Operations management and operations strategy are two very important undertakings for any company that is involved in the production of products and services. This is because operations management ensures that raw materials are successfully converted to finished goods‚ while operations strategy makes sure that whichever goods or services produced have a competitive advantage over similar products offered by rival companies. It is from the business strategy that the operations strategy is derived
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Project Management • • • • • Introduction to project management Critical path method (CPM) Crashing Uncertain activity durations Reading: Page 760 – 794 Project • Project: – A special type of process / transformation – A series of related jobs directed toward some major output – Require time and resources – Examples • MS Windows 2000‚ Fund raising‚ Preparation for a private party‚ Building a new airport… The Campus Wedding Reserve Church (1) Church Notice (17) 1 Decorate Church
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product that customers assemble at home‚ thus reducing transportation costs. Yet‚ unlike some peers‚ IKEA has sustainability at heart and‚ through an internal mantra of ‘low price but not at any price’ is a leading example of sustainable innovation and business growth.The company designs its own furniture‚ which is made by about 1‚500 suppliers in more than 50 countries. It also sells online and by mail order with the print run for the 2006 catalogue hitting 160 million - more than the Bible‚ so IKEA claims
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Chapter 1 Review Questions 1. Define what is encompassed in the term information technology. Information technology includes both the computer technology that enables the processing and storing of information as well as the communication technology that enables the transmission of this information. 2. What are some of the ways that IT has become “pervasive”? In the workplace‚ IT has become commonplace. It is becoming rare for an employee in most industries to
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Daikin’s operations functions and the competitive success? First‚ Daikin has very clear operations strategy. Daikin’s operations strategy is “A full range to meet customer needs”. Daikin believes that ‘It all starts with the customers1’. To make the operations strategy achievable‚ Daikin built enough operations capabilities to meet different customers’ requests but
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MGCR 472 ASSIGNMENT # 1 (Total 100 points) Due on 7th October (Thursday) by 5pm Make sure to write the name‚ student # and section # for each student in the group on the cover page of the assignment 1. Suppose you/your group is the owner of a company that produces e-readers. The present production rate is 1000 e-readers /day and the selling price is $210/unit. It requires 200 workers working 8 hours/day to produce the e-readers and they are paid $20/hour. The material
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Managing Business Activities in ABC Student Name Institution Managing Business Activities in ABC Introduction ABC Recruitment Company finds the most suitable job seekers who are propelled to succeed and match them with various companies having vacancies in the relevant fields. The company receives curriculum vitae from thousands of clients who seek to be found places to work and link them with job providers. The company has a special department which verifies the clients’ details and measures the
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REFERENCE TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ONLY‚ DISCUSS HOW SIA MIGHT DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. 2 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES 3 1.2.1 Product/Service Differentiation 3 1.2.2 Human Assets 4 1.2.3 Fleet management 5 1.2.4 Strategic Alliances/Partnerships 5 1.2.5 Superior Service 5 1.3 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE STRATEGIES (PORTER’S) 6 1.4 ANSOFF’S PRODUCT/MARKET GRID 8 2.0 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY 14 1.0 With reference to Operations Management
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Operation Management Introduction Kudler Fine Foods has several important issues in terms of its operation management. Kudler made the decision to start contracting with local growers of organic produce. Continuing to find new ways to increase business and gain an edge over the competition is important in the market. Developments may include merger and acquisition activity involving continuing price competition‚ growth of take-away food products and services‚ change in operations and continuing
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OPRE 6302: Homework Assignment 5 Problem1 a) Draw the project network diagram C(2) E(8) A(3) B(4) G(4) H(9) D(6) F(7) b) List all the paths in the network diagram. Say which one(s) is(are) the critical path(s) and what the minimum project duration is. PATHS ACEG=3+2+8+4=17 months ACEH=3+2+8+9=22 months BDEG=4+6+8+4=22 months BDEH=4+6+8+9=27 months BDFH=4+6+7+9=26 months Critical path: BDEH Minimum project duration: 27 months c) For each activity compute ES
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