MGT 561 - Operations Management Exam B Student Name: ____________________________ Date: _________ Operations and Productivity (each question is worth 1 point) 1) Manufacturing and service organizations differ chiefly because manufacturing is goods-oriented and service is act-oriented. True False 2) Operations‚ marketing‚ and finance need to function independently of each other in most organizations if they are to be truly effective as an organization. True
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OVERVIEW In 2007 Organization X (OX)‚ one of San Francisco’s largest social service organizations‚ confronted several challenges. For more than 50 years the organization provided services to people experiencing poverty or homelessness and the need for affordable housing‚ healthcare‚ food‚ clothing and drug treatment programs was growing rapidly. The organizations facilities were scattered across two neighborhoods in San Francisco and were composed of a residential facility for aging women
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Egypt is a country‚ almost completely made of sand. It is made up of two parts of the Saharan desert. However‚ there are two natural landscape feature that does provide haven from the dry desert land‚ the Nile River and the Nile Delta. No one knows specifically how the river formed but there are theories. One theory is that the Nile river is a result of According to Britannica Encyclopedia‚ the Nile river moves northward toward the Mediterranean sea‚ cutting right through the deserts of Egypt.
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Out of the three questions offered for Phi Theta Kappa’s Competitive Edge Level One‚ the second question appealed to me the most. I am a lover of history—particularly the American Revolution and Japanese history—so I was drawn to write about my favorite historical figure. This also hearkens back to one of my essays for the spring scholarship application‚ which won me a Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship. I am happy to share my thoughts on my favorite historical figure one more time. I mentioned
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Six Sigma Case Study Reducing Employee Turnover in a Hospital System The Challenge A three-facility hospital system was facing a challenge with employee turnover. Statistics showed that almost 50 percent of terminations were employees in the first year of their employment‚ a number that was more than 20 percent higher than the national average. The hospital system estimated that terminations cost as much as $2.2 million annually‚ and that reducing terminations could have significant impact
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Critical Factors for successful Six Sigma Implementation (Published in NCQM Journal April 2004) By Hemant Urdhwareshe‚ General Manager Product Engineering‚ Cummins India Limited. Six Sigma approach is one of the most widely discussed topics by business executives for the last few years. It all began when Motorola started talking about Six Sigma and then Jack Welch embraced it for GE when Six Sigma became a hot cake. While Six Sigma was somewhat suddenly known to many‚ its evolution is not as sudden
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INTEGRATION OF SIX SIGMA AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT LITERATURE RESEARCH 1. Introduction In today’s global business environment‚ the importance of first-to-market‚ customer service‚ cost-competitiveness‚ and quality are key factors in determining an organization’s success‚ or undesirable failure. Manufacturers‚ engineering and transactional firms share a drive to lower costs‚ reduce cycle time and offer a diverse product mix as they pursue higher profits and an increased market share in a growing
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of Critical Thinking in Six Sigma Process Methodology While the Six Sigma methodology may be both a logical and workable tool for business process and product improvement‚ the importance of integrating critical thinking (CT) in the Six Sigma process cannot be overstated. For without the application of CT‚ the data under consideration in the process may be incomplete‚ rendering the reliability of the Six Sigma finding(s) and recommended solution(s) suspect. Six Sigma is a method many organizations
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Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta Kate Braverman Temptation never gives up. Braverman establishes this woman‚ her main character‚ at the peak‚ seemingly‚ of her life. She is happy. She is sober. But she is still weak. Like the serpent slithering in the garden‚ Lenny finds her and offers her a ticket to the other side. Lenny‚ however‚ does not bring the woman to a new side of life; instead he causes her to retreat to a life she has already led. The moment Lenny stopped her on the
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The Effect of Lean Six Sigma on the Employee and the Organization MGMT – 500 Abstract Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that creates processes within an organization to cut waste and improve the company’s performance. However‚ studies have shown that over the past decade applying Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma can create problems for companies financially and potential problems for employees. Companies should take great care before implementing a Lean Six Sigma solution because in some instances
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