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mean of 2500 and a standard deviation of 500. The manufacturer takes two weeks to fill an
order placed by the company. The store manager currently orders 10000 phones when the
inventory on hand drops to 7000. Evaluate the safety inventory and the average inventory
carried by XYZ. Also evaluate the average time a phone sends at XYZ company.

5 a) Discuss about the information required and outputs determined in an aggregate plan.

b) Explain Bullwhip effect in supply chains with an example.
a) Explain any two pure strategies for aggregate planning.

b) Derive an expression for optimum lot sizing (EOQ) in a single product ordering case without stock
outs.
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PART C (1)

Answer any two full questions, each carries 20 marks.
a) ‘A shipper’s goal is to minimize the total cost of fulfilling a customer order while (10)
achieving the responsiveness promised.’ Discuss various costs involved in taking shippers
transportation decisions.

b) What is reverse logistics and how it is different than forward logistics? (10)
a) Discuss the strength and weakness of different modes of transportation. (10)
b) Explain knapsack problem. List three practical examples of knapsack problem. (10)

a) ‘The trade-off between transportation and inventory costs is significant when designinga (5)

supply chain network’. Why?
b) Explain the principle of 4PL concept? (5)

c) Why has the closed loop supply chain become such an important part of consumer (10)
electronics manufacturing?

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