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PLEASE SHOW ALL THE FORMULA IN AN EXCEL FORMAT AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

All problems must be solved using Excel formulas to receive credit.

Question Set 1.

You are in charge of quality control for computer monitors at Dell. You have data on twenty-five batches of monitors, tracking five types of defects: brightness, color, contrast, dead pixels, and stuck pixels. These data are given in the table below.

1. For each defect type, find the average number of defects per batch. So, you should have an average defect rate for brightness, another for color, and so on. (2pts)

2. For each batch, find the total number of defects (the sum of all five types). So, you should have one number for batch 1, another for batch 2, and so on. (2pts)

3. Sort the five columns of defects by descending average defect rate. The lowest rate should be on the right. (4pts)

4. Sort the batches by ascending total defects. The batch with the lowest total should be at the top. This will not affect the column sorting from the question 1.3 above. (4pts)

5. Create a Pareto chart showing the average defect rate for each of the five defect types. This will be a column chart, in descending left-to-right order, with each column and the axes labeled. (8pts)

	Defects
Batch	Brightness	Color	Contrast	Dead Pixels	Stuck Pixels
1	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	1
4	0	0	1	0	2
5	0	3	0	1	2
6	0	2	0	0	0
7	6	2	0	1	2
8	2	0	0	0	0
9	1	0	0	0	3
10	0	0	0	0	0
11	1	0	0	1	3
12	2	0	1	2	1
13	0	1	0	1	0
14	1	0	0	0	1
15	0	3	0	0	5
16	3	0	1	1	0
17	0	5	0	0	3
18	2	0	0	1	0
19	0	4	1	0	2
20	0	0	0	1	0
21	0	0	1	2	0
22	0	3	1	0	2
23	1	1	1	0	6
24	4	0	0	2	0
25	1	0	0	0	3

Question Set 2.

A manufacturing operation must periodically purchase bulk quantities of washers. The washers are purchased in boxes of 1000 and are consumed at a constant rate. The operation expects to purchase 20,000 boxes over the coming year. Each box costs $120, the annual holding cost per box is $15, and the cost of placing an order is $120 (regardless of the quantity ordered). For the following questions, use the basic economic order quantity model (without quantity discounts).

1. What is the economic order quantity (in boxes)? (2pts)

2. Calculate the annual inventory holding costs based on the average inventory level and annual holding cost per box. (2pts)

3. Calculate the annual inventory ordering costs based on the number of orders expected to be placed during the coming year. (2pts)

4. Create a data table showing the total inventory costs (only) for order quantities varying from 100 to 1200 (use a step size of 50). You must use a data table structure to receive full credit for this problem. If you have any doubt as to what a data table is, please ask your lab TA. (8pts)

5. Create a scatter chart (use the one with markers and smooth lines) showing how total inventory costs are a function of the order quantity. Be sure to label your axes appropriately. (6pts)

Answer 1

Question Set 1

1) Average number of defects is obtained by calculating the average of each column pertaining to each defect type.

The average number of defects per batch is calculated in row 28 of the above excel sheet

2) The sum of defects for each batch is calculated by adding the five defect types for each batch as shown below

3) The columns are sorted as shown below in descending order of average defect rate.

4) The batches are sorted in ascending order of total defects as below

5) Data in row 2 and 28 is used to construct the Pareto chart