KAIZEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MARKS: 80 COURSE: _______ SUBJECT: OPERATION MANAGEMENT N.B: 1} Attempt all the questions 2} All Questions Carries Equal Marks Name:___________________ Reference Number: ________________ Case – 1 OM IN SNACKS Let’s say that you decided to go for some snacks with your friends. Among many options‚ you can go to a roadside thela (cart)‚ a snack joint like are Udipi restaurant or some restaurant which serves many things including full meals‚ to name few
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Chapter 1-17 Operations Management Roberta Russell & Bernard W. Taylor‚ III Organization of This Text: Part I – Operations Management Intro. to Operations and Supply Chain Management: Quality Management: Statistical Quality Control: Product Design: Service Design: Processes and Technology: Facilities: Human Resources: Project Management: Chapter 1 (Slide 5) Chapter 2 (Slide 67) Chapter 3 (Slide 120) Chapter 4 (Slide 186) Chapter 5 (Slide 231) Chapter 6 (Slide 276) Chapter 7 (Slide 321) Chapter
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Management may choose to build up capacity in anticipation of demand or in response to developing demand. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. To illustrate some of the advantages and disadvantages‚ provide specific examples of companies that have used each strategy. Three things that are important when planning capacity is “maintaining system balance‚ frequency of capacity additions or reductions‚ and the use of external capacity.” (Jacobs‚ Chase Pg 75) Some of the advantages
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PLC (ELICO) Awash Tannery For the Course Production /Operations Management (MBAd 632) (Educational Visit Report) Submitted To Tadesse Negash (PhD) Prepared by ABERAHAM MELSE MEKURIA ABERA MESFINE TELILA MERGIA BAYISSA TADESSE BIRU TENA H/MARIAM WOSSEN HAILU August 2013 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are strongly indebted to our instructor of production and operations management Dr. Tadesse Negash for his intimacy with us‚ continuous
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Ch3 – O.M 1) Strategic decisions are those which: A) Only involve senior managers B) Require the input of external consultants and management accountants. C) Seek to move the whole organisation towards its overall long-term goals D) Define the position of a business unit with respect to its operational capabilities 2) The determination of performance priorities is normally influenced by: A) The specific needs of the company’s customer
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Unit-4 Secondary objectives of materials management: secondary objectives are limited in number or in scope as primary objectives. Since they represent the materials management contribution to the achievement of primary objectives of some other departments‚ they can vary widely from industry to industry. 1. Reciprocal relations: when a company deliberately buys as much as possible from its own customers it is said to practice reciprocity. 2. New materials and products: engineering and manufacturing
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Centre for Continuing Education Executive MBA (OIL & GAS Management) Semester II YEAR: 2013 SESSION: January Assignment – 1 For Operations & Material Management (MBCQ 722D) (To be filled by the student) Name: _______________________ Sap No/Regn No: _______________________ Section A (20 Marks) Write short notes on any four of the following 1. Production management functions 2. The era of scientific management 3. Optimal criteria for selecting a plant location 4.
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environment‚ where competition reaches outstanding levels and variables such as consumer demand are increasingly more difficult to analyze and predict‚ it all comes to the abilities of managers to keep their companies successful. CEO’s‚ marketing and operations managers‚ they all play a vital role in the profitability of their companies‚ no matter if they are small regional companies or large multinational corporations. Since the start of the economic crisis in 2008‚ all national economies face difficulties
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certification? a. it is a prerequisite for ISO 9000 certification b. it indicates a higher level of adherence to standards than ISO 9000 c. it is only sought by companies exporting their goods d. it deals with environmental management 8. Total Quality Management emphasizes a. the responsibility of the Quality Control staff to identify and solve all quality-related problems b.
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One of the new drives is the effective supply chain management which brings customer satisfaction and profitability. Many retailers especially supermarkets and grocery stores use different strategies in order to achieve an effective supply chain management. Faced with predictable variability‚ a company’s goal is to respond in a manner that balances supply with demand to maximize profitability (Chopra & Meindl‚ 2013: 247). Inventory management is the activity of planning and controlling accumulation
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