Instructions:

1. Submit your responses in the Blackboard Assignment area as instructed before midnight of the due date per the Critical Path. Late assignments are subject to 20% penalty per day and will not be accepted after 5 days late.

2. Provide your solution in one MS WORD document.

3. Provide your final answers in format provided. You are required to support your answers showing calculations where appropriate. This is important as part marks may be awarded if your final answer is incorrect but calculations are provided.

4. Your answers to questions are required to be in sentence format with proper grammar and spelling.

Do all questions in this assignment.

Please note the Humber College policy on plagiarism.

There are 5 questions in this assignment and you must do all 5.

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1. Work cells provide interesting models for layout strategies. Describe and provide examples of any two of the three forms of work cells discussed in the course text. Your examples must be real life and you must provide the reference (i.e. internet url or literary reference) for each example.

NOTE: Your examples and references must be unique to your own submission. If I notice several examples (and references) being the same as other students submitting this assignment I will award credits accordingly.

Answer:

Work Cell form #1:
Work Cell form #2

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2. Drews blinds would like to reduce its inventory cost by determining the optimal number of blind blanks to obtain by order. The annual demand is 7000 units. The set up and order cost is $10 per order and holding cost per blind blank is $0.75. What is the optimal number of units to order and the optimal number of orders to make in a year?

Answer:

Optimal units to order?
Optimal number of orders?

Show Calculations Here (mandatory):

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3. MRP provides several benefits. What are 4 benefits of MRP for an automotive parts manufacture? For each explain why this is a benefit

Answer:

MRP Benefit	Why is this a benefit for an automotive parts manufacturer?

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4. Long range and short range forecasting provides several benefits. If you owned a restaurant what do you think would be most appropriate to forecast for short-term (ie each week) ? For long-term (ie for the year) ?

Would this differ if you had a single restaurant or a chain of 400 restaurants (ie like Swiss Chalet)? Explain why

Answer:

	Your Answer
Short Term
Long Term
Difference if owned 400 and why?

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5. Compare and contrast JIT and Kanban systems? What are these and how do they differ? If you have one does this mean you cannot have another? Explain.

Answer:

Compare and Contract JIT and Kanban systems