Tutorial 8 Sourcing & Purchasing Decisions Part A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One advantage of outsourcing is that it: a. gives the company a high degree of control over its operations. b. increases the company’s access to state-of-the-art products and processes. c. protects the company’s proprietary designs and processes. d. encourages the development of the company’s core competencies. 2. Which of these is an indirect cost associated with insourcing?
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1. Introduction An organization’s operations function is concerned with getting things done i.e. producing goods and/or services for customers. Effectively‚ the main objective of the operations function is to produce those goods and services required by customers whilst managing resources as efficiently as possible. 2. RELATINSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS The operations function lies at the heart of any organization and interacts with all the other functions. Although
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Considering the elements of microeconomics‚ create a list of three (3) best practices that would benefit any small business or start-up. Explain your rationale. The element of microeconomics is every business endeavor is an exchange between a buyer and a seller. Understanding the factors that determine demand and supply is the first best practice that would benefit a small business startup. The demand reflects the willingness and ability of buyers to purchase goods and services at different prices
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Purchasing and Supply in Project Management Advanced Project Procurement Purchasing and Supply in Project Management To ensure the quality of purchased capital equipment and services‚ rigorous standards and processes must be followed. There are important components and elements of purchasing that play a role in corporate and organizational strategy. A well-implemented supply management and purchasing strategy will result in greater profitability for a firm. Legal aspects
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is when you adapt well physiologically after a tragic event or challenges (Harrington‚ 2012). What interested me the most were the five elements that Professor M.E.P Seligman used. These were like resources to help cope and overcome resilience in many different ways. The seven elements are the following: emotional‚ spiritual‚ social‚ family‚ and physical (Harrington‚ 2012). Emotional: Emotional element is by taking a life challenge and making it into something positive by controlling your stamina
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4th : 23-12-2012 _ Learner Signature Assignment – I 1. Discuss the role of operations manager in an organization. Operations management: Operations Management is an area of management concerned with overseeing‚ designing‚ controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods and/or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed‚ and effective in terms
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studies channel coordination through revenue sharing contract between a single retailer and a single wholesaler in a two-period newsboy problem. Two models are discussed‚ a single-buying-opportunity model and a two-buying-opportunity model. We discuss how the revenue sharing ratio and the wholesale prices are to be determined in order to achieve channel coordination and a win-win outcome. We find that the wholesale prices are set to be lower than the retail prices and the optimal revenue sharing ratio
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test1. The four decision areas in operations management are: A) Planning‚ technology‚ inventory‚ control B) Process‚ quality‚ capacity‚ inventory C) Process‚ quality‚ technology‚ capacity D) None of these 2. Capacity decisions: A) Include forecasting and scheduling B) Include inventory control C) Require management of personnel D) None of these 3. Inventory decisions and control systems involve: A) Determining what to order‚ how much to order and when to order B) Tracking the flow of
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STARBUCKS & IT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT This is a case that illustrates several facets at once: Globalization & Rapid Expansion‚ Supply Chain Management‚ ERP Implementation‚ and IT Infrastructure. This case takes place in 1997. Introduction You have to admire the enthusiasm of Starbucks employees. Store managers have been known to stuff sacks of coffee beans into their cars and race over to help out other stores running low. Exceptional customer service‚ but certainly no way to run a business
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Unit operations and unit processes http://www.mine-engineer.com/ • At the end of this unit you should be able to: a. List the various reasons for undertaking size reduction and enlargement in the chemical industry b. Describe the operation principles of some size reduction equipment and size enlargement equipment c. Explain how industrial materials can be separated on the basis of their magnetic‚ electrostatic‚ hydrophobic and volatility differences respectively d. Discuss various organic unit
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