Camille Williams Pd 4B The people in the video “Prototype This by Discovery Channel‚” used all twelve steps in The Adopted Design Process for PLTW Courses. The first step is to define a problem; in this case the problem is that there is too much traffic and not enough parking spaces. The second step is to brainstorm. They brainstormed that they should make a car that can go over the traffic and be able to park horizontal into the tight parking spaces. The third step is to research and generate
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countries and hosting 410 million shoppers per year. An acronym for founder Ingvar Kamprad and his boyhood home of Elmtaryd‚ Agunnaryd‚ IKEA began operating in Sweden in 1943 and continues its original ethos based upon cost obsession fused with design culture. No design‚ no matter how inspired‚ finds its way into the catalogue if it cannot be made affordable. With an aim of lowering prices across its entire offering by an average of 2% to 3% each year‚ its signature feature is the flat packed product that
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Process Design Matrix and Summary OPS/571 February 2‚ 2015 Process Design Matrix and Summary Product Process Design Years ago I used to work at Pizza Hut; therefore‚ the pizza made by Pizza Hut is the product that I am familiar with‚ and the home delivery service is the service that I am familiar with. Pizza Hut makes different kinds of pizza and presents special offers each day. The product utilizes an assembly line process where the pizza is prepared after passing through various steps
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MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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Chapter 10 1. Define capacity including the two ways it can be viewed. Provide an example of each way. Capacity is the capability of a manufacturing or service resource such as a facility‚ process‚ workstation‚ or piece of equipment to accomplish its purpose over a specific time period. Capacity can be viewed at the maximum rate of output per unit of time or as units of resource availability. Automobile plant is an example of capacity at the maximum rate of per unit of time and a hospital
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After almost 10 years of operation‚ Grameen phone has over 10 million subscribers September 20‚ 2007 Grameenphone announces 15 million subscribers. Grameenphone is now the leading telecommunications service provider in the country with more than 20 million subscribers as of June 2008.Presently‚ there are about 30 million telephone users in the country‚ of which‚ a little over one million are fixed-phone users and the rest mobile phone subscribers. Starting its operations on March 26‚ 1997‚ the
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The Importance of Transport in Location Selection The location of economic activities is fundamentally based on geographical concepts of the site and its situation. The site relates to the characteristics of a specific location while the situation concerns the relationships of a location in relation to other locations. Historically‚ specific sites suitable for defense or commerce have been important factors in the location of cities. In addition to being a factor of spatial organization‚ transportation
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note the following instructions. Both cases carry equal marks. Question 1 – 50% of marks Question 2 – 25% of marks Question 3 – 25% of marks You are expected to show understanding of the process design course learnings and apply them to the case. Process flow‚ calculations of key metrics around process performance etc. You are expected to show critical thinking in analysing the current situation at‚ recognising bottlenecks‚ inefficiencies etc. You are expected to make clear‚ well justified
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Cost - Risk In this case‚ the advantages that Deaconess Clinic‚ as a service company‚ would have if they performed it in-house would be at quality and risk factors. If the cooking activity performed within the hospital‚ it would be easier for the management to control the quality of the food‚ and minimizing the risk of contamination from outside. Other than that‚ employees could feel more about the “family” atmosphere if they doing the activity in a same room and doing teamwork. On the other hand
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Business Process Management or BPM‚ is the practice of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of any organization by automating the organization’s business processes. BPM used to be also know as Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Many companies have business processes that are unique to its business model. Since these processes tend to evolve over time as the business reacts to market conditions‚ the BPM solution you choose must be easily adaptable to the new conditions and requirements and
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