MB0048_MBA_Sem2_Fall/August 2012 Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 2 MB0048 – Operations Research- 4 Credits Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. Q.1 Maximise z = 3x1 + 4x2 Subject to constrains 5x1 + 4x2 200; 3x1 + 5x2 150; 5x1 + 4x2 100; 8x1 + 4x2 80‚ x1 0‚ x2 0 Q.2 State the ways in which customers in a queue are served. Q.3 Explain the use of simulation in networks? What are the advantages of using simulation? Q
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Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly called "Operation Redwing" and/or "Operation Red Wing") was a combined / joint military operation during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) in the Pech District of Afghanistan’s Kunar Province‚ on the slopes of a mountain named Sawtalo Sar‚ approximately 20 miles west of Kunar’s provincial capital of Asadabad‚ in late June through mid-July 2005. Operation Red Wings was intended to disrupt local anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) activity‚ thus contributing to regional
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Operation Enduring Freedom Thesis: Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 7‚ 2001 and is still in effect today. I. Introduction A. Tragedy of 9/11 B. Response of the U.S. II. Factions A. NATO B. Northern Alliance C. Taliban III. Different Approaches A. Equipment B. Tactics C. Training IV. The Beginning A. Afghanistan and Iraq B. Philippines V. Conclusion A. Casualties
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Production vs Operation Management Production management and operations management are management jargon that needs to be simplified for those who are sitting on the fence or those inside an organization unable to comprehend them clearly. Sometimes it becomes confusing to be talking about production management inside operations management but they are separate and distinct entities in the study of management as ultimately‚ production is a part of the whole cycle of operations. Read on to clarify
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Operations management has had to deal with a new type of business management in a business world that is vastly changing with new technology. Operations managers have had to adjust and retool how business is done since the inception of e-commerce. The impact that e-commerce has had on how an operations manager address a situation can vary from extreme to barely noticeable. Management has also had to learn how to adopt new technology with the growing e-commerce world. This has brought obstacles and
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Operation management For today operation means there two parts included in‚ which are service operation and goods operation.(book) “Operation management is the systematic direction and control of the activities that transform resources into finished services and goods that create value for and provide benefits to customers. In overseeing production‚ operation managers are responsible for ensuring that operation activities create what customers want and need.(book) therefor the operation
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TESCO 1) Process of Transformation Goods and services are both areas of operations‚ this means that they will change the state of any input into output. In order to achieve this they will need to have a transformation process according to the type of service or goods they have to offer this is all part of satisfying customer needs. Table 1.1 shows us the simple input transformation output process. Transformed Resources Materials information Customers Input transformation process output goods
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Purchasing professionals’ perceived differences between purchasing materials and purchasing services Services account for about 71 percent of the gross national product (GNP) and 75 percent of the employment in the United States (West 1997). A study sponsored by GAPS Research (formerly the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies) found that in a cross-section of 116 large organizations‚ over half of the purchase dollars (54 percent) were spent on services (Fearon and Bales 1995). Consequently‚ purchasing
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Operation Red Wing On June 28‚ 2005 The SEAL team‚ led by LT Michael P. Murphy and consisting of petty officers Matthew Axelson‚ Danny Dietz and Marcus Luttrell‚ were on a mission to kill or capture Ahmad Shah‚ a Taliban leader who commanded a group of insurgents known as the "Mountain Tigers‚" west of Asadabad. The initial counter-insurgent mission in Kunar Province‚ Afghanistan seemed to be running accordingly with a successful infiltration into enemy territories until local Goat herders stumbled
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MB0048 –Operations Research- 4 Credits Assignment Set - 1 Q1. a. What do you mean by linear programming problem? Explain the steps involved in linear programming problem formulation? b. A paper mill produces two grades of paper viz.‚ X and Y. Because of raw material restrictions‚ it cannot produce more than 400 tons of grade X paper and 300 tons of grade Y paper in a week. There are 160 production hours in a week. It requires 0.20 and 0.40 hours to produce a ton of grade X and Y papers. The mill
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