Supply Chain Management (MGMT 315) Logistics, Forecasting, and Inventory Practice Problems
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Supply Chain Management (MGMT 315) | Practice Problems

Overview
A problem set on demand forecasting, inventory decisions, logistics flow, bottlenecks, and service-level tradeoffs.

Key topics
•forecasting methods
•inventory decisions
•logistics and flow
•bottleneck analysis

Suggested study tasks
•calculate one reorder point
•compare push and pull logic
•diagnose one bottleneck from process data

Common pitfalls
•optimizing one department while hurting the system
•ignoring variability in demand and lead time