societies where the oldest female is the head of the pod. Because of this strict matriarchal society‚ the different pods of Orcas rarely‚ if ever‚ interact with one another; this can then cause a low genetic variation in the species and possibly a bottleneck affect. In addition to the low interactions between pods‚ the calves never leave their mothers‚ including the males. This only adds to the issue at hand. Furthermore‚ because Orcas are highly sociable within their pods‚ they rely heavily on producing
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Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Operations MORE SAMPLE MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS: SOLUTIONS [1] Consider the life cycle of a product from introduction to maturity to decline. What kind of process (job shop‚ batch process‚ or line flow) would be appropriate at each stage and why? At the introduction phase‚ product volumes are small and design changes frequent. Thus production in a job shop setup is likely to most appropriate. At maturity volumes will be large
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SWOT analysis aims to identify the key internal and external factors seen as important to achieving an objective. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: internal factors – the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization external factors – the opportunities and threats presented by the environment external to the organization Analysis may view the internal factors as strengths or as weaknesses depending upon their effect on the organization’s objectives
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over the network. When the amount of data on the network is excessive‚ the data that the memory can’t be processed has to be retransmitted resulting in congestion. Network congestion thus will contribute to data loss in a phenomenon known as a "bottleneck" because only a limited numbers of data packets are processed when compared with all of the packets sent. Therefore‚ congestion in network occurs due to exceed in aggregate demand as compared to the accessible capacity of the resources. Network
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can be solved and can result in a more efficient assembly line. The most obvious problems we spot are the number of tasks per assembly line position. Another problem is that every workstations labour time various too much. This results in several bottlenecks that has negative effects on the efficiency and production time. They differ from 5 seconds to 120 seconds. If these two problems are solved we think the assembly line will be much more efficient and thus more profitable. The first problem we
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sustainable result is provided. Regarding general execution‚ the Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz is imperceptibly superior to the AMD Athlon XP 2400+ with regards to running the most recent amusements. This additionally implies it will be more averse to bottleneck all the more capable GPUs‚ permitting them to accomplish a greater amount of their execution potential (Mueller‚ 2015). The Pentium 4 3.0GHz was discharged not exactly a year after the Athlon XP 2400+‚ thus they are prone to have comparative levels
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Lean Glossary The following are key concepts associated with lean manufacturing. Click on a link to jump directly to the related definition. 5S Andon Bottleneck Analysis Continuous Flow Gemba (The Real Place) Heijunka (Level Scheduling) Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Jidoka (Autonomation) Just-In-Time (JIT) Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Kanban (Pull System) KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Muda (Waste) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) PDCA (Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act) Poka-Yoke
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Abstract— The paper examines working of outdoor patient departments in a general hospital. There are several out-patient departments and hundreds of patients visit the hospital daily for treatment. The main objective is to minimize the average waiting time of the patients. The current performance is determined and newer ways are identified to improve the performance of the hospital. Various alternatives are found and evaluated by simulating each of them. The objective of minimizing waiting time of
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Centralized vs Decentralized Purchase In organizations having many production centers which are situated at distant places‚ it may be an important issue to decide whether for the purpose of purchasing for all the production centers‚ there should be only one purchase department or for each production centre‚ there should be one purchase department. Upon the following factors the decision shall primarily depend:- a. the distance between the production centers & the central godown‚ b. the nature
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Vol. 55‚ No. 4‚ April 2009‚ pp. 619–634 issn 0025-1909 eissn 1526-5501 09 5504 0619 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE informs ® doi 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0946 © 2009 INFORMS Competition in Service Industries with Segmented Markets Gad Allon Kellogg School of Management‚ Northwestern University‚ Evanston‚ Illinois 60208‚ g-allon@kellogg.northwestern.edu Awi Federgruen Columbia Business School‚ Columbia University‚ New York‚ New York 10027‚ af7@columbia.edu W e develop a model for the competitive
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