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GSCM 520 Week 6 Case Study Inventory Management at
Big10Sweater
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 ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------

GSCM 520 Week 6 Case Study Inventory Management at

Big10Sweater

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Case — Inventory 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 . · What do you think they could make this year ? They are paying for $ 40,000 and you expect your benefit package addition would be about $ 1000 per year . Assume that they ordered based on the aggregate forecasts . · How should the business be developed in the future ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------