In groups of three or four, make a list of possible reasons that the actual ending inventory might not agree with the ending inventory according to a computer system. Jason Tierro, an inventory Jason Tierro, an inventory clerk at Lexmar Company, is responsible for taking a physical count of the goods on hand at the end of the year. He has been performing this duty for several years. This year, Jason was very busy due to a shortage of personnel at the company, so he decided to just estimate the amount of ending inventory instead of doing an accurate count. He reasoned that he could come very close to the true amount because of his past experience working with inventory.
SUMMARY PROBLEM STATEMENT In the spring of 2003, Mark Taylor, recently promoted to operations manager at Thicketwood Ltd., a custom kitchen cabinet manufacturer in Kitchener, Ontario. The company has to ensure that the plant's capacity would meet the upcoming year's forecasted demand of 2000 kitchen cabinets. But for now, the plant's manufacturing all relies on the handcraft of workers. No matter is the quality or the quantity of productions, cannot satisfied the demand either. Taylor's first plan was to purchase a computer numeric controlled(CNC) router, however, he was not sure whether to purchase a new or used machine.
ABC Case Study Drew Whisenhunt COMM/215 November 10, 2014 William Morgan ABC Case Study After completing the necessary research on the hiring fiasco that occurred at ABC Inc., I decided it was imperative to get information on today's job market and how it affects the hiring process. In this situation a recruiter six months into his job was attempting to bring in 15 new hires to finish orientation to work in the operations department. When the supervisor checked in on the new recruit Carl assured her that everything would be in order by June 15th. The recruiter set out to complete the important paperwork needed for orientation, he found at his dismay, that there were many errors Background Due to the fact that Carl Robins (the before
The research would need to be started and finished quickly , with the results incorporated into the GMMB-designed campaign-all in less than three months,” indicated RWJF senior communications officer Stuart Schear . Each firm’s proposal was reviewed for the feasibility of the methodology and the cost , as well as the firm’s ability to meet the time constraints. “Two firms could not meet the constraints , and another two were deemed too small to deliver the quantitative and qualitative research needed,” explained Arkin . Less than one week after receipt of the proposals , the review committee selected Wirthlin Worldwide to provide the research . Wirthlin started the research
1. Days to repair As we know, the number of days in which the copier can be repaired is random. So, we will generate some random numbers between 0 and 1 and denote it by r1 then according to the given probability distribution: If 0 < r1 < 0.2, then it will take one day to repair the copier. If 0.2 < r1 < 0.65, then it will take two days to repair the copier. If 0.65 < r1 < 0.90, then it will take three days to repair the copier.
According to the evidence provided by Mr. Murphy and the FLSA law, he potential has one valid FLSA claim. The first situation Mr. Murphy inquires about involves overtime hours spent exercising. The employer is correct in not compensating Mr. Murphy for these hours. Currently, the employer provides duty time for employees to train and stay in shape. However, Mr. Murphy feels that he needs to spend an additional 3 hours a week off-duty working out
However, it is also important to consider unexpected expenses that may arise resulting in prolonging the time frame that had been set. If this is to arise, appropriate adjustments, such as taking a few extra weeks to meet the desired spending amount will be incorporated into the goal. For me to achieve my long-term goal of obtaining a bachelor’s degree in nursing, I must make smaller goals that will lead to my long-term goal. This goal should take around one year and six months to complete. The smaller goals will include maintaining grades in each course above a B, planning coursework ahead of time, organizing and completing assignments on time,
The recent energy bills and energy used to heat and cool the building are in the business office in Harrison. You could contact Lillian Frick, V. P. of Finance to gain access to this information.” Once we tried to get a hold of Lillian Frick we spent two weeks calling and leaving voice mail messages with no response back. We then contacted Matt Miller the executive director of college advancement and asked him for the information on the current heating and electricity costs for the Doan center and the Pickard campus. Mr. Miller’s response was, “I’m sorry that Lillian hasn’t been able to get back to you yet. We’re in the middle of budget season and she’s been very busy.
Delivery-Production schedules set one week in advance. If part is late, requires revision to schedule. Usually results in Metalcraft working overtime when part arrives to hit their delivery deadline to the car manufacturer. Also expedited shipping costs are incurred to insure arrival of part to customer’s plant. Late deliveries results in rescheduling costs, overtime costs, expediting costs.
Weekly line and quality report – this report allows me to see how my team or individual was performing the previous week and what the quality grade was. This report is made by the quality manager and provided to us on the first day of the week. Operations report – this report shows how many clubs we shipped in total. This report includes different departments and shows how long it takes for order to be loaded into the system and passed to the production team and how long it took to produce and ship that order. This is a very useful report, because if a lead time of 3 days is not met I can identify which department or member of staff was at fault.