1. What types of decision must Chad Thomas make daily for his companys operations to run effectively?

Over the long run? Provide efficient accomodation for the companys inventories Time management to deliver products on time Process management to give equal importance to standard furnitures. Maintain a balance between sales and production of standard product to increase profit Improving the supply chain management to reduce the storage of inventories For long run,the demand forcast should be understood and produced accordingly Increase in work force to meet the increasing demand 2. How did sales and marketing affect operations when they began to sell standard pieces to retail outlets? The company was not capable to balance the sales between customised and standard product as they were concentrating more on customised products due to high sales.This led to lag in the delivery time of the standard products. The standardised product are sitting around the plant in various stages of completion which leads to occupying the space.The warehouse storage are expensive which lead to decrease in the profit.