Student L-Y Tsai\'s Bicycles produ ps can specify fram component group (6 choice
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Student L-Y Tsai's Bicycles produ ps can specify fram component group (6 choices.) At th ces e size (currently only 4 sizes are popular), hi and the specific e Tsai factory, the processes and their times are: Build frame-3 days of labor Install components-1 day oflabor Paint frame- 2 days of labor · The frame material does cos t a bit but the suppliers are quite a distance away (shipping time is in months) Tsai' component group The bicycle individually s factory is in Taiw an and is very near the component manufacturers and by sea in containers. This takes about two months, on average. stock the part, have finished bicydles in inventory?) Explain why you made your Approximately how long would it take you to respond to an order given your shops are mostly in Europe and North America, bicycles are shipped g frame size, component groups, and finished bicycles, where would inventories (if you plan on holding any)? (such as: order item as needed, a) Considerin choice. answer to a)? In your inventories, how many unique types are there of each thing in inventory that is how many inventorv ‘shelf spots,do you need (for example, if I held nnished goods of something made of 3 parts, each with 4 choices, I would have inventory shelf spots but if I held components and then did assembly, I would have fewer unique inventory 'shelf spots') b) c)Explanation / Answer
a. If I'm supposed to hold inventory I would prefer to hold in Europe because Europe is in the middle of Taiwan and North America, it will definitely reduce delivery time for both markets by a significant amount.
b. It will take time in days to fulfill the demand of European bicycle market and take almost half time to fulfill the demand of North American bicycle market than before
Earlier the average time span for delivery was 2 month but after this practice the average time of delivery will be 1 month approximately.
c. I will have 10 shelf spot, 4 shelf spot for 4 different size of frame and 6 shelf spot for 6 different types of component and assemble them according to order received.