University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business COMM 399: Logistics and Operations Management Problem Set 1 1. Solution: (a) Some ideas that you can expand on: • • • • Organizational barriers Business culture undervalues operations Top managers often uninterested in operations Lack of “ownership” of operations (b) Some ideas that you can expand on: • Identify and break constraints • Make the special case the norm • Rethink critical dimensions of work (c) Yes‚ even though it may
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Tariff Cuts in Vietnam The Vietnamese economy began to feel the impact of entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in January. Under its WTO commitments‚ Vietnam has begun to cut tariffs on more than 1800 imported items. The cut is quite large for some commodities‚ such as fabrics‚ where the tariff has dropped from 40 % to 12 %. Taking advantage of the lower tariffs‚ businesses have imported a large quantity of foreign goods‚ and the prices of goods at the retail stores have fallen as the
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Internal Controls for Problem 3 Theme park operators must be aware of the fact that rides maintenance is a very important function of a theme park‚ as a malfunction in any component of the rides could very well escalate into a potentially dangerous situation. The simplest method to minimize ride breakdowns is by establishing a reasonable set of internal controls that will be able to efficiently overcome the problem. Under the component of control activity‚ Legoland can implement three features of
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9500 Liberty Assignment Pg. 662 Comprehension: The argument Feinstein makes about current immigration legislation and border enforcement is that they haven’t worked. She gives examples and estates that today’s immigration world in America is very different from the 1990s‚ 1980s‚ and 1970s. Employers’ sanctions‚ which are the seed of current immigration laws‚ have failed. Naturalization takes years. Border control is spotty at best. In conclusion she says that the government has essentially failed
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assume that the public hold half of their money as cash and half of their money as deposits. Explain the money creation process that follows due to your initial deposit of $1‚000‚ and calculate the maximum amount of loans that can be created. 3. What is the basic objective of monetary policy? What are the major strengths of monetary policy? Why is monetary policy easier to conduct than fiscal policy? 4. Refer to the accompanying table for Moola to answer the following questions. [pic]
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: (1) This Paper contains Sixty (60) multiple choice questions‚ each question carrying Two (2) marks. (2) Attempt any Fifty (50) questions. lwpuk % (1) ;k iz’uif=dsr lkB (60) cgqfuoM iz’u fnysys vlwu izR;sd iz’ukyk nksu (2) xq.k (2) 1. 2. 3. vkgsrdks.kR;kgh iUukl (50) iz’ukaph mŸkjs fygk- The least important teacher characteristic for effective teaching in primary education is : (A) Effective communication skill (B) Empathy for students (C) Impartial attitude towards students
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past experience‚ and‚ therefore‚ by the establishment of a perceptual set. It is based on an experiment conducted by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). It was hypothesized that interpretation of an ambiguous stimuli that can be perceived as either a rat or a human face will be influenced by the context under which they view the figure and their past experience with other figures. That is they will be influenced by their perceptual set. The results from this study supported the hypothesis with the
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Econ 102 quiz 1 Question 1 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Economics is best defined as the study of A. financial decision-making B. how consumers make purchasing decisions. C. choices made by people faced with scarcity. D. inflation‚ unemployment‚ and economic growth Answer Key: C Question 2 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Macroeconomics differs from microeconomics in that A. macroeconomics is the study of individual markets‚ while microeconomics
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PRACTICAL 3 ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS II PROBLEM SET 1. BIOLOGICAL INTERACTION During our Field Trip to the Cairns Airport Mangrove Boardwalk on 7th August‚ 2013‚ I observed a distinct distribution pattern in the locations of the Orange-Clawed Fiddler Crabs (Uca coarctata). Upon further investigation‚ I noticed that the larger males of the species (easily identifiable as those with one large claw) colonised the open areas located beside the Middle Creek viewing
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demand and supply of labor. The supply depends on the willingness to go to work at different wage rate. The demand depends on the value of marginal product of labor. If marginal product of labor is constant‚ a decrease in real wage will increase demand. 3. Explore the Robert Solow’s capital deepening model (appendix A‚ page 186‚ to chapter 8). Explain what each of the lines represents and why capital deepening must eventually come to an end.
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