I. Discussion and Review Question: 1. Briefly describe the term operations management? Answer: Operations Management is management of system or processes that create goods or provide service. The term operations management includes interrelated activities such as forecasting‚ capacity planning‚ scheduling‚ managing inventories‚ assuring quality‚ motivating employees‚ and deciding where to locate facilities and more. 2. Identify the three major functional areas of business organization and
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distribution of prison cores discriminating against non-members. Today these prison gangs are still a challenge to the normal functioning of the prison having prisoners disrespecting and forming affiliations with prison personnel. The paper discusses the activities of the Aryan brothers‚ the folks ‚Ms 13‚ the Islam nation and the Ku Klux Klan‚ where they are geographical concentration and the threat they pose to social and national security. The Aryan
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test1. The four decision areas in operations management are: A) Planning‚ technology‚ inventory‚ control B) Process‚ quality‚ capacity‚ inventory C) Process‚ quality‚ technology‚ capacity D) None of these 2. Capacity decisions: A) Include forecasting and scheduling B) Include inventory control C) Require management of personnel D) None of these 3. Inventory decisions and control systems involve: A) Determining what to order‚ how much to order and when to order B) Tracking the flow of
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QUESTIONS: 1. How is the IKEA operations design different from that of most furniture retail operations ? Use the four dimensions of operations (volume‚ variety‚ variation and customer contact) to characterize these differences. 2. What do you think might be the major problems in running an operation like IKEA ? 3. What do you identify as the “operations function” within IKEA ? How is this different from the marketing function ? 1) Differences: Large volume‚ Design
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Manufacturing or Operations‚ Finance‚ IT and Human Resources (HR). Whereas the other functions concentrate on internal matters‚ marketing’s focus is solely on the customer. Marketing is the most critical of all activities for without a customer there is no revenue‚ leaving little for the other functions to do. As such‚ the fate of the organization rests in the abilities of its marketing managers. It is difficult to generalize about the precise duties and responsibilities of marketing managers. The reason
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complaints and staff complaints. After reviewing the current problems‚ it is essential for Northstar to highlight where these problems are evolving from. Some problems which have been identified through the case study include the initial development and operation of the malls through Europe. With this being an issue‚ it is likely that the market within the UK for this type of development may have not been particularly well researched. It is vital that Northstar addressed the issue of market research and penetration
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1. What is an organization? Why are managers important to an organization’s success? Answer – An organization is a systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose. All organizations because each comprises three common characteristics. 1) Every organization has a purpose and is made up of people who are grouped in some fashion. 2) No purpose or goal can be achieved by itself; therefore‚ organizations have members. 3) All organizations develop a systematic structure
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Barahim ID: 200921080 Airline Operations‚ Semester 2‚ 2010/11 For: Dr. Baba Yerra Due Date: 30 May 2011 Topic: Research Project Title: Comparative Study and Analysis of FAR and CAR regulations Table of Contents 1. Introduction | 3 | 2. Methodology | 4 | 3. Findings | 5 | 3.1. Operations Specifications | 5 | 3.2. Airline Organization: Required Management Positions | 6 | 3.3. Operating Manual | 9 | 3.3.1. Operations Manual Requirements under FAR 121
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Whitney Discussion Questions 1. Why should one study operation management? Answer: If your major field is not operations management‚ you may be wondering why you need to study operations management. Actually‚ there are compelling reasons for studying operations management. One is that 50 percent or more of all jobs are in operations management or related fields. Also‚ recall the image of a business organization as a car‚ with operations as its engine. In order for that car to function properly
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Chapter 6: Multiple Choice Questions 1. "Quality is defined by the customer" is a. an unrealistic definition of quality b. a user-based definition of quality c. a manufacturing-based definition of quality d. a product-based definition of quality e. the definition proposed by the American Society for Quality Control 2. Which of the following is not one of the major categories of costs associated with quality? a. prevention costs b. appraisal costs c. internal failures d
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