the Bible‚ so IKEA claims. Finding the right manufacturer for the right product is a key component of the company’s success. It once contracted with ski makers - experts in bent wood - to manufacture its Poang armchairs‚ and has tapped makers of supermarket carts to turn out durable sofas. Simplicity‚ a tenet of Scandinavian design‚ also helps keep costs down. For example‚ the 50 cents Trofé mug comes only in blue and white - the least expensive pigments. IKEA’s conservation drive extends naturally
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FALL 2011 2011 Deadline: October 26‚ Middle East Technical University – Northern Cyprus Campus BUS 361 Operations Management Homework 1 - Solutions 1. Fruit Computer Company manufactures memory chips in lots of ten chips. From past experience‚ Fruit knows that 80% of all lots contain 10% (1 out of 10) defective chips‚ 20% of all lots contain 50% (5 out of 10) defective chips. If a good batch (that is‚ 10% defective) of chips is sent on to the next stage of production‚ processing costs
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Thiago DeSouza Homework Assignment 1 ISOM 319: Operations Management Problem 1: 1. Input: Warehouse worker(s)‚ package item(s)‚ transportation vehicle‚ transportation pilots/drivers‚ and information for best method of travel. Transformation: Care for package(s)‚ maintain client(s) informed‚ and transport package(s). Output: Transported package(s) and correct location and time of arrival. 2. Input: Idea development‚ financial backing‚ engineers‚ blueprint(s) design‚ prototype(s) creation‚ and
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MB0044 – Production & Operations Management Q.1. what do you understand by Vendor-managed Inventory (VMI)? Ans. Vendor managed inventory: The very purpose of JIT is to reduce Inventory at all places in the supply chain. Inventory is considered a waste because Inventory is created by using materials‚ machines and efforts of persons. All of these Are resources which have already been used up and that portion of it which is not Consumed and sent up the value chain causes a drag on the system
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Introduction: Now a days Garments sector is one of the most demandable industries in the world. Most of the countries are related now in Garments sector including Bangladesh. And Bangladesh is competing with others in the world market. There are lots of companies established in Bangladesh for Exporting the Garments products. The Mostafa Garments Industries Ltd. Is one of the Leading company in Bangladesh. They Export there products in America‚ EU countries‚ Japan and Chaina Market. They supply
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Being in the right location is a key ingredient in a business ’s success. If a company selects the wrong location‚ it may have adequate access to customers‚ workers‚ transportation‚ materials‚ and so on. Consequently‚ location often plays a significant role in a company ’s profit and overall success. A location strategy is a plan for obtaining the optimal location for a company by identifying company needs and objectives‚ and searching for locations with offerings that are compatible with these needs
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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Instructor ’s Manual Operations Management Fifth edition Nigel Slack Stuart Chambers Robert Johnston For further instructor material please visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/slack ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70850-6 / ISBN-10: 0-273-70850-3 Pearson Education Limited 2007 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download the manual as required. 1 © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers & Robert Johnston 2007 Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and
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Rural Markets – Retail Management In recent years‚ rural markets of India have acquired significance‚ as the overall growth of the Indian economy has resulted into substantial increase in the purchasing power of the rural communities. On account of green revolution‚ the rural areas are consuming a large quantity of industrial and urban manufactured products. In this context‚ a special marketing strategy‚ namely‚ rural marketing has emerged. Rural India with its traditional perception has grown
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these measures tell you about this company? 2004 2005 Output: Sales $200‚000 $220‚000 Input: Labor 30‚000 40‚000 Raw Materials 35‚000 45‚000 Energy 5‚000 6‚000 Capital 50‚000 50‚000 Other 2‚000 3‚000 1e A retail store had sales of $45‚000 in April and $56‚000 in May. The store employs eight full-time workers (they work a 40-hour week). In April the store also had seven part-time workers at 10 hours per week‚ and in May the store had 9 part-timers at 15
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