan.Each worker can produce 500 units per quarter.If Wt = workforce size in period t and Pt = number of units produced in period t,then the production constraint for period 3 is

Adjusting available capacity by hiring and firing workers to match demand is an example of a(n)________ strategy.

Disaggregation is the process of breaking a sales and operations plan into more detailed plans.