LSCM 3403 Fall 2018 Assigned Chapter Discussion Questions & Problems

Chapter Topic(s) Problem Questions Textbook Content

1 Intro to Operations 1, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14 (discussion Qs) All

11 SCM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 All

Competitivness,
2 3, 4, 5, 11
Strategy, Productivity All

3 Forecasting 2, 3, 5, 13b, 14, 18, 29, 38, 40 Exclude: Pages 73-75 (nonlinear trend, trend adjusted)
Exclude: Pages 87-88 (correlation coefficient, multiple regression)
Exclude: Pages 91-92 (controlling the forecasting process)

5 Capacity 1, 3, 8, 9, 12, 19 All

6 Process Design 1, 3, 6 Exclude: Page 215 (variable task times)

Exclude: L06 Pages 217-220 (designing Process (functional) layouts)

8 Location 1, 2, 6, 8 All

9 Quality 1, 3, 8, 9 Pages 312-323 reading and application at a high level

12 Inventory Mgmt 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21 Exclude: Pages 451-453 top (planned shortage)
Exclude: Pages 454-459 (ROP to other related models)
Exclude: Pages 459-469 (L05 fixed interval, L06 single period, L07 multi-echelon)

15 JIT/Lean 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 All

17 Project Mgmt 3, 4, 13, 20 Exclude: L05 Pages 681-686 (probabalistic)

16 Scheduling 8, 12 a, b (not c), 16 Exclude: Pages 622-625 (assignment model)

Exclude: Bottom 631-634 (sequencing jobs…)
Pages 634-646 - theory only (no math). Stop at airline crew scheduling
Important Note: These are a sample of questions and in no way does it mean that just practising these questions may be sufficent to prepare for quizzes
and exams. It is recommened that the student practise questions pertaining to all required course content.