Operations Research Unit 6 Unit 6 Structure Assignment Problem 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. Introduction Mathematical formulation of the problem Hungarian method algorithm Routing problem 6.4.1. Unbalanced A.P 6.4.2 Infeasible Assignments 6.4.3 Maximization in A.P 6.5. 6.6. Traveling salesmen problem Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQs and TQs 6.1 Introduction The assignment problem is a special case of the transportation problem‚ where the objective is to minimiz
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end of this session. This was the step‚ a stimulus towards being a future Business person. And for which it was very vital for me to know how a business organization manages the various processes associated with its goods and services. As a future Operation Manager it’s my responsibility to be cognizant about the know-how of what exactly my roles would then be. I learnt that OM in simple terms is a collection of processes that helps creating a service or a good starting from its input phase giving
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Analysis of External Environment of Ducati (Answer of Q. 2) In classical strategy literature‚ competitive advantage of a company is generally attributed to the management’s ability to position the company’s assets against some external context (Mintzberg et al‚ 2005 & Juga‚ 1999). This external context is referred (Porter‚ 2004) as external environment for a particular company. According to Johnson et al (2008:54)‚ the environment is what gives organisations their means of survival.” So‚ it
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Harvard Business Case: Ducati Introduction After the introduction of Federico Minoli‚ Ducati has transformed from a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world. But this is not enough for Minoli‚ who currently considers entering the Harley Davidson niche: introducing a Ducati cruiser. However‚ according to the analysis below – prepared using some basic strategic questions - this would not be a very wise
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Ducati is looking to continue to drive growth by taking market share from current competitor Harley Davison. The firm plans to attack the market niche of Harley Davison with the Ducati interpretation of its cruiser. This is a misguided way to drive sustainable growth in the long term. Harley Davison is a major American motorcycle manufacturer‚ and dominated the U.S. heavy weight motorcycle market. In 2000m Harley produced 204‚500 motorcycles a 15.5% increases over 1999. Relative to other major
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF SMALL‚ HIGH GROWTH ELECTRONICS FIRMS In a relatively short period of time the Japanese have been able to produce higher quality products that are more reliable and cost less than many competing products manufactured throughout the world. Their ability to accomplish this task has been attributed to their precise utilization of various operations management activities‚ along with human resource development in the manufacturing segment of their organizations. If
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Operation Overlord was the most decisive event in World War II. Nazi Germany had taken over most of Contenitial Europe‚ and was amassing great power. The Allied Forces launched a huge offensive‚ crossing the British Channel‚ and attacking Normandy‚ France. Overall‚ the Allies launched five assaults‚ along with paratroopers‚ on forty miles of beaches (Bowden 6). The Allies knew they had to do something. The Soviets were attacking Hitler from the east‚ but since nothing was happening in the west‚
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey‚ California THESIS INFORMATION OPERATIONS IN STRATEGIC‚ OPERATIONAL‚ AND TACTICAL LEVELS OF WAR: A BALANCED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH by Bunyamin Tuner September 2003 Thesis Advisor: Thesis Co-Advisor: Daniel Boger Steve Iatrou Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to
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INTRODUCTION Operations management has been defined as a set of activities that transforms inputs to outputs creating goods and services. It is made up of the following decision areas; service and product design‚ quality management‚ location strategy‚ process and capacity design‚ layout design‚ supply chain management‚ human resources and job design‚ inventory management‚ scheduling‚ and maintenance (Thompson‚ 2017). This paper will discuss three operation decision areas‚ Service and product design
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emergency‚ technical or a reassurance call from the customer. This is viewed over a twelve-hour shift and highlights the problems where the call centre is over capacity or under capacity. The case study looks at the problems with the current operations and service management within Medi–Call call centres. Within this report the main problems will be identified‚ for example – the amount of time that could be saved from each call from the customer (for more the more important emergency calls)‚ the
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