Instructions Course Objectives: CO6: Differentiate between and apply inventory management systems methods and concepts

Instructions

Course Objectives:

CO6: Differentiate between and apply inventory management systems methods and concepts

CO8: Compose the results of operations and case studies effectively in writing the results of operations analysis and case studies

Prompt:

According to the assigned case study, Consolidated Electric was faced with an inventory level v. customer service tradeoff. Review the assigned case materials provided and answer the following questions:

Review the demand data provided in Appendix 1. Describe any patterns, outliers, or unusual customers that you see represented in the data.

Plot the frequency distribution for demand of the item in Appendix 1 and draw conclusions from what you observe.

Is a P System or a Q System more appropriate for this item? Explain.

What customer-service objectives are reasonable for this business?

Instructions:

Label your Word document as follows: yourlastname.doc (ex: Johnson.docx)

The paper should be at least 1,000-words

The paper should be APA-compliant paper comprising your response

Minimum 5 full pages of content (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include cover page, abstract, nor reference pages)

All charts, graphs, pictures are to go in the appendix (not a substitute for content)

The paper must provide inline citations to at least five scholarly sources supporting your paper

Refrain from excessive use of quotes in your response (less than 5%)

Once you submit your document to the assignment folder it will automatically be loaded to TURNITIN.COM within the course. Your similarity scan score must be 20% or less (the following will be excluded: headers, bibliography, etc. prior to instructor grading paper—focus on the content of scan percentage

Plagiarism will result in an automatic zero for this assignment

There are no late assignments accepted after the last day of the course