ADDITIONAL CASES CASE 8.4 CONTINUATION OF THE TEXAGO CASE STUDY Reconsider the case study presented in the supplement to Chap. 8 (on the CD-ROM) involving the Texago Corp. site selection problem. Texago management has tentatively chosen St. Louis as the site of the new refinery. However‚ management now is addressing the question of whether the capacity of the new refinery should be made somewhat larger than originally planned. While analyzing the site selection problem‚ the task force had
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understanding about these tools. The subject is proposed to be covered in four phases viz. developing conceptual knowledge‚ using the tools to simple problems with hand calculations‚ using computer to solve complex problems‚ and discussing few cases. MS Excel is used as computer package to develop simple templates to solve problems. Within available time only few OR techniques are included in the course. However‚ students are advised to familiarize themselves with other techniques on their own. Further
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CASE FOR USE WITH OROS QUICK® ABC SOFTWARE Blue Ridge Manufacturing Company BACKGROUND: Blue Ridge Manufacturing is one of a dozen companies that produces and sells towels for the U.S. "sports towel" market. A "sports towel" is a towel that has the promotion of an event or a logo printed on it. They’re called sports towels because their most popular use is for distribution in connection with major sporting events such as the Super Bowl‚ NCAA Final Four‚ Augusta National Golf Tournament
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in South Africa. The port are able to expand the shipping network to many countries internationally. The city contributed to 20% of the $725.9 billion GDP in South Africa. A railroad can decrease the cost of transportation even more‚ creating more jobs and improve the economy. Johannesburg is another country in South Africa‚ the powerhouse of South Africa. It contain 17% of Africa’s wealth. The population of just little over 1 million‚ this city excel in manufacturing products‚ retail‚ technology‚
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The HKUST Business School Master of Science in Global Operations ISOM 5700 Operations Management Fall 2014 Instructor: Professor Albert Y. Ha Department of Information System‚ Business Statistics and Operations Management Room 4023‚ LSK Business Building (852) 2358 7724 imayha@ust.hk http://www.bm.ust.hk/~isom/staff/imayha.html Teaching Assistant: Edmond Ho imhcf@ust.hk Course web site: http://lmes2.ust.hk Course Description Operations management is the management of business
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Situation analysis Background information of Heigh’s Chocolate Statistics Executive summary Situation analysis Revenues from cosmetic industry are always rewarding. The beauty and health market in Malaysia is growing rapidly. According to trade sources‚ the cosmetic and toiletries industry recorded retail sales of $857 million in 2006‚ while sales volume is forecast to hit $1.1 billion by 2010. Skincare products attributed more than 20% of this. Malaysian
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configuration‚ the inventory management system is different for each plant‚ and is largely based upon paper transactions; numerous hand-offs between departments‚ and causing a great opportunity for error. By tying the receiving‚ manufacturing‚ and shipping departments together‚ work force can be used more efficiently‚ inventory management can be improved‚ and a lean manufacturing environment can be obtained. For feasibility‚ the likelihood of finding an obtainable resolution by April 27 is very
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Introduction to Management Science‚ 10e (Taylor) Chapter 5 Integer Programming 1) The 3 types of integer programming models are total‚ 0 - 1‚ and mixed. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 182 Main Heading: Integer Programming Models Key words: integer programming models 2) In a total integer model‚ all decision variables have integer solution values. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 182 Main Heading: Integer Programming Models Key words: integer programming models 3) In a 0 - 1
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and secondly the indirect costs‚ consisting of the machine usage costs or depreciation and the overhead costs. These costs allow us to calculate the monthly cost per unit‚ see Appendix 1 for the Excel file of the calculations. Some minor deviations from the correct cost per unit are possible since the overhead percentages of the packing and shipping given in Exhibit 5 are rounded off and sum up to 99% instead of 100%. 2. Compare the estimated costs you calculate to existing standard unit costs (Exhibit 3) and the revisted unit costs (Exhibit 4)
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researched options in finding a solution to working towards success in logistic for both eIc and each new franchise owner. My proposed strategy for logistics is working with a third party provider or 3PL. 3PL providers offer services in the forms of shipping to complete supply chain solutions. If eIc is to be successful in the next phase of the internet café market‚ utilizing a 3PL provider is the best solution to moving forward in a constantly changing industry. The new 3PL provider will work with
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