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 at
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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?
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