Question: What is the difference between a pull system and a push system? Give examples. Give an economic factor in site selection and explain. Define Capacity.

  1. What is the difference between a pull system and a push system? Give examples.
  2. Give an economic factor in site selection and explain.
  3. Define Capacity.
  4. Define the concept of "Economies of Scale" and give an example.
  5. Define the concept of "Diseconomies of Scale" and give an example.
  6. Solve for the total capacity (C) of the following machine. Please express it in Pieces/hour.

Setup time = 15 minutes. (Machines has to be checked, cleaned and tested every hour)

Process time = 1 pieces per second.

7.Supposing you manage the electric powerplant in the city of Anaheim. During summer the demand is 25% because of airconditioning during summer in households. You can not store power and you can not build another powerplant in time for Summer2020. What can you do in the short term to meet this challenge? Explain.

8.If forecasting is really a "guess",nobody can predict the future, why do businesses need to forecast ?

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