Discussion Questions for OM 5016 Class 2 Ch 1 &2. Operations Management Introduction and Strategy 1. What is Operations Management? What are major OM decisions? 2. What are the key differences between goods and services? 3. What a role does productivity play? How to measure productivity and what challenges do we have in measuring and improving productivity? 4. What is mission and strategy? How important is it for an organization to develop a mission and strategy? 5. What
Premium Supply chain management Management Production and manufacturing
BUS 5021: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TERM PAPER - 25% PROGRAMMES: MBA-CM (Mbeya) INSTRUCTIONS A. Choose one question among the following questions B. Write Maximum of only 5 pages (type written) including references C. Academic writing style will give you 5 marks. D. You should consult at least six academic references (books and/or published articles) E. Deadline for submission: 15th Februari 2013 1. Select a particular type of business that you may wish to start
Premium Strategic management Management
Marketing Management Case Analysis Subway® Sandwich Shops Abstract Subway® Sandwich Shops was founded in 1965‚ and has been franchised into the hearts and stomachs of families all around the world. This highly successful sandwich shop was the dream of high-school graduate Fred DeLuca. With the financial help of long-time friend Dr. Peter Buck‚ Fred opened the first Subway Sandwich Shop in Bridgeport Connecticut in 1965. By 1974‚ the pair had opened over 16 shops around Connecticut
Premium Subway Marketing Hamburger
INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Spring 2012-ASSIGNMENT # 1 Name 1: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Name 2: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Question # 1 [15 Marks] Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs
Premium Exponential smoothing Arithmetic mean Average
Marketing Management Course Outline 宋亦平 Course Description: This course is designed for you‚ undergraduates‚ to improve your understanding of and skills in marketing as a discipline. We use cases‚ discussions‚ and readings to provide a mix of integrated concepts and hands-on problem solving approaches. We‚ at the same time‚ encourage a variety of perspectives by our attendees on marketing issues. Objective: In this course we seek to: ← Introduce you to critical concepts and phenomena
Premium Marketing
Question : (TCO 4) Deming claimed that higher levels of _____ lead to higher levels of _____. Student Answer: automation‚ quality quality‚ productivity inventory‚ quality inspection‚ quality Instructor Explanation:See p. 92 Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments: 2. Question : (TCO 4) Which of the following is the primary reason for Deming ’s position that slogans should be eliminated? Student Answer: Most problems depend on the system and cannot be
Premium Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award W. Edwards Deming Quality
Report on London Underground (Notes) Slide 1 – Introduction Our team plans to identify the challenges facing London Underground by applying models such as PESTLE‚ Shareholders analysis‚ SWOT‚ and McKinsey’s to bring them into perspective. We shall first analyse the external environment‚ identify the challenges‚ then we will look at how one of these challenges is affecting LU internally before making a recommendation. Slide 2- About LU Here is a little information about
Premium London Underground Transport for London
merchants traveled around the world and learned the more efficient ways to govern and different cultures or rituals they could adapt. Trade helped shape and link societies and people from the entire world and this motivated and sustained long distance commerce. 2. Eastern Hemisphere societies developed long distance trade more extensively than Western Hemisphere societies because of geography. Some geographical differences added obstacles. For example the narrow bottleneck of Panama covered with
Premium Silk Road Civilization Asia
IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Define productivity. How can it be measured? How can the productivity of an organization be increased? 2. What is the transformation process? Explain the transformation process in a restaurant. 3. How is a job shop different from the batch production process? 4. What are the differences between manufacturing and service operations? 5. What are the characteristics of a good product design? 6. What is service capacity? Which strategies
Premium Production and manufacturing Enterprise resource planning Economics of production
Mobile Commerce Industry surpassing E-Commerce Industry By Zarah Ali National University of Modern Languages Table of Contents Abstract The research deals with ‘How Mobile Commerce Industry has surpassed E- Commerce Industry in various domains of life?’ For analysis the researcher has taken into account many recent facts and figures showing the increasing trend in M-commerce in the entire world. The researcher has successfully established
Premium Mobile phone