You have been hired as the new logistics manager for the Johnson Company. Johnson Company used to be the premier manufacturer of DVD players, however with advancements in technology they are finding that many of their DVD products are now obsolete. They have a large warehouse full of older model DVDs that are no longer in demand. They had maintained a large safety stock of DVD parts and components so they could easily meet demands and not have to rely solely on their suppliers who operate several states away from the main plant. With sales down, they decide to switch their product to state of the art, cellphone digital technology and switch over to a JIT manufacturing model until they are sure that this product will get up off the ground.
You have been hired as the new logistics manager for the Johnson Company. Johnson Company used to be the premier manufacturer of DVD players,…