Part A
1. According to this diagram, what condition must be true to minimize the time it takes to fulfill a customer purchase order?
2. According to this diagram , what condition must be true to minimize the time it takes to produce the quantity of finished goods needed to fulfill a production order?
3. According to this diagram, what is stored in the Warehouse?
4. If the Warehouse is unable to ship finished goods to the customer due to a transit strike, what impact does that have on Production?
5. Would the Sales Department want to know if the Warehouse is unable to receive a shipment of raw materials due to a transit strike (think about CRM)?
Part B
2. What is the difference between a backorder and a stock-out item on a customer order?
3. Give one example of an extended (intercompany) process. Provide a definition of that process and briefly explain how an enterprise system makes such a process possible.
