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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test1. The four decision areas in operations management are: A) Planning‚ technology‚ inventory‚ control B) Process‚ quality‚ capacity‚ inventory C) Process‚ quality‚ technology‚ capacity D) None of these 2. Capacity decisions: A) Include forecasting and scheduling B) Include inventory control C) Require management of personnel D) None of these 3. Inventory decisions and control systems involve: A) Determining what to order‚ how much to order and when to order B) Tracking the flow of
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Intitech vs The Coffee Bean 1. How would you gauge Peter’s achievement orientation? What are some of the needs not being met for Peter Gibbons at Initech? What changes might improve Peter’s motivation? Peter Gibbons is clearly subjected to a bad work environment‚ and lack of motivation which is his primary fuel for really hating his job. His achievement orientatin is low at best‚ and he has developed an lack of motivation to achieve success. This could have been created by Initech itself‚
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Chapter 1 Introduction “DEAN” Empowering the administrator/s decisions Data is emerging as a new science‚ a result of the unprecedented increase in the amount of digital information produced today and the realization of innovative ways to extract value from it. Technological advances in Mapua Institute of Technology (MAPUA) have led to an abundance of digital information sources that constantly generate data in managing the school‚ coherently the School of Information Technology(SOIT). Though its
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iMINICASE STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’
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Case Three: Kristen’s Cookie Company 1. Draw a process flow chart for cookie production. 2. How many orders can Kristen fill in a night‚ assuming she is open for four hours each night? Throughout rate= 6/hour 6 orders x 4 hours = 24 orders Therefore Kristen can fill 24 orders each night. 3. How long will it take her to fill a rush order? A ‘rush’ order will still take 26min as this is how long the operations time is. None of the processes can be eliminated with rush orders therefore
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answers to short case study questions– Essential Operations Management Lecturer resources Essential Operations Management Lecturer resources Guideline answers to short case study questions 1 © Alex Hill and Terry Hill 2011 Guideline answers to short case study questions– Essential Operations Management Lecturer resources This document contains answers to the short case study questions contained within each chapter. For extended teaching notes relating to the long case studies at the
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INVENTORY SYSTEM OF DADAW’S MINI-GROCERY A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Computer Studies AMA Computer College- Laoag City Campus In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE MARK ISAAC DOCTOLERO JIMWEL BUTIN CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION Grocery stores are established primarily for the retailing of food.
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An operation is composed of processes designed to add value by transforming inputs into useful outputs. Inputs may be materials‚ labor‚ energy‚ and capital equipment. Output may be a physical product or a service. A metric used to measure the rate at which potential output levels are being met or used. Displayed as a percentage‚ capacity utilization levels give insight into the overall slack that is in the economy or a firm at a given point in time. Using the data provided in the case‚ we are able
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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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