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Problem 8-25(Algorithmic) GeorgiaCabinetsmanufactureskitchencabinetsthataresoldtolocaldealersthroughouttheSoutheast.Becauseofalargebacklogofordersfor oakand cherrycabinets,the company decidedto contract with threesmaller cabinetmakersto do the final finishing operation. For thethree cabinetmakers, the number of hours required to complete all the oak cabinets, the number of hours required to complete all the cherrycabinets,thenumberofhoursavailableforthefinalfinishingoperation,andthecostperhour...

Problem 10-05: Premier Consulting’s two consultants, Avery and Baker, can be scheduled to work for clients up to a maximum of 160 hours each over the next four weeks. A third consultant, Campbell, has some administrative assignments already planned and is available for clients up to a maximum of 140 hours over the next four weeks. The company has four clients with projects in process. The estimated hourly requirements for each of the clients over the four-week period are as follows: Hourly ra...

1. Problem 15-27 (Algorithmic): Gubser Welding, Inc., operates a welding service for construction and automotive repair jobs. Assume that the arrival of jobs at the company's office can be described by a Poisson probability distribution with an arrival rate of three jobs per 8-hour day. The time required to complete the jobs follows a normal probability distribution, with a mean time of 2.2 hours and a standard deviation of 1 hour. Answer the following questions, assuming that Gubser uses one w...

BUS 660 Topic 8 Simulation - Homework

Problem4-25: TheGormanManufacturingCompanymustdecidewhethertomanufactureacomponentpartatitsMilan, Michigan, plant or purchase the component part from a supplier. The resulting profit isdependentuponthedemandfortheproduct.Thefollowingpayofftableshowstheprojectedprofit(inthousandsofdollars): Thestate-of-natureprobabilitiesareP(s1)=0.35,P(s2)=0.35,andP(s3)=0.30. a. Useadecisiontreetorecommendadecision. b. UseEVPItodeterminewhetherGormanshouldattempttoobtainabetterestimateofdemand. c. A test mar...

Problem 6-09: With the gasoline time series data from the given table, show the exponential smoothing forecasts using a = 0.1. a. Applying the MSE measure of forecast accuracy, would you prefer a smoothing constant of a = 0.1 or a = 0.2 for the gasoline sales time series? Do not round your interim computations and round your final answers to three decimal places. b. Are the results the same if you app y MAE as the measure of accuracy? Do not round your interim computations and round your fina...

Problem 16-03:Grear Tire Company has produced a new tire with an estimated mean lifetime mileage of 36,500 miles. Management also believes that the standard deviation is 5000 miles and that tire mileage is normally distributed. To promote the new tire, Grear has offered to refund some money if the tire fails to reach 30,000 miles before the tire needs to be replaced. Specifically, for tires with a lifetime below 30,000 miles, Grear will refund a customer Si per 100 miles short of 30,000. a. Fo...

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BUS 660 Topic 1 Decision Analysis - Homework

Problem 11-13: The Martin-Beck Company operates a plant in St. Louis with an annual capacity of 30,000 units. Product is shipped to regional distribution centers located in Boston, Atlanta, and Houston. Because of an anticipated increase in demand, Martin-Beck plans to increase capacity by constructing a new plant in one or more of the following cities: Detroit, Toledo, Denver, or Kansas City. The estimated annual fixed cost and the annual capacity for the four proposed plants are as follows: T...