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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1. Executive Summary A ll organizations possess operations functions of some sort because every one of them provides product and or services to its customer. According to Slack‚ Chambers & Johnston (2010)‚ the operations function actually ranks as one of the three core functions in any company. As a central function in any organization‚ it produces the output required that the company needs to stay in business. What makes operations management so important is the critical role it plays in making
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Chapter Outline Work Measurement OM Spotlight: Work Measurement Activities in Roller Coaster Maintenance Time Study Methods OM Spotlight: Job Description— City of Phoenix‚ Arizona Operations Analyst for City of Phoenix‚ Arizona Predetermined Time Standard Methods Learning Curves Practical Issues in Using Learning Curves Solved Problems Key Terms and Concepts Questions for Review and Discussion Problems and Activities Cases Rehabilitation Hospital of Florida The State versus John Bracket Endnotes
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will be held in class from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on Thursday October 27‚ 2011. There will also be a 3-hour final examination
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Definition of ethics in Islamic perspectives According to (Loeb 1971) the word “ethics” originates from the Greek word “ethos”‚ which means “character‚ spirit and attitude of a group of people or culture”. Based on the Oxford Dictionary‚ ethics can be defined as a system of moral principles (rule of conduct) by which human actions may be judged as good or bad. Ethics deals with those standards that prescribe what man out to do. It also addresses virtues‚ duties‚ and attitudes of the individual and
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Organizational Performance Control: monitor the organizations environment‚ competitors‚ publics‚ strengths‚ weaknesses and performance (strategic planning). Day-to-Day performance for the purpose of fine-tuning current efforts (feedback) Evaluation: Final outcome – did it work‚ did it achieve behavioural influence goals? Major drivers of success? What didn’t work? Monitoring (measurement): Keeps marketers on schedule‚ to know if all segments are being reached‚ what is working/not working‚ is desired
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Computer Simulation & Modeling In-Class Portion of Final Exam (50 points) Dr. Seidman June 10‚ 2010 DIRECTIONS - READ THIS FIRST INTRODUCTION Exam is from 6:00 pm to 9:15 pm. Answer both questions. Total of 50 points. This is an open book‚ open notes‚ and open computers exam. This is an individual exam. No collaboration of any kind is permitted. No network connections
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94 D. .92 E. .38 Answer: D 2. Suppose that for a certain football game the probability that the home team will be ahead at half-time is 0.60 and the probability that the home team will be ahead at half- time as well as at the final gun is 0.45. What is the probability that the home team will win this game given that it is ahead at the half? A. .45 B. .75 C. .15 D. .27 E. None of the above. Answer: B 3. A company markets two products
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Production & Operations Management–Homework 1 for Section 4 Due Tuesday October 16‚ 2012 1.1 Eastman publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation‚ textbook design‚ and production setup is estimated to be $80‚000. Variable production and material costs are estimated to be $3 per book. Demand over the life of the book is estimated to be 4‚000 copies. The publisher plans to sell the text to college
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Chapter 1 (Overview) Marketing Concept: satisfy customer needs and achieve organizational goals * Your biggest competitor is the way people already do things- find ways to integrate your products into target market’s everyday life Marketing: the activity for creating‚ delivering‚ communicating‚ and exchanging offerings that benefit the organization‚ it’s stakeholders‚ and society at large * Benefits stakeholders (customers‚ shareholders‚ employees‚ suppliers‚ channel members * Affects
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