University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Centre for Continuing Education Executive MBA (OIL & GAS Management) Semester II YEAR: 2013 SESSION: January Assignment – 1 For Operations & Material Management (MBCQ 722D) (To be filled by the student) Name: _______________________ Sap No/Regn No: _______________________ Section A (20 Marks) Write short notes on any four of the following 1. Production management functions 2. The era of scientific management 3. Optimal
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Assignment 2 "Operations Decision" Assume you have been hired as a managing consultant by a company to offer some advice that will help it make a decision as to whether it should shut down completely or continue its operations. It currently uses 100 workers to produce 6‚000 units of output per month (working 20 days / month). The daily wage (per worker) is $70‚ and the price of the firm’s output is $32. The cost of other variable inputs is $2‚000 per day. You are told that the firm’s fixed cost
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AL-YAMAMAH UNIVARSITY An American Tragedy: How a Good Company Died CASE STUDY An American Tragedy: How a Good Company Died Zachary Schiller The Rust Belt is back. So say bullish observers as U.S. exports surge‚ long-moribund industries glow with newfound profits‚ and unemployment dips to lows not seen in a decade. But in the smokestack citadels‚ there’s disquiet. Too many machine-tool and auto parts factories are silent; too many U.S. industries still can’t
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References: 1. Render‚ B. and Heizer‚ J. (2011)‚ Operations Management‚ (10th Global Edition)‚ Pearson Prentice Hall 2. Slack‚ N.‚ Chambers‚ S.‚ Johnston‚ R. and Betts‚ A. (2009)‚ Operations and Process Management - Principles and practice for strategic impact. Second edition. FT Prentice Hall 3. www.wilkinsonplus.com 4. www.wilko.co.uk 5. www.logisticsmanager.com
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has become a leading hypermarket retailer in Taiwan. In other Asian countries (e.g.‚ Hong Kong‚ Japan and South Korea)‚ however‚ Carrefour did not have the same successful experience. It is an interesting issue why Carrefour has had a prosperous business in the marketplace of Taiwan‚ but languishing in other Asian markets. Competitive advantage established by Carrefour‚ relative to both inter- and intra- institutional competitors‚ may account for its success in Taiwan. Following the contention
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agement AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 [pic] SUBJECT : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Total Marks : 80 CASE-1 (16 Marks) Bloomsday Outfitters produces T-shirts for road races. They need to acquire some new stamping machines to produce 30‚000 good T-shirts per month. Their plant operates 200 hours per month‚ but the new machines will
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QUESTIONS: 1. How is the IKEA operations design different from that of most furniture retail operations ? Use the four dimensions of operations (volume‚ variety‚ variation and customer contact) to characterize these differences. 2. What do you think might be the major problems in running an operation like IKEA ? 3. What do you identify as the “operations function” within IKEA ? How is this different from the marketing function ? 1) Differences: Large volume‚ Design
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What lead to the success of Galanz Company? Please analyses the company form the perspectives of competitive strategy and operations strategy? The early success of Galanz can be prescribed to its ability to deploy its resources in an effective manner and establish itself as a recognized brand in its domestic market through a consistent competitive strategy of Cost Leadership (Porter). The competitive strategy of Galanz is cost leadership which has resulted with increased market share by being aggressive
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upon performance objectives with recommendations on forecasting methods‚ process layout‚ appropriate technology‚ production approach‚ inventory approach‚ and a quality approach with tools to manage‚ measure‚ and assess quality. Analysis Operations Strategy and Performance TIMELINE: After being informed by HP of a curling problem with ink-jet paper in 1996‚ Portland Plant began formulating a new coating for their ink-jet papers. From then until Spring 1998 they were able to curb the curling
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Corey Minnie‚ Isaac Samek‚ and Sam Tvedt Operations Analysis of Interview We interviewed Brian Rose who has been a store director for more than twenty years. He has been around many HyVees‚ and seen how they run‚ and what is necessary to the successful operation and management of a HyVee store. Background and History of HyVee In 1930 Charles Hyde and David Vrendenburg opened a small store in Baconsfield‚ Iowa. Their goal was to provide “good merchandise‚ appreciative service and low prices”
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