Spring 2013 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 1 MB0048 –Operations Research- 4 Credits (Book ID: B1631) Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks) Note: Assignment Set -1 must be written within 6-8 pages. Answer all questions. Q1. Explain the scope of Operations Research. What are the features of Operations 10 marks (300 - 350 words each) Research? Q2. Six Operators are to be assigned to five jobs with the cost of assignment in Rs. given 10 marks in the matrix below. Determine the
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The operation was kept a secret to everyone except those who were in it. The Germans did not know until the very last moment that the Allies landed. By catching the Germans off guard this helped the operation succeed. The other main reason is because the Allies majorly outnumbered the Germans. Operation Overlord impacted World War II greatly because it was the turning point that ended the war in Europe. In August of 1943‚ American and British military chiefs met and began to outline Operation Overlord
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Operations Management as the process whereby resources‚ flowing within a defined system‚ are combined and transformed by a controlled manner to add value in accordance with policies communicated by management. Operations management is the process through which goods and services are supplied. In order to understand the functions of operations management‚ a closer emphasis on the term operations is needed. Operations as a term cover both production operations and service operations. The common characteristic
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MBA SEMESTER II MB0048 –Operation Research- 4 Credits (Book ID: B1137) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions 1. a. Explain how and why Operation Research methods have been valuable in aiding executive decisions. [5 Marks] b. Discuss the usefulness of Operation Research in decision making process and the role of computers in this field. [5 Marks] 2. Explain how the linear programming technique can be helpful in decision-making in the areas
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Operations Research Unit 6 Unit 6 Structure Assignment Problem 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. Introduction Mathematical formulation of the problem Hungarian method algorithm Routing problem 6.4.1. Unbalanced A.P 6.4.2 Infeasible Assignments 6.4.3 Maximization in A.P 6.5. 6.6. Traveling salesmen problem Summary Terminal Questions Answers to SAQs and TQs 6.1 Introduction The assignment problem is a special case of the transportation problem‚ where the objective is to minimiz
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end of this session. This was the step‚ a stimulus towards being a future Business person. And for which it was very vital for me to know how a business organization manages the various processes associated with its goods and services. As a future Operation Manager it’s my responsibility to be cognizant about the know-how of what exactly my roles would then be. I learnt that OM in simple terms is a collection of processes that helps creating a service or a good starting from its input phase giving
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References: Archives (2007‚ April 11). McDonalds‚ Environmental McNasty? Retrieved 27 September‚ 2012 from http://theconcordian.com/ Baker‚ R. (2010‚ June 30). Nandos has lipsmackin’ giveaway plan. Marketing Week. before buying. Retrieved September 27‚ 2012 from http://www.marketingexperiments.com/blog/ Energy Star (2012). Energy Star Guide For Restaurants. Retrieved from http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/publications/pubdocs/restaurants_guide
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF SMALL‚ HIGH GROWTH ELECTRONICS FIRMS In a relatively short period of time the Japanese have been able to produce higher quality products that are more reliable and cost less than many competing products manufactured throughout the world. Their ability to accomplish this task has been attributed to their precise utilization of various operations management activities‚ along with human resource development in the manufacturing segment of their organizations. If
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Operation Overlord was the most decisive event in World War II. Nazi Germany had taken over most of Contenitial Europe‚ and was amassing great power. The Allied Forces launched a huge offensive‚ crossing the British Channel‚ and attacking Normandy‚ France. Overall‚ the Allies launched five assaults‚ along with paratroopers‚ on forty miles of beaches (Bowden 6). The Allies knew they had to do something. The Soviets were attacking Hitler from the east‚ but since nothing was happening in the west‚
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey‚ California THESIS INFORMATION OPERATIONS IN STRATEGIC‚ OPERATIONAL‚ AND TACTICAL LEVELS OF WAR: A BALANCED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH by Bunyamin Tuner September 2003 Thesis Advisor: Thesis Co-Advisor: Daniel Boger Steve Iatrou Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to
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