Department of Decision Sciences San Francisco State University FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS The sample problems below are organized by topic. Where possible‚ answers are given. Disclaimers: • These questions are questions that have appeared on previous years’ (final) examinations. They are for practice only. There is no guarantee that the questions on your finals will be the same‚ or that different professors will give the same types of questions. • Not all 412/786 sections cover the same material
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Winter / November 2012 Master of Business Administration - Semester 2 MB0044 - Production and Operation Management ASSIGNMENT- Set 1 Q1. Explain the basic competitive priorities considered while formulating operations strategy by a firm? Competitiveness is at the core of all strategies. Even among them‚ priorities tend to bring the organisation’s focus on the areas to be dealt with in terms of allocation of resources – people‚ money‚ and time. This means that different functional areas with
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Operation Management Introduction Kudler Fine Foods has several important issues in terms of its operation management. Kudler made the decision to start contracting with local growers of organic produce. Continuing to find new ways to increase business and gain an edge over the competition is important in the market. Developments may include merger and acquisition activity involving continuing price competition‚ growth of take-away food products and services‚ change in operations and continuing
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THE DEFINITIONS "Operations management (OM) is defined as the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services. Like marketing and finance‚ OM is a functional field of business with clear line management responsibilities." (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006:9) "Operations management is the management of processes or systems that create goods and/or provide services. It encompasses forecasting‚ capacity planning‚ scheduling‚ managing
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analysis; Recommendations that are based on your analysis; Report style – i.e. clear sections with headings and sub-headings; Logical conclusions. The troubled history of the Airbus A380 _______________________________________________ Operations in Practice: The troubled history of the Airbus A380 It is perhaps inevitable that a major new and complex product like a passenger aircraft will experience a few problems during its development. But the history of the Airbus A380 was a long and
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OM CHAPTER 1 GOODS‚ SERVICES‚ AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DAVID A. COLLIER AND JAMES R. EVANS OM‚ Ch. 1 Goods‚ Services‚ and Operations Management ©2009 South-Western‚ a part of Cengage Learning 1 Chapter 1 Learning Outcomes learning outcomes LO1 Explain the concept of operations management. LO2 Describe what operations managers do. LO3 Explain the differences between goods and services. LO4 Describe a customer benefit package. LO5 Explain three general types of processes
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Review core capabilities. Core capabilities are critical issues in operations management. Why are core capabilities an asset? Are there any instances in which a firm’s core capabilities can be a liability rather than an asset? In general‚ core capabilities are an organization’s key ability that sets it aside from competitors. According to Qfinance‚ the definition of core capabilities is a key ability or strength that an organization has acquired that differentiates it from others‚ gives it
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Financial management decisions: 1. Capital budgeting (investment) – the whole process of analyzing projects and deciding whether they should be included in the capital budget. Spending capital on assets that will yield highest return for comp over desired time period What to buy so that comp will gain most value 2. Capital structure (financing) – the manner in which a firm’s assets are financed; that is‚ the right side of balance sheet. Capital structure is normally expressed as the percentage
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that have become inefficient over time that finds it difficult to be competitive using the archaic systems of governance‚ organizational processes and procedures. For organizational operations‚ Reengineering is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical‚ contemporary measures of performance such as- cost‚ quality‚ service and speed. The concept is not about slight improvement or making an existing process better. It is about changing
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OM 1. As a service business‚ the operations management activities of an airline company have nothing in common with the operations management activities within a bicycle manufacturing company. True False 2. Operations managers are responsible for managing systems that produce goods and/or provide services. True False 3. Effectiveness refers to achieving intended goals whereas efficiency refers to minimizing cost and time. True False 4. Operations‚ marketing‚ and finance function
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