A furniture shop requires four of its carpenters to work in sequence to produce a table.
Each carpenter has a capacity rating of one to four based on the part of the table being
created. The capacity rating and process time for each carpenter is:
Carpenter 1: Capacity rating =4Process time=12 minutes
Carpenter 2: Capacity rating =2Process time=18 minutes
Carpenter 3: Capacity rating =1Process time=12.5 minutes
Carpenter 4: Capacity rating =3Process time=13 minutes
Which carpenter is most likely to become a bottleneck in the production of the table?
Carpenter 2
,At a car wash, the second step of waxing the vehicle takes more time than any other step
and has been identified as a bottleneck. The work required in this step has been reduced
to match the time of the other steps in the process.
What is this method known as according to the theory of constraints (TOC)?
Exploiting the constraint
An apparel company sources all its textiles from a facility in a city that has experienced a
major hurricane. The apparel company is concerned about making its deliverables next
month and is unsure what to tell its customers.
Which type of supply chain risk is the apparel company facing after a hurricane?
Environmental
, A company wants to invest cash in a project to build a landing strip in a town so that
farmers can use small, private aircraft to bring in produce each week for the farmers’
market.
Which supply chain operations decision does the company need to focus on to minimize
its risks as well as those of the community?
Facility location
A supplier of a food processing company raised concern about the unfair treatment of
the company among its suppliers. The supplier produced evidence of the unfair
component costing practice.
Which principle of sustainability is violated in this case leading to business continuity
risk?
Business relationships
Each carpenter has a capacity rating of one to four based on the part of the table being
created. The capacity rating and process time for each carpenter is:
Carpenter 1: Capacity rating =4Process time=12 minutes
Carpenter 2: Capacity rating =2Process time=18 minutes
Carpenter 3: Capacity rating =1Process time=12.5 minutes
Carpenter 4: Capacity rating =3Process time=13 minutes
Which carpenter is most likely to become a bottleneck in the production of the table?
Carpenter 2
,At a car wash, the second step of waxing the vehicle takes more time than any other step
and has been identified as a bottleneck. The work required in this step has been reduced
to match the time of the other steps in the process.
What is this method known as according to the theory of constraints (TOC)?
Exploiting the constraint
An apparel company sources all its textiles from a facility in a city that has experienced a
major hurricane. The apparel company is concerned about making its deliverables next
month and is unsure what to tell its customers.
Which type of supply chain risk is the apparel company facing after a hurricane?
Environmental
, A company wants to invest cash in a project to build a landing strip in a town so that
farmers can use small, private aircraft to bring in produce each week for the farmers’
market.
Which supply chain operations decision does the company need to focus on to minimize
its risks as well as those of the community?
Facility location
A supplier of a food processing company raised concern about the unfair treatment of
the company among its suppliers. The supplier produced evidence of the unfair
component costing practice.
Which principle of sustainability is violated in this case leading to business continuity
risk?
Business relationships
