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    This document contains a midterm exam for a logistics and supply chain management course. The exam consists of 5 questions assessing various concepts: 1) Capacity expansion strategies with pros and cons of push, pull, and chase strategies. 2) Short-term scheduling methods and an example problem evaluating schedule performance metrics. 3) Identifying the bottleneck in a Coca-Cola bottling and distribution process. 4) Developing MRP tables to plan production and ordering of items in a bill-of-materials structure. 5) Explaining push and pull systems and how just-in-time operations relate to one of the systems.

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    This document contains a midterm exam for a logistics and supply chain management course. The exam consists of 5 questions assessing various concepts: 1) Capacity expansion strategies with pros and cons of push, pull, and chase strategies. 2) Short-term scheduling methods and an example problem evaluating schedule performance metrics. 3) Identifying the bottleneck in a Coca-Cola bottling and distribution process. 4) Developing MRP tables to plan production and ordering of items in a bill-of-materials structure. 5) Explaining push and pull systems and how just-in-time operations relate to one of the systems.

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    International University - VNUHCM

    School of Industrial Engineering and Management -----------------

    Midterm Examination
    Date: 01/11/2021; Duration: 120 minutes
    Open book; Online

    SUBJECT: Principles of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ID:

    IS055IU)
    Approval by the School of Industrial Engineering Lecturer:
    and Management Signature
    Signature

    Full name: Ngo Thi Thao Uyen


    Full name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Thi Thu Hoa
    Proctor 1 Proctor 2
    Signature Signature

    Full name: Full name:

    STUDENT INFO
    Student name:

    Student ID:
    INSTRUCTIONS: the total of point is 100 (equivalent to 30% of the course)
    1. Purpose:
     Test your knowledge in key concepts and key points of Supply Chain Management.
     Examine your skill in analysis and solving Logistics & SCM problems.
     Evaluate your English skill in analyzed writing theoretic questions.
    2. Requirement:
     Read carefully each question and answer it following the requirements.
     Write the answers and draw models CLEAN and TIDY directly in the exam paper.
     Submit your exam including this paper on Blackboard Assignment box.
    QUESTIONS
    Q1. (15 marks)
    There are several strategies for capacity expansion timing, by which the management expands the capacity to match
    customer demand growth. Please describe these 3 strategies with pros and cons of each.

    Q2. (25 marks)


    What are 2 basic ways of short-term scheduling? Provide short definitions.

    An industrial printing machine has 8 projects to print with the processing times and deadline (from now) as in the Table 1

    below. Complete short-term schedules for these machine and evaluation measurements in Table 2.

    Table 1: Jobs' requirements

    Project Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Neptune Uranus Saturn

    Processing 2 5 3 8 4 7 10 12

    time

    (hours)

    Deadline 13 5 7 30 8 14 18 12

    (hours

    from now)

    Table 2: Short-term schedules

    "First come, first served" rule "Earliest due date first" rule

    Project Duration Start Finish Lateness Project Duration Start Finish Lateness

    Average time in system: hours Average time in system: hours

    Average lateness: hours Average lateness: hours


    Q3. (20 marks)
    The bottle suppliers provide Coca – Cola company 200,000 empty bottles per week. The company brings those bottles to

    the filling up area. There are 300 faucets to fill up the coke, one faucet can fill up 1,000 bottles per week. The coke bottles

    after filling up will be delivered to packing area. 6 bottles will be packed in one case. Packing area can form up to 3,000

    cases a day, and works 6 days per week. The cases are delivered to the warehouse by 6 trucks which can carry 300 cases

    each, they work 4 days per week and 4 trips per day. The warehouse systems and the local deliveries are made from the

    warehouse can handle all the cases delivered from the packing area. Find the bottle neck of the system. What is the overall

    capacity of the system?

    Q4. (30 marks)


    The furniture factory assembles a product as shown in the product structures below. It has orders for 450 on week 8 and

    (your last 2 digits of ID number) units on week 9 of product X. The information of each item is shown as below table.

    Develop the MRP tables for Item X, C and E. Leadtime is estimated in weeks.

    Item Amount on hand Lot-sizing rule Scheduled receipt

    X 250 L4L 20 (week 8)

    A 300 L4L 0

    B 150 L4L 0

    C 200 L4L 50 (Week 5), 100

    (Week 7)

    D 50 L4L 0

    E 200 L4L 0

    X
    LT=2

    A (2) B(1) C(3) D(2)


    LT=2 LT=2 LT=1 LT=2

    F(2) E (2)
    LT=1 LT=2
    Item:…. Leadtime:….

    Week 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    Gross

    Requirements

    Scheduled Receipts

    Current stock

    Net requirements

    Place order

    Scheduled

    deliveries

    Q5. (10 marks)


    Explain difference between Push and Pull system. Which of them does Just-in-time operation gets along with?

    - END –

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