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1. (Product-Process Matrix 01) List manufacturing cell, assembly line, and job shop in order of output VOLUME from HIGHEST to LOWEST.

   	A.	assembly line – manufacturing cell – job shop
   	B.	job shop – manufacturing cell – assembly line
   	C.	job shop – assembly line – manufacturing cell
   	D.	assembly line – job shop – manufacturing cell

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QUESTION 18

1. (Types of Inventory 01) Consider the four types of inventory (raw materials, WIP, finished goods, and MRO) in dollars in a process-focused job shop and a product-focused plant. A product-focused plant has more ___ and ___ inventory than the other two types.

   	A.	raw materials, WIP
   	B.	WIP, finished goods
   	C.	raw materials, MRO
   	D.	finished goods, MRO

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QUESTION 19

1. (Best Buy Part A 01 q)* At a Best Buy store, the annual demand of a HP printer is 7800. It costs $500 to place an order, the holding cost for a printer is 20% of the unit cost, and HP charges $200 for each printer. The unit time is one week and HP takes 2 weeks to supply an order. (Hint: Demand is not random in Part A.)
   ___ printers should be ordered at a time.
   (*Show calculations.)

   	A.	510
   	B.	624
   	C.	570
   	D.	442
   	E.	361

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QUESTION 20

1. (Best Buy Part B v1 r)* At a Best Buy store, the annual demand of a HP printer is 10400. It costs $500 to place an order, the holding cost for a printer is 20% of the unit cost, and HP charges $200 for each printer. The unit time is one week and HP takes 2 weeks to supply an order.
   The store manager finds that the weekly demand is random, and normally distributed with a standard deviation of 100. She targets a service level of 97.73%. (Hint: Demand is random in Part B.)
   The store should place an order when the on-hand inventory reaches ___.
   (*Show calculations.)

   	A.	783
   	B.	883
   	C.	683
   	D.	583
   	E.	483