Making Hotplates Tony Bennett Ashford University BUS644: Organizational Behavior/William Adams March 10‚ 2013 The summary will examine a company consisting of a group of workers who are responsible for assembling hotplates which are used in hospitals and medical laboratories to bring solutions to certain temperatures. A job of this nature requires a certain amount of patience and skills that some people could find hard or impossible to handle. The goal of the summary is to answer specific
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Making Hotplates What changes in the work situation might account for the increase in productivity and the decrease in controllable rejects? According to the article‚ the company had 10 workers that were responsible for assembling hot plates with the appropriate tools. Each person was responsible for assembling a part of the hotplate instead of the whole thing. One person would start the hotplate assembly‚ when they were finished they would pass it to the next‚ who would begin their part‚ etc
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Making Hotplates Timothy Vallin BUS 644 Operations Management Instructor: Dr. Ronald Beach November 18‚ 2012 Making Hotplates A group of 10 workers were responsible for assembling hotplates. The employees were all placed on an assembly line. An assembly line is standardized layouts arranged according to a fixed sequence of assembly tasks (Stevenson‚ 2011). The assembly line was balanced by industrial engineers. Line balancing is the process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way
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Making Hotplates 1. What changes in the work situation might account for the increase in productivity and the decrease in controllable rejects? The changes in the work situation that might account for the increase in productivity and the subsequent decrease in controllable defects are the redesign of the work flow and the increase in the work responsibility assigned to each worker. The redesign of the work flow allowed workers to assemble a unit of the hotplate instead of only a part over and over
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carries heat away from the hot plates at a rate dependent on wind speed. Providing power to maintain the hot-plate temperatures at their set point values can provide the quantification of wind speed. Similarly‚ raindrops landing on one of the hotplates will evaporate causing a further power drain on this plate. This project is to design‚ build and calibrate this sensor using Labview. 2 BACKGROUND By keeping the two heated plates at a constant set point temperature it is possible to measure
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CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE DECISIONMAKING FOR CELL PHONE DEPLOYMENT Roberts‚ G. Keith1 keith_roberts@redlands.edu Pick‚ James B. james_pick@redlands.edu ABSTRACT The wireless cell phone market has experienced phenomenal growth over the last decade. This paper studies the factors that five companies considered important in deciding to deploy wireless cell phone devices‚ the extent of current use of wireless cell phones‚ the extent of existing utilization and/or planning for web-enabled cell
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Decision Making Case Study Nadine Ranger Week 3 HCS/514 August 23‚ 2010 Sara Brown Decision-Making Case Study Effective decision-making is a major component in managing an organization‚ resources‚ and staff members. Managers make important decisions daily that affect the operations‚ quality‚ and success of their organization. Instituting evidence informed decision-making is a growing concept among health care organizations‚ but managers face
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Decision Making Case Study Stefanie Parker HCS/514 June 24‚ 2011 Kendra Slatton Decision Making Case Study The standard definition of decision making is; the process of mapping the likely consequences of decisions‚ working out the importance of individual factors and choosing the best course of action to take ("Definition of decision‚"). In this case study effective decision making tools will be used to choose the best course of action to take in the scenario. The scenario is; as a
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Decision-Making Case Study Shana S. White Managing in Today ’s Health Care Organization/ HCS/514 January 24‚ 2013 Debra Williams Decision-Making Case Study Noonan (2009)‚ states "The rising rates of unemployment and the growing numbers of uninsured people are exacerbating health disparities in low income and minority communities that already suffer from barriers to care and high rates of chronic disease.” (para. 1). With the economy in its current state (trying to recover
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Decision-Making Case Study HCS/514 Decision-Making Case Study The looming changes in health care are a frequent topic in many meetings with health care providers. Budget cuts are not just a speculation but are a reality. Decision-making to provide quality patient care with less money is a challenge at best. The Informed Decisions Toolbox can assist administrators and managers with evidence-based decisions that will allow patients to receive the quality care they deserve while reducing expenses
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