Cost - Risk In this case‚ the advantages that Deaconess Clinic‚ as a service company‚ would have if they performed it in-house would be at quality and risk factors. If the cooking activity performed within the hospital‚ it would be easier for the management to control the quality of the food‚ and minimizing the risk of contamination from outside. Other than that‚ employees could feel more about the “family” atmosphere if they doing the activity in a same room and doing teamwork. On the other hand
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researcher that‚ in part‚ accounts for the mere 5% error in the 5 year attendance forecast and the 0% error in annual forecasts. Disney’s 5-year plan is converted to an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for each park. The AOP is otherwise known as Aggregate Production Plan. CAPACITY PLANNING is a long term strategic decisions that establishes a firm’s overall level of resources. Capacity decisions affect product lead times‚ customer responsiveness‚ operating cost‚ and firm’s ability to compete. Inadequate
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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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The Honda Supercub A Introduction In 1984‚ Richard Pascale published a paper which described the extraordinary success Honda had experienced with the launch of their motorcycles in the US market in the early 1960s. It was an article that has generated discussion about strategic development processes ever since. Extracts from his article follow. The US market had been served by Harley-Davidson of the USA‚ BSA‚ Triumph and Norton of the UK and Moto-Guzzi of Italy. In 1959 Harley was the market
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Supplier Us Customer Raw materials Transforming Work in progress inventory Transformation Finished goods inventory Customer Codex 25000D1‚ 18 dollars (Notes and Problems). Assignment 1‚ 2 make for 15%. Midterm make for 35% and the Assignment 3 for 10%. Finals make up for 40%. Assignments handed in at the beginning of sessions 5‚ 7 and 12. Value added: Inputs Transformation process Outputs. How do we increase value to the product. A lot of things
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Chapter 3 The Competitive Environment Chapter 4 The Internal Environment: Value Creating Activities Learning Objectives After completing this chapter you should be able to: • • • • • • Explain what is meant by strategy Describe a strategic management process Discuss the role of values‚ vision‚ and mission statements Explain what is meant by a theory of business Evaluate different perspectives on strategy formulation Explain the linkages between an organization’s strategy and its external and
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Managing Innovation and Technology Course Homework: The Honda Case - Chapter 3 The Honda Case 1. Are hybrid electrical vehicles a radical innovation or an incremental innovation? Are they competence enhancing or competence destroying‚ and from whose perspective? How would you answer these questions for fuel cell vehicles? Hybrid electrical vehicles are an incremental innovation. In the perspective of customers and some companies who support the concept of hybrid vehicles‚ they are competence
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Hong Kong Environment Light Sound Temperature Humidity Man Machine/Technology Posture Fatigue Physical comfort 1 A little about me … • Calvin Or • Assistant Professor‚ Dept of IMSE • BEng.‚ Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management • MSc‚ Industrial Engineering • PhD‚ Industrial & Systems Engineering Contact Information – Tel: 2859-2587 – Email: klor@hku.hk – Office hour: By appointment 2 Course syllabus 3 About my teaching and class • Teaching is about sharing
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HONDA TODAY Masami Kamimura has several decisions that he must make regarding the Honda Today and its future in the current Honda lineup. In the past few years‚ Honda invested ~5 billion in the Today and its R&D and production. Even with 22% of the market share for the Today‚ its total sales were only 100‚660 units for the 1987 sales. The Honda today is known for its small size and compact vehicle. It is an economy car to cater to the low-middle class families. The return on this car is marginal
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Strength 1. Diversified product portfolio. Honda unlike many other automotive companies does not focus only on selling vehicles. It is the largest producer of the engines and motorcycles as well. Therefore‚ the company is not as susceptible as its competitors are to market cycles or technology disruptions. 2. Huge investments in R&D. Honda’s investments in R&D reach as much as 5% of revenue. The business relies on these investments to achieve competitive advantage through various
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