MODULE TITLE: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Hand in date: 6pm Thursday 10th December Alternative Assessment 2‚500 words Report question The aim of the JIT methodology may be deemed to meet demand instantaneously‚ with perfect quality and no waste’. So runs one definition of JIT. Your task is to evaluate the requirements and objectives of a JIT operation and analyse the potential benefits and drawbacks when deciding to apply the JIT methodology to the following operation: A restaurant
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1. GENESIS OF ‘THE GOAL’ The Goal is about science and education. The author believes that these two words have been abused to the extent that their original meanings have been lost in a fog of too much respect and mystery. Science for him is not about the secrets of nature or even about truths. Science is simply the method to try and postulate a minimum set of assumptions that can explain‚ through a straightforward logical derivation‚ the existence of many phenomena of nature. For example the
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Quality management The term quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition‚ which does not aim to assure ’good quality ’ by the more general definition‚ but rather to ensure that an organization or product is consistent‚ can be considered to have four main components: quality planning‚ quality control‚ quality assurance and quality improvement.[1] Quality management is focused not only on product/service quality‚ but also the means to achieve it
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The Pareto chart would find the most likely cause and tell the organization where to focus its efforts. 2. Describe the origin and use of cause-and-effect diagrams. Cause and effect diagrams originated in 1968 by Dr. Kaoru a noted Japanese quality expert. These diagrams are often called the Ishikawa or fishbone diagrams‚ and are used in order to show the causes of a specific event. Cause and effect diagrams are a way of visualizing how a variety of factors associated with a process affect
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agement AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 [pic] SUBJECT : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Total Marks : 80 CASE-1 (16 Marks) Bloomsday Outfitters produces T-shirts for road races. They need to acquire some new stamping machines to produce 30‚000 good T-shirts per month. Their plant operates 200 hours per month‚ but the new machines will
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capital‚ management 5. Which appears to provide the best opportunity for increases in productivity? Answer: c. Management 6. When returns to labor capital or management are increased w/o increased productivity‚ prices: Answer: a. Rise 7. Problems in the measurement of productivity include: Answer: d. All of the above 8. The person who introduced standardized‚ interchangeable parts was: Answer: a. Eli Whitney Discussion Questions 1. Why should one study operation management? Answer:
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Identify one (real and existing) organization of your choice and embark on a research to understand the quality aspects of that organization and how you can improve the operations and bottom-line of that organization. Task 1 1.1 What are product‚ delivery process and services? Indentify and explain one definition that you will be using for this assignment. The company my chose is Burger King. Definition of product: A product is tangible with a physical form. Its design is to fit into a specific
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Case: Restoration project at Bennett Auto Sales and Services (BASS) Bennett Auto Sales and Services (BASS)consists of three car dealerships that sell and service several makes of American and Japanese cars‚ two auto part stores‚ a large body shop and car painting business‚ and an auto salvage yard. David Bennett‚ owner of BASS‚ went into the car business when he inherited a Ford dealership from her father. He was able to capitalize on her knowledge and experience to build her business into the
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Sunderland Business School Level: M Module: Operations Management Module Code: PGBM03 Module Leader: Tom Cuthbertson Issue Date: 26th July 2011 Return Date: 16th August 2011 Contribution to Module Assessment 100% This is an individual assignment. Work submitted must adhere to the University policy on Cheating‚ Collusion and Plagiarism. Introduction If Marketing’s function is to identify the needs of customers‚ then it is Operations Management which has the role of providing the required
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INTRODUCTION 1. ABOUT THE PROJECT Quality Assurance in Manufacturing Industries: Quality assurance is a process centered approach to ensuring that a company or organization is providing the best possible product/services. It is related to quality control‚ which focuses on enhancing and improving the process that is used to create the end result rather than focusing on result itself. Among the parts of process that are considered in Quality Assurance are: ▪ Planning ▪ Design
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