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Cases in Operations Management
Cases in Operations Management
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Stevenson, W. (2009). Operations Management, 10th Edition. New York city: McGraw-Hill Higher Eductation. Retrieved December 26, 2012…
TEXT: Operations Management, 5th Edition Reid, R. Dan & Sanders, Nada R, Wiley (2012) (new…
How Paper is Made (1998). In Pulp and Fiber Products. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from…
Schroeder, R.G. (2008). Operations Management: Contemporary Concepts and Cases, Fourth Edition. New York, NY. McGraw-Hill Irwin Companies Incorporated.…
Heizer, J & Render, B. (2008) Principles of operations management seventh edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.…
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Supply chain management is the coordination of the processes and functions within a business, adopted by most companies in the UK in the late 1990’s. It deals with the internal and external factors that, when dealt with correctly and systematically, can determine a businesses success or failure. A supply chain is the network of activities that delivers a finished product service to the customer. By definition, supply chain management (SCM) is “the management of the flows of materials from suppliers to customers in order to reduce overall cost and increase responsiveness to the customers” (Reid & Sanders). SCM entails the co-ordination of the movement of good through the supply chain from suppliers to manufacturers to distributors to the final customer. The main aim of SCM is to maximise the efficiency of any given process being carried out by a company; by doing this it is allowing them to try to cut their costs and hopefully keep satisfying their customers’ needs, while at the same time maintaining their competitive position within their market. Supply chain management is seen as more of an “open system” in contrast to the traditional system used by the majority of companies just 20 years ago. The new “open system” allows room for change which is greatly needed with the current financial instability of the economy.…
A supplier of instrument gauge clusters uses a kanban system to control material flow. The gauge cluster housings are transported five at a time. A fabrication centre produces approximately 10 gauges per hour. It takes approximately two hours for the housing to be replenished. Due to variations in processing times, management has decided to keep 25 percent of the needed inventory as safety stock. How many kanban card sets are needed?…
Edgar Allan Poe, author of “The Cask of Amontillado”, and many other tales of mystery, terror, imagination, and suspense. Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories and poems were written in the 19th century, and this specific one, “The Cask of Amontillado”, was published in November 1846. Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him. His mother died, and his father deserted him at the age of two. And his whole life, he lived in poverty-stricken conditions, and had drinking and gambling difficulties.…
Sampling 4 pieces of precision-cut wire (to be used in computer assembly) every hour for the past 24 hours has produced the following results:…
A. Why does the "proper" operation strategy keep changing for A. companies that are world-class competitors? The world is evolving every day and is at a constant change or upgrade. So it only makes sense that the “proper ” operation strategy will also evolve and change over time, otherwise your corporation could easily get run over by the competition and transforming market. As a company it ’s important to position yourself with your product or service in the market, whether it would be high price and high quality or low price and fast shipping.…
Everyone in the US has the right to be protected by our Government regardless of gender, sexuality, and identity. Government should protect people against violence and discrimination no matter what the circumstance. Everyone should be treated equally. LGBT people are harassed, discriminated against, and attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender…
The Beginning…. (MOHO) is a conceptual model of practice that evolved from Reilly's Occupational Behavior Model and General System Theory. Gary Keilhofner was a student of Mary Reilly who originally created this model as a Master's thesis in 1975. Within five years, Kielhofner and his colleagues published MOHO for the first time. What is it? The Model of Human Occupation is a conceptual practice model which is defined as "… a set of evolving theoretical arguments that are translated into a specific technology for practice and are refined and tested through research" (Kielhofner, 2002, p. 3). Focus Systemic, holistic approach for persons of varying needs and populations across the lifespan Stresses the importance of the mind/body connection in its depiction of how motivation (internal) and performance of occupation (external) are interconnected Human occupation is described as the "doing" of work, play, or activities of daily living within a temporal, physical, and sociocultural contexts. Interactive nature between the person and his environment and how this relationship contributes to one's source of motivation, pattern of behavior, and performance. PERSON - redefined for practice Kielhofner's theoretical view of the person is very comprehensive.…
A conventional “bricks and mortar” grocery does not have an online presence, only a physical one. It is built on a face-to-face customer service, and usually always has a building for their operations. A “brick and mortar” grocery has advantages and disadvantages compared to an online operation, like Theorganicgrocer.com. First of all, their major disadvantage is the overhead. The cost of property, insurance, taxes and staff is much higher for a “brick and mortar” operation than an online operation. The biggest advantage for a “brick and mortar” operation is customer security. To a customer, if a company has physical presence, it is seen as more reliable as the company is far less likely to fold overnight and disappear.…
Foster, S. T., Walling, C. and Ogden, J. (2011), “Towards a better understanding of supply chain quality management practices”, International Journal of production research, 49(8), 2285-2300…