supply chain management (SCM) practices and supply chain responsiveness (SCR)‚ and investigates its relationship with competitive advantage (CA). The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire which was administrated to a total sample of 200 managers. The response rate was 70% while 60% was usable questionnaires. Sample selection was based on convenience sampling. The analyses involved statistical methods such as reliability and validity tests and multiple regressions. The results indicated that
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Operations Manager job description: daily tasks‚ roles‚ duties and responsibilities An operations manager typically ensures smooth operation of various processes that contribute to the production of goods and services of an organization. Obviously‚ the role of an operations manager is very wide and encompasses many operational areas. While other employees can focus on a specialized area of operation (for example‚ finance and systems support)‚ an operations manager typically wears multiple hats and
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� Planning � Leading � Organizing � Controlling Without adequate planning these functions would be ineffective Planning mechanisms related to these functions include: � Budgets and forecasts � Capacity planning � Manufacturing design and operations planning � Control processes � Facilities layout plans � Recording systems plans � Inventory Control � Resource requirement
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Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Global Head of Research‚ Industrial Minerals Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Industrial Minerals Since 1967‚ from mine to market: global non-metallic minerals intelligence Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Outline 1. Proppants & hydraulic fracturing snapshot 2. Evolution of fracturing 3. Fracturing process 4. Proppant types 5. Ceramic proppants & raw material feedstock 6. Market demand trends 7. Summary
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A Good Manager And A Bad Manger In this world‚ there are good and bad managers. What’s more‚ since people started working‚ they have been complaining. For example‚ many people disagree about managers. Whereas some people will see a manager as good‚ others will not. There are two managers this essay will mention‚ but their names have been changed to protect their identities. Mike and Jake have different personalities. Mike is a good manager‚ but Jake is not. For this‚ people get to disagree
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Allow me to start by saying “The Goal” was truly an enjoyable experience in learning the fundamental concepts of operations management. This was a non-traditional and fun way to gain knowledge. I would have never imagined learning such “operational principles” in an entertaining manner. Bravo Professor Kouvelis for instituting education in creative and informative way. Now‚ on to the questions at hand… 1. Give me the definitions of throughput‚ inventory and operational expense given in The
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The essence of a good doctor is their ability to love all without discrimination‚ to have patience‚ to listen and to understand their patients in order to find an appropriate treatment. William Carlos Williams embodied this essence. To have experience‚ to have lost himself in the minds of his patients has given William Carlos Williams the ability to love and care for his patients‚ which is seen throughout his poetry. As many of us know‚ life as a physician is hard. Williams explains a time where
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firms and processes. Improving productivity is a major trend in operations management because all firms face pressures to improve their processes and supply chains so as to compete with their competitors. Productivity is the value of outputs (services and products) produced divided by the value of input resources (wages and cost of equipment). The labour productivity is given by‚ Labour Productivity=OutputLabour Hours As a manager‚ the thing we need to know is what the customer pays or simply by
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reevaluated that helped guide our strategic plan. Walmart currently is ranked first place according to the Fortune 500 company list. This is evidence that Walmart is leading the way in many areas. The strategic plan consists of reviewing current operations (Forbes‚ 2014). This review‚ as well as the weaknesses in the SWOT Analysis shows that improvements must be made to the culture so that the weaknesses could eventually turn into strengths. The team decided to make only minimal changes to the organizational
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