MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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SEEDLING PRODUCTION SYSTEM Seedling production system is a concept used in production of healthy seedlings especially those of vegetables‚ herbs‚ flowers‚ trees and many crops propagated from seedlings. These are seedlings with a controlled environment. Seedlings are produced in seed trays‚ with a growing medium either made out of peat / vermiculite or bark or other media found suitable. With controlled amount of sunlight‚ water and air flow‚ with a calculated fertigation system (water and fertilizer
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1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF MILK SOCIETY FARMERS IN AVANOOR PANCHAYATH. Avanoor is one of the village in puzhakkal taluk‚ thrissur district‚ Kerala state: panchayath situated with18.25 square kilometer total land size. Total population in Avanoor Panchayath is 20040. Among the total population 9729 males and 10311 females. Avanoor bounded with Mundathicode and velur panchayath in the North‚ Kaiparambu panchayath in the west‚ Adatt and Kolazhy panchayaths in the south‚ Mulankunnathkavu panchayath
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Answer all questions: Question 1: Mance Fraily‚ the Production Manager at Ralts Mills‚ can currently expect his operation to produce 1000 square yards of fabric for each ton of raw cotton. Each ton of raw cotton requires 5 labor hours to process. He believes that he can buy better quality raw cotton‚ which will enable him to produce 1200 square yards per ton of raw cotton with the same labor hours. What will be the impact on productivity (measured in square yards per labor-hour) if he
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Ski Jacket Production Executive Summary The problem is to determine the optimal production level of the Egress new designed jacket given the uncertainty in the forecasted demand. As oppose to determining a single profit value in the deterministic approach‚ the probabilistic method will incorporate the uncertainty in estimated demand and provide insights of the range of profit outcomes and its associated risk (deviation from mean). The key issue is to understand impact of demand uncertainty and
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How does ALDI ‘kick’ Wal-Mart out of German market? Wal-Mart grocery supermarket‚ the company by the American retail legend Mr. Sam Walton‚ was established in 1962 in Arkansas. After more than forty year’s development‚ Wal-Mart has become the largest grocery retailer. At present‚ the Wal-Mart in 15 countries worldwide has opened more than 8000 stores‚ owned 53 brands‚ and employed more than 2.1 million staffs. On average‚ more than 200 million customers step in Wal-Mart per week. ALDI‚ named
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The Asian Journal on Quality / Vol. 8‚ No. 3 23 Design for Six Sigma and Lean Product Development : Differences‚ Similarities and Links Jean‐Baptiste Fouquet‚ MSc † Ida Gremyr‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor At Quality Sciences‚ Chalmers University‚ Göteborg‚ Sweden E-mail: jb.fouquet@gmail.com‚ ida.gremyr@chalmers.se Abstract1) Many practitioners strive to increase the efficiency of their product development. In addition‚ smaller companies must satisfy customers’ expectations of their
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aspect of your production before you begin pre-production and production. The chance to get the ball rolling right. During the discovery stage of the film it is the producers role to obtained rights or an option to a film that he thinks is promising‚ if the rights owner is worried that their novel might be tainted by a film maker the producer must come to a legal agreement to maintain a certain set of standards concerning film director‚ cast and art department. Pre-production Producers role
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PRODUCTION OF OLIVE OIL INTRODUCTION Olive oil is a pale yellow to greenish oil extracted from the fruit of the European olive tree (Olea europaea L.)‚ which originated in the Mediterranean area. The olive is originally native to the eastern Mediterranean region but the cultivated form is now grown throughout that area and in other parts of the world with Mediterranean-type climates. It hardens at refrigerator temperatures - around 10 degrees F. Today a market certainly exists for olive oil
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