关于阅读寂静第一篇，请看过的dx进,new information

phanly

jj里有很多版本，研究后发现，其实是两个版本，一个版本就是寂静里贴出来的有关sku的那个原文， gwd里也有，这个没有问题
Suddenly can not type Chinese, fuck!
The problem is some one mentioned the "smoothing production", obviously, this is not what we got from GWD
So I find something related "smoothing production" from OLD JJ (March 2009)


RC-11 产品储备 smoothing stock
【版本1】还有一道就是讲smooth production stock model的。就是用来buffer the unexpected increase or decrease in demand .
【版本2】03/12 smoothing stock  这篇不算高深，但是用词我觉得比较含糊，用了很多MODEL这些指代词。最后一段是说按照MODEL，应该生产量跟库存量成反比，但是实际上跟预计不一样，可能是因为COMPANIES aggregate .但是放在INDIVIDUAL FIRMS上也不行。一共3题，第一题好像是一个主旨题，选项narrow到两个后让我很没有把握，第3题是问最后一段提aggregate的作用是什么。
【版本3 V32, 70】03/12 关于商业的，smoothing production的
【版本4 V35, 70】03/16 第一题就是问aggregate的作用是什么，model来Model去。还有一道！似乎是问smoothing的含义是什么，我凭常识理解的，选了那个avoid最高最低点的变化，就是使profit不要大起大落的意思那一项（这题纯粹是乱选的，不过自认为很有道理，正常人应该看好smoothing这词都是这么理解的吧……）


（八神妄语：八神在这里冒着侵犯两位JJ作者隐私权的危险，雷电交加之中，在大路上走（的时候），发现一个问题-----版本3作者，Q51V32, T700; 版本4GG，Q50,V35, T700，看来MATH的分量在高手对决的时候确实分量不小，请各位给予MATH足够的重视，天蝎MM的MATHJJ要好好看看。）

题：
(1)aggregate的作用 （细节定位题）定位companies aggregate
(2) 主旨题，选项narrow到两个后让JJ作者很没有把握
(3) smoothing的含义是什么 （细节定位题）定位首次给出smoothing stock的地方，改写。

 Can some one find more information on this????

amgzhb

yeah..I noticed that and felt totally confused
Thanks for sharing!
I got no suggestion but wish u best luck in the new year!

Derek2008

Q35~Q37: T-7-Q23-Q25
       Companies that must determine well in advance of the selling season how many units of a new product to manufacture often underproduce products that sell well and have overstocks of others. The increased incidence in recent years of mismatches between production and demand seems ironic, since point-of-sale scanners have improved data on consumers’ buying patterns and since flexible manufacturing has enabled companies to 24 produce, cost-effectively, small quantities of goods. This type of manufacturing has greatly increased the number of new products introduced annually in the United States. However, frequent introductions of new products have two problematic side effects. For one, they reduce the average lifetime of products; more of them are neither at the beginning of their life (when prediction is difficult) or at the end of their life (when keeping inventory is expensive because the products will soon become obsolete). For another, as new products proliferate, demand is divided among a growing number of stock-keeping units (SKU’s). Even though manufacturers and retailers can forecast aggregate demand with some certainty, forecasting accurately how that demand will be distributed among the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.  For example, a company may be able to estimate accurately the aggregate number of shoes it will sell, but it may be uncertain about which specific types of shoes will sell more than other types.
Q35:
Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in the passage (lines 35-40)?
A.    To cite a situation in which the aggregate demand is more important than the distribution of demand among SKU’s
B.    To refute an assertion about the side effects of flexible manufacturing
C.    To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand
D.    To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of forecasting demand
E.    To note an exception to the author’s assertion about distributing demand among SKU’s
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Q36:
The passage suggests which of the following about divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s?
A.    It has increased the average lifetime of products.
B.    It has resulted from retailer’s attempts to predict demand more accurately and avoid both understocks and overstocks.
C.    It has decreased the use of flexible manufacturing by companies.
D.    It has not increased the expense of keeping inventory of certain products.
E.    It has not prevented companies from predicting aggregate demand with some certainty.
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Q37:TTGWD-6
According to the passage, which of the following has led to growth in the number of new products introduced in the United States each year?
A.    Reduced average lifetime of products
B.    Increased ability to forecast aggregate demand
C.    More cost-effective ways of keeping inventory for products
D.    Cost-effective production of small quantities of goods
E.    Increased ability to divide demand among a number of SKU’s and to forecast how that demand will be distributed among those SKU’s

答案: DED