to best design and operate a system‚ usually under conditions requiring the allocation of scarce resources. By a system‚ we mean an organization of interdependent components that work together to accomplish the goal of the system. For example‚ Ford Motor Company is a system whose goal consists of maximizing the profit that can be earned by producing quality vehicles. The term operations research was coined during World War II when British military leaders asked scientists and engineers to analyze several
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Internal Business Process Prospective BUS 499 – Strategic Management Module 3 Case February 1‚ 2013 Duke Children’s Hospital fell into a crisis within the mid-1990s. Expenses were rising while dramatic reductions in net margin were occurring. Staff productivity fell and staff satisfaction was at an all-time low. They overcame the crisis by implementing the balanced scorecard. Their way of designing their scorecard catered to their business in healthcare. The higher officials of Duke Children’s
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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Business Process Simulation Revisited Wil M.P. van der Aalst Department of Mathematics and Computer Science‚ Eindhoven University of Technology‚ P.O. Box 513‚ NL-5600 MB‚ The Netherlands w.m.p.v.d.aalst@tue.nl Abstract. Computer simulation attempts to “mimic” real-life or hypothetical behavior on a computer to see how processes or systems can be improved and to predict their performance under different circumstances. Simulation has been successfully applied in many disciplines and is considered
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Oz Wasserman Dr. Leach COM 1101 3 December 2012 Car Technologies and Green Energy: General Motors Go Green Most of the people in the world still support the perception about cars being one of the main air pollutants on the planet. General Motors promoted their Fuel Cell technology under the Chevrolet division with the “Chevy Equinox” car on the Smithsonian magazine in September 2008‚ when posting an advertisement that presented their newest technology for environment friendly cars‚ the Equinox
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BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING AT THE HOSPITALS: A CASE STUDY AT SINGAPORE HOSPITAL Arun Kumar and Linet Ozdamar School of Mechanical & Production Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue‚ SINGAPORE-639798 Email: makumar@ntu.edu.sg KEYWORDS Business process reengineering‚ Healthcare. ABSTRACT As health care costs increase‚ there is a need for healthcare service providers to look for ways to contain costs and to achieve a higher efficiency at their operating facilities without
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defects. It is defined as a set of practices that improve efficiency of a process. DMAIC generally is used for projects aimed at improving an existing business process. Therefore it can be safely said that when considering continuous improvement programs the DMAIC approach is more applicable to the projects focusing on incremental change than to projects focusing on radical change. A DMAIC methodology is used when a product or process is in existence at a company but it is not meeting customer specification
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data from paper base into computer base. As mentioned on the previous chapter‚ the biggest problem of the current business process in Dental Clinic XYZ happened because they are still using paper based for patient data and the patient’s membership is heavily depend in a human memory. Therefore‚ by using computerized system will reduce the human errors that often occur in a business. Moreover‚ the computerized system will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the time used to find patient’s
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Case 2 Tata Motors 1. Describe the economic characteristics of the global motor vehicle industry. The 2008 financial crisis began in the American subprime mortgage crisis‚ eventually evolved into a global financial crisis. Most countries because of the impact of the financial crisis‚ leading to a sharp slowdown in consumer’s vehicle demand. Also‚ because of the financial crisis‚ the global motor vehicle industry experienced a full-scale market competition. Some small car companies to be phased
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AUDIT MEMORANDUM To: First Motors Corporation From: Nam Do CC: Dr. Jeff Archambault Date: 11/10/2011 Re: The Accounting Policies and Procedures Purpose: The purpose of the audit memo is to clarify the accounting policies and procedures used by clients and the accounting policies and procedures that should be followed. The audit memorandum also provides a clear explanation of a difference between the risk premium in discounting the free cash flow from Plant 3 and the risk premium in discounting
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