Deciding How Much to Order
Deciding How Much to Produce
Quality and Features
Quarterly Industry Report
Operating Information Report
100
I fill this out first to see how many phone covers we need to produce
What is the Sales Forecast?
100
The projected sales for each area.
What is the amount that is transferred from the Sales Forecast to the Production Plan?
100
The feature levels
What is 3) enhanced 2) standard 1) basic
100
If this increases your sales are likely to increase.
What is GDP?
100
Labor cost + Materials cost + Maintenance cost + Equipment Depreciation + Plant depreciation
What is the (total) unit production cost?
200
I multiply this by a percentage to determine how much the sales will increase when I increase advertising.
What is the number of units sold in the last quarter?
200
The orders from this area are filled first.
What is the area where the production plant is located? or What is the home area?
200
The quality levels
What is 30 deluxe 2) standard 1) economy?
200
If this increases your income from international sales will likely increase.
What is the exchange rate?
200
Beginning Inventory for this quarter.
What is last quarter's ending inventory?
300
For two quarters the sales increase because of this and for two quarters the sales decrease because of this.
What is the Seasonal Factor?
300
This will increase production by 52,000 units
What is overtime or the production capacity of a new line?
300
Increase R&D
What is needed to produce a new Model?
300
Shows that you have a loss rather than a profit.
What is a negative - sign in front of your net income.
300
Actual output
What is the number of phone covers your plant produced?
400
When we introduce a new model the sales usually increase by this amount.
What is 20%
400
Multiply the last quarter's sales by 0.098
What is the seasonal factor for quarters two and four?
400
Quality 3 Features 2
What is deluxe quality standard features?
400
The Product Position Map
What is the part of the report that shows the quality, features and model each company is selling?
400
The number of production lines your company started with and how many hours they were in operation.
What is 6 and 40?
500
Multiply by the % you think the sales will increase because of this change.
What is the amount you multiply by when you increase advertising or commission, salary or get a new model or decrease the price?
500
You add this to make sure you produce extra phone covers (more than you might need).
What is safety stock?
500
Can only be changed when you have a new model
What is features and quality
500
This will increase or decrease depending on your credit rating.
What is long term and short term interest?
500
Training
What is the way to decrease the labor cost? or the unit production cost?
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