BioShamp is a global shampoo brand with its own store in Singapore. The company sells three...

 

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BioShamp is a global shampoo brand with its own store in Singapore. The company sells three types of shampoo - silky smooth, hair fall and dandruff. All shampoos are produced at their single production facility in Hanoi. The production facility has already received some orders for different shampoos for the next 4 weeks, as shown in Table 3. Week Silky Smooth (SS) Hairfall (HF) Dandruff (DD) Table 3: Orders for Shampoo 2 40 25 5 1 100 50 10 3 20 10 4 10 The company estimated the demand for each type of shampoo would be 500, 100 and 25 per week, respectively, on top of the orders already received. The company has an aggregate plan of 2,500 bottles for the month and wants to keep its production stable over the weeks. There are 200 bottles of silky smooth, 100 bottles of hair fall and 20 bottles of dandruff shampoo in stock at the start of the month. Develop a master schedule for the month for all types of shampoo. (b) BioShamp produces thousands of bottles of shampoo daily using a sophisticated continuous automated process. Identify the inventory approach (e.g., JIT, MRP, Deterministic demand, Probabilistic demand etc.) that the company should use to order/produce the following items: (i) Sodium lauryl sulfate, the main ingredient for producing shampoo (ii) Shampoo (iii) Bottles for the shampoo Give reasons for choosing the approaches. BioShamp is a global shampoo brand with its own store in Singapore. The company sells three types of shampoo - silky smooth, hair fall and dandruff. All shampoos are produced at their single production facility in Hanoi. The production facility has already received some orders for different shampoos for the next 4 weeks, as shown in Table 3. Week Silky Smooth (SS) Hairfall (HF) Dandruff (DD) Table 3: Orders for Shampoo 2 40 25 5 1 100 50 10 3 20 10 4 10 The company estimated the demand for each type of shampoo would be 500, 100 and 25 per week, respectively, on top of the orders already received. The company has an aggregate plan of 2,500 bottles for the month and wants to keep its production stable over the weeks. There are 200 bottles of silky smooth, 100 bottles of hair fall and 20 bottles of dandruff shampoo in stock at the start of the month. Develop a master schedule for the month for all types of shampoo. (b) BioShamp produces thousands of bottles of shampoo daily using a sophisticated continuous automated process. Identify the inventory approach (e.g., JIT, MRP, Deterministic demand, Probabilistic demand etc.) that the company should use to order/produce the following items: (i) Sodium lauryl sulfate, the main ingredient for producing shampoo (ii) Shampoo (iii) Bottles for the shampoo Give reasons for choosing the approaches.

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