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HP DeskJet Printers
Then and Now
The first DeskJet printer
Mobile printer
Color printer
Photo printer
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History of HP
HP founded in 1939 by William Hewlett
and David Packard
1990 revenues $13.2 B and profit $739 M
Then, a manufacturer of electronic test
and measurement equipment
Now, mostly manufactures computers and
peripherals
Peripherals is the second largest group
among six product groups
Peripherals: Printers, Plotters, Magnetic
disc and tape drivers, Terminals and
Network products
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Printer Market
HP sold ?? M printers and made a revenue of $?? B in 1990
Each printer about $???
But prices has been dropping
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Vancouver Plant
Printer production at Fort Collins, CO, Boise, ID, Sunnyvale, CA
and Corvallis, OR is consolidated to the Vancouver site
Vancouver plant uses a pull system
JIT, Kanban, Stockless production
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Supplier
Supplier
Supplier
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Asia
DC
IC Mfg
PCAT
Print
Mechanism
FAT
Supplier
Europe
DC
Far East
DC
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Asia
DC
FAT
Europe
DC
Far East
DC
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What is localization?
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What is localization?
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Can a DC localize?
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Can a DC localize?
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Inventory imbalance
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What is the shortage if the demand in France is 1500 while the demand in
England is 500?
Shortage is ??
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Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
AB
20572
20895
19252
11052
19864
20316
13336
10578
6096
14496
23712
9792
AQ
4008
2196
4761
1953
1008
2358
1676
540
2310
2046
1797
2961
AU
4564
3207
7485
4908
5295
90
5004
4385
5103
4302
6153
Compute the basestock levels for each product to achieve a fill rate of 98%.
Note that basestock levels can be reduced if these options are aggregated into a single one.
What would be the basestock level for this single product?
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