To Implement JIT,the Manager at Seaton Hammock Manufacturing Must Incur

question 18

Essay

To implement JIT,the manager at Seaton Hammock Manufacturing must incur $110,000 in annual production costs to reduce setup times.The manager expects JIT to reduce average inventory by $450,000 and relevant costs of insurance,storage,materials handling,and setup by $35,000 each year.The required rate of return on inventory investments is 10% per year.The manager was thinking about enhancing the quality of rework and warranty repair costs.What are the savings? Does the manager have enough information to implement the system?

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Definitions:

Initial Capital Requirements

The amount of funds required to start a business, covering costs such as land, buildings, equipment, inventory, and working capital.

Assets

Any resource that a business owns and expects to use to its benefit.

Borrowed Funds

Funds obtained through loans or credit, not from direct earnings or investments.

Leverage

The ability to finance an investment through borrowed funds, increasing both the potential for return and the level of risk.