How to answers Case Studies Chapter 1 Pages 54-55 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location (while en route)‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing: The data are transmitted to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver
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THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS FUNCTION IN BUSINESS We’ve seen that businesses need information systems to operate today and that they use many different kinds of systems. But who is responsible for running these systems? Who is responsible for making sure the hardware‚ software‚ and other technologies used by these systems are running properly and are up to date? End users manage their systems from a business standpoint‚ but manag-ing the technology requires a special information systems function. In
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Question 1 A global strategy is associated with ________. Answer high degree of global integration and low degree of local responsiveness low degree of global integration and high degree of local responsiveness low degree of global integration and lack of local responsiveness low degree of global integration and low degree of local responsiveness high degree of global integration and high degree of local responsiveness 4 points Question 2 While assessing value
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two benefits of using enterprise system? It helps facilitate decision making and involves organizational business process in all areas of the business. These are in sales‚ production‚ finance‚ and human resources to name just a few. These are integrated into a single software system so that the information can flow efficiency through electronic collaboration among many employees and top level managemet. These systems also help the organization create a uniform process and helps measure their work
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Sunday‚ September 12‚ 2010 Bread manufacturing --- Plant installation and manufacturing in India In category of small businesses bakery plants are popular for their high demand products and good returns on the investment .Bread are of various types such as Sandwich bread‚ white bread‚ whole wheat bread‚ brown bread‚ kaboos‚ toast bread‚ roti‚ naan etc. Breads have very short shelf life of three to four days in normal environmental conditions. In some country breads are major staple
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Problem: Hedging using Foreign Currency Derivatives problem: Scout Finch is the Chief Financial Officer [CFO] of Dayton Manufacturing‚ a U.S. based manufacturer of gas turbine equipment. She has just concluded negotiations for the sale of a turbine generator to Crown‚ a British firm for One million pounds. This single sale is quite large in relation to Dayton’s present business. Dayton has no other current foreign customers‚ so the currency risk of this sale is of particular concern. The sale is
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[pic] ISCOM/471 Self-Assessment Questions |Week One – Fundamentals of Operations Management for Manufacturing and Service Industries | Note. Answers to questions appear on the last page of this document. • 1. Which of the following factors account for the interest in organizational management? a. Quality improvements b. Current problems/opportunities c. Inventory costs d. Customer satisfaction e. All of the above 2. Operations
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BW MANUFACTURING COMPANY CASE SUMMARY The owners of BW Manufacturing‚ a small manufacturer of gas grills‚ have prepared a preliminary budget for the upcoming year and would like to assess the financial impact of several alternative scenarios‚ including dropping a product; changing the price on a product‚ with a resulting increase in volume; and shifting advertising focus‚ with a resulting shift in volume from one product to another. A new budget must be prepared. At year-end‚ the actual results
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lately because of the success of the Japanese in doing business overseas. What do you know about Japanese management techniques? 4. How would you describe the system of management that is widely used in your country? Case 6 THE MORIOKA MANUFACTURING INTRODUCTION During the 1970s and 1980s‚ worldwide attention has focused on the successes of Japanese firms doing business in the United States‚ Europe‚ and elsewhere. Nissan‚ Toyota‚ Honda‚ NEC‚ Sanyo‚ Panasonic‚ and numerous other
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CASE STUDY 1 – Unraveling the Jargon The consultant’s reply was: “In my investigation of your applications portfolios‚ I’ve applied … to the logical data structures and have discovered a very high frequency – approximately 93.286% - of data embedded in application program logic which is largely responsible for the integrity and synchronization problem currently being encountered. As a solution‚ I would recommend the design of a master database each of which would employ relational technology to
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