OPS/571 Final Exam 1) __________ is when the activities in the stage must stop because there is no place to deposit the item just completed A. Buffering B. Blocking C. Starving D. Pacing 2) According to your text‚ the most common process metric is A. productivity B. efficiency C. utilization D. throughput time 3) Declining product prices A. increase the manufacturing costs B. lower the break-point C. result in lower manufacturing costs D. increase
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TRUE/FALSE 1. Capacity is the maximum rate of output of a process. Answer: True Reference: Introduction Difficulty: Easy Keywords: capacity‚ maximum‚ output 2. Capacity can be expressed by output or input measures. Answer: True Reference: The Theory of Constraints Difficulty: Moderate Keywords: capacity‚ input‚ output 3. Input measures of capacity are inherently more accurate than output measures of capacity. Answer: False
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1.Comment on what is GE’s source of competitive advantage in the large turbine industry. G.E. had a large competitive advantage in the large turbine industry for three primary reasons: better r&d and hence improved technology‚ a clear focus on larger‚ more technologically sophisticated units‚ and its status as a price leader in the market. GE had almost twice the R&D budget of both of its major competitors‚ while simultaneously spending less on R&D as a percentage of sales. This allowed it to have
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Theoretical CT for Process with L = 60 | 0.50 min./shirt | Daily Process Capacity with L = 60 | 960 shirts | Average MLT for the process with current rate of 800 per day -- Minutes | 7056 minutes | Average MLT for the process with current rate of 800 per day -- Days | 14.7 days | Average Labor utilization for the process with current rate of 800/day | 69% (0.69) | ( C ) Mike’s Plan | | Daily Capacity of the new ply machine | 960 shirts | Average MLT for a shirt given 900 shirts
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Littlefield Technologies Game Strategy- Group 28 I. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: We can apply multiple project management concepts to planning the project‚ scheduling the project‚ and controlling the project. First‚ the project was planned and scheduled by setting a goal of completion. Considering the group’s total allotted time‚ our goal was to have the description of the game strategy completed 48 hours before the deadline‚ and to work collaboratively on the statistical spreadsheet 24 hours before the
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amount of energy necessary to heat a certain amount of water by one degree is different than that of another liquid or substance. The technical term used to determine this characteristic is called heat capacity or specific heat capacity. The purpose of this experiment is to find the heat capacity of water‚ orange juice‚ and olive oil. A couple of very specific equipment is needed in order to complete this experiment‚ such as: a calorimeter‚ a multimeter‚ a 6V battery and alligator clips. One interesting
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has just completed an acquisition of a feed mill (referred as Mill A hereinafter) in Cheshire. The acquisition of Mill A serves multi-fold purposes. One is to reduce the ever-increasing competitors in Cheshire region. The other is to increase the capacity to serve the market in Scotland. Questions being asked could be why not simple buy a mill in Scotland. The answer
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HUMAN CAPACITIES AND MORAL STATUS Philosophy and Medicine VOLUME 108 Founding Co-Editor Stuart F. Spicker Senior Editor H. Tristram Engelhardt‚ Jr.‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Rice University‚ and Baylor College of Medicine‚ Houston‚ Texas Associate Editor Lisa M. Rasmussen‚ Department of Philosophy‚ University of North Carolina at Charlotte‚ Charlotte‚ North Carolina Editorial Board George J. Agich‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Bowling Green State University‚ Bowling Green‚ Ohio
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Executive Summary Our team operated and managed the Littlefield Technologies facility over the span of 1268 simulated days. Our team finished the simulation in 3rd place‚ posting $2‚234‚639 in cash at the end of the game. We did intuitive analysis initially and came up the strategy at the beginning of the game. And then we applied the knowledge we learned in the class‚ did process analysis and modified our strategies according to the performance results dynamically. We have reinforced many of the
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Preparation Opening / Loosening Carding Drawing Roving Spinning Winding Re-spooling Texturizing Spinning Finishing FILATOI RIUNITI The Italian textile industry Filatoi Riuniti Family-owned spinning mill in Italy. The company has limited machine capacity and have to outsource for spinning product from six local mills. Milan Consulting Group Inc. hired by the company to solve the optimal solution to meet their customers need and also minimize their cost. FILATOI RIUNITI The Italian textile industry
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