Dear John: We definitively have some issues here at Fruitvale Branch‚ but there are not the ones you think. The main problems that I could identify are the followings: * TAT (Turnaround time) measurement: We are not measuring correctly the TAT. In exhibit #3 shows that the TAT for a particular week is 8.2 days (0‚6+3.4+2.0+2.2)‚ but this means that the process is carried as a batch process‚ every process must be finished in order to go to the next one‚ and that is not the case (The possibility
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similar types of project and cannot be applied to different type of project. Advantage of Gantt and PERT charts: 1. It gives the start time and end time of the project. 2. It gives you a precise time of each step of the project. 3. It gives you good view of which steps are the main or additional. 4. It provides exact prospective of which step depends on the other. Advantages of Gantt Charts. 5. It creates a picture of complexity. We think in pictures. Therefore‚ if we can see
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1 |Fabrication |John |2/11/08 |4/11/08 |60 |20% |12 |48 | |1.1 |Spindle shaft | |2/11/08 |2/25/08 |14 |100% |14 |0 | |1.2 |housing | |2/25/08 |3/07/08 |11 |0% |0 |11 | |1.3 |housing end caps | |2/25/08 |3/07/08 |11 |0% |0 |11 | |1.4 |cross-feed flexure | |3/17/08 |4/01/08 |15 |0% |0 |15 | |1.5 |lead screw flexure | |3/17/08 |4/11/08 |25 |0% |0 |25 | |2 |Error model task |Jane |2/11/08 |5/14/08 |93 |0% |0 |93 | |2.1 |list of spindle error sources | |2/11/08 |2/25/08 |14 |0% |0 |14 | |2.2 |model
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1. INTRODUCTION The phenomena of calendar effects in stock markets seem to be a center of curiosity for many researchers across the world. Following many studies about the significance of calendar anomalies‚ testing the presence of Monday effect and January effect appears to be an area of interest. The aim of this study is to discuss about calendar anomalies and its significance. It should be noted that the study will focus mainly on Monday effect and January effect on the stock returns of companies
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been given a list of all the major tasks that are included in building the complex as well as the duration of each task and an approximate cost of each job‚ as per standard I will be charging £50 a hour to create the schedule which will include a Gantt Chart‚ a critical path analysis and a cost analysis for the construction. Discussion of schedule of projects The project that I am scheduling will take a lot of time to complete due to the size of the said project‚ according to the duration of each
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Manzana Insurance Case write-up Introduction This study is designed to determine why the Fruitvale branch of Manzana Insurance is performing so poorly for Property Insurance. Golden Gates‚ a competitor of Manzana‚ numbers are estimated to outperform Manzana Fruitvale branch as well. There are several problems that are leading to the poor performance at this branch. This past quarter turnaround time increased again reaching 6 days‚ where Golden Gate is sitting at 2 days. Also the system is running
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT MANZANA INSURANCE CASE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE ANALYSIS Case Background About the firm Manzana Insurance was founded in Sebastapol‚ California in 1902. It originally specialized in orchard and farm insurance. In 1906‚ after the San Francisco Fire‚ it saw an opportunity and expanded into a number of areas. The main lines of business initially were Commercial property insurance only. Then Manzana dabbled into commercial liability segment
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Automated Meter Reading and Load Shed System Problem: A manufacturer of cable TV systems wanted to provide a system that would allow a utility company to be able to read the power meters and control the power consumption (load control) using their cable plant as the communications medium. The system would communicate to a given house through the CATV system and then be sent to the client devices using the home power lines so that no additional wiring would be required. Solution: We developed
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Case: Manzana Insurance - Fruitvale Branch (Abridged) Harvard Business School Executive Summary Fruitvale ’s core management problem is the low performance due to an unacceptable long turnaround times (TAT). Especially because of the late Renewals many of Fruitvale´s customers are turning to its major competitor Golden Gate. The operating performance needs to be improved by eradicating the bottleneck in Underwriting. This will be achieved by restructuring and simplifying the process. Through
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Gantt Chart A Gantt chart‚ commonly used in project management‚ is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities (tasks or events) displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date‚ duration and end date of the activity. This allows us to see at a glance: What the various activities are When each activity begins and
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