Question 1
The upstream involves the flow refers to the movement of the numbers of the components like as the materials products to the supplier that comprises of the sources of the goods supply chain. Therefore the leapfrog’s suppliers are the upstream partners of the firm. The downstream involves the movement in that direction of the customers and therefore the downstream supply chain management refers to the retailer as well as the main consumers.
Question 2
11th, August 2003 the nationwide sale volume of the firm had a total of 360 sales units in the introductory weekend. The toy executive made extrapolations from the sales volume through the use of the computer models that are designed to reduce unusual explanations for the increment of the sales volume. The forecast from the software anticipated that the demand was 700,000 units and it took a week for the firm to arrange for the increment.
Question 3
Plant’s requirement to hire additional workforce, need to seek for more materials and the parts as well as molds that tend to make the plastic parts that can produce one unit in forty seconds.
The firm dealt with the challenge by determining the constraint of the product strategy that less of approximately 41 metal molds. The advancement in the mold design helped in the reduction of toys fail rate from 5 percent to 0.3 percent.
Question 4
Discovery the specialized materials that they required for the production of toys. The firm required a plant that could be drool resistant as well as absorb ink.
Capable toys and leapfrog resolved the problems by tapping their network of the suppliers to find for another supplier as well as hiring the US company that will do the printing.
Question 5
Air transportation
Strengths
Little capital tie-up
Frequent, fast speeds and security
Low risk degree of damages and theft
Weaknesses
Higher transportation costs
Sea transportation
Strengths
Large volume transported
Environmental friendly
There were no stop over from Hong Kong to Los Angeles
Weaknesses
Slow due to water network
Higher capitals expenditure
Leapfrog will have selected to ship the goods through water network for the added standard stopovers from Hong Kong to Los Angeles so as to reduce the costs.
