1. Which type of production process-job shop, batch, repetitive, or continuous' is the primary mode of operation at Stickley Furniture?

2. Suppose that the company has just received an order for 40 mission oak dining room sets. Briefly list the kinds of information production control will need to plan, schedule, and process this job.

3. Can you suggest any planning tools drat might be beneficial to the company? Explain.

L& J.G. Stickley was founded in 1900 by brothers Leopold and John George Stickley in Manlius, just outside Syracuse, New' York. The company is a producer of fine cherry, white oak, and mahogany furniture. In the late 1980s, the company reintroduced its original line of mission oak furniture, which now accounts for over 50 percent of the company's sales.

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