OPS/571 Final Exam 1) __________ is when the activities in the stage must stop because there is no place to deposit the item just completed A. Buffering B. Blocking C. Starving D. Pacing 2) According to your text‚ the most common process metric is A. productivity B. efficiency C. utilization D. throughput time 3) Declining product prices A. increase the manufacturing costs B. lower the break-point C. result in lower manufacturing costs D. increase
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varieties‚ capacities of plants‚ plant redesigns and regional laws. Due to these differences‚ the overall performances of the plants differ in terms of average yield of raw material and profitability. In this report we have analysed the effects of these differences between the plants and we recommend a model that Applichem can use to minimise its total costs. Figure 1: Current Production status in Plants Market Designed 1982 Idle Yield Last update in capacity Production capacity Equipment
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C. Praagman Co-assessor: Prof.dr.mr. C.J. Jepma Abstract Gas Transport Services BV is the Transport System Operator of the Dutch Gas Transport Network. It is confronted with investment decisions that concern possible expansions of its network capacity. Therefore knowledge about the utilization rate of the network is vital to assess the need for additional investments. First we will attempt to model the utilization rate by tackling the problem bottom-up‚ that is‚ taking the behaviour of the individual
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Theoretical CT for Process with L = 60 | 0.50 min./shirt | Daily Process Capacity with L = 60 | 960 shirts | Average MLT for the process with current rate of 800 per day -- Minutes | 7056 minutes | Average MLT for the process with current rate of 800 per day -- Days | 14.7 days | Average Labor utilization for the process with current rate of 800/day | 69% (0.69) | ( C ) Mike’s Plan | | Daily Capacity of the new ply machine | 960 shirts | Average MLT for a shirt given 900 shirts
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Operations Management Shouldice Hospital January‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................3 Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Analysis ......................................................................................................................
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production network in 2009? Should any of the plants have been idled? What is the annual cost of your proposal‚ including import duties? As Landgraf’s objective is to design a more cost-effective network (cost minimization problem subject to various capacity constraints)‚ the following production network in 2009 should have been used by BioPharma: *All numbers below are in millions *Total Transportation Cost=SUMPRODUCT of each plant’s Highcal production with corresponding transportation costs (TABLE
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Capacity Planning and Control: Nestle Course Work in Operations Management May‚ 2005 A business organization is an entity that inputs capital and resources‚ processes them and gets an output – products and services. Any business invests much capital into R’n’D and marketing for studying the customers’ opinion because it is a priority for any business to satisfy its customers. The more satisfied the customers are the better off the business is. Thus both parties are well off – customers get what
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amount of energy necessary to heat a certain amount of water by one degree is different than that of another liquid or substance. The technical term used to determine this characteristic is called heat capacity or specific heat capacity. The purpose of this experiment is to find the heat capacity of water‚ orange juice‚ and olive oil. A couple of very specific equipment is needed in order to complete this experiment‚ such as: a calorimeter‚ a multimeter‚ a 6V battery and alligator clips. One interesting
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HUMAN CAPACITIES AND MORAL STATUS Philosophy and Medicine VOLUME 108 Founding Co-Editor Stuart F. Spicker Senior Editor H. Tristram Engelhardt‚ Jr.‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Rice University‚ and Baylor College of Medicine‚ Houston‚ Texas Associate Editor Lisa M. Rasmussen‚ Department of Philosophy‚ University of North Carolina at Charlotte‚ Charlotte‚ North Carolina Editorial Board George J. Agich‚ Department of Philosophy‚ Bowling Green State University‚ Bowling Green‚ Ohio
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Preparation Opening / Loosening Carding Drawing Roving Spinning Winding Re-spooling Texturizing Spinning Finishing FILATOI RIUNITI The Italian textile industry Filatoi Riuniti Family-owned spinning mill in Italy. The company has limited machine capacity and have to outsource for spinning product from six local mills. Milan Consulting Group Inc. hired by the company to solve the optimal solution to meet their customers need and also minimize their cost. FILATOI RIUNITI The Italian textile industry
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