1) HISTORY Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas. It was a discount and retail shop. Sam Walton’s strategy was: The Lowest Prices Anytime‚ Anywhere. He wants to increase his sales volumes by keeping sales prices lower than his competitors. He earns his profits through volume instead of by prize. In the next five years‚ he opened 24 stores in Arkansas. On October 31‚ 1969‚ Wal-Mart stores changed from an establishment to an official incorporated company under the
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An OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Presentation OPERATIONS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE SBI and ICICI‚ Main Branches‚ Thane (W) Group Members: Name Roll no Pooja Kulkarni 31 Priyata Kurup 32 Reshmi Rajan 33 Pratik Mohite 34 Shweta More 36 Pravin Narwade 39 Manasee Naik 37 Prashant Nandi 38 Subject: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Professor: D.M Marathe. Topic: INTRODUCTION‚ OPERATIONS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SBI AND ICICI BANKS. Date of Submission: 24th September 2014. Operations Management
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Operations Management True/False 1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services. Answer: False Page: 4 Difficulty: Easy 2. Often‚ the collective success or failure of companies’ operations functions will impact the ability of a nation to compete with other nations. Answer: True Page: 4 Difficulty: Easy 3. Companies are either producing
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1. The R&D department is planning to bid on a large project for the development of a new communication system for commercial planes. The accompanying table shows the activities‚ times‚ and sequences required: |Activity |Immediate Predecessor |Time (weeks) | |A |- |3 | |B |A |2
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Disney’s Planning Process Aggregate planning at Disney World is all about people—how many people will visit the parks and what they will do while there. The Disney property in Florida includes 4 parks‚ 20 hotels‚ 27‚500 rooms‚ 160 miles of roads‚ and 56‚000 employees. Forecasting attendance and guest behavior helps plan for more than 1 billion customer interactions per year‚ and the purchase of 9 million hamburgers‚ 50 million Cokes‚ and tons of “tangible memories.” Planning begins with
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Factor Rating (Facility Location) Example-01 A manufacturer of garments is actively considering five alternative locations for setting up its factory. The locations vary in terms of their advantages to the firm. Hence‚ the firm requires a method of identifying the most appropriate location. Based on a survey of its senior executives‚ the firm has arrived at six factors to be considered for final site selection. The rating of each factor on a scale of 1 to 100 provides this information. Further
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OM CHAPTER 1 GOODS‚ SERVICES‚ AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DAVID A. COLLIER AND JAMES R. EVANS OM‚ Ch. 1 Goods‚ Services‚ and Operations Management ©2009 South-Western‚ a part of Cengage Learning 1 Chapter 1 Learning Outcomes learning outcomes LO1 Explain the concept of operations management. LO2 Describe what operations managers do. LO3 Explain the differences between goods and services. LO4 Describe a customer benefit package. LO5 Explain three general types of processes
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Financial Impacts and Constraints Paper The Effect of Pharmacy on Operation Management A health care facility needs to monitor the processes and operations of its pharmacy‚ since it is the major profit producer. The pharmacy is required to maintain minimal errors‚ excellent customer service‚ and high efficiency‚ while returning significant profits. Pharmacies are considering a profit center for the hospital and have a direct effect on the hospitals bottom line. Since pharmacies
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1. Which of the following best describes the strategic importance of short-term scheduling? A) Effective scheduling‚ through lower costs‚ faster delivery‚ and more dependable schedules‚ can provide a competitive advantage. B) Effective scheduling is a tactical tool for increasing demand to meet production. C) Forward scheduling looks to future demand levels in order to increase customer satisfaction. D) Aggregate planning is a tactical action‚ but short-term scheduling is strategic because of
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survival. If they don’t flourish then‚ it might face sluggish demand for its product. This in essence points to high growth in demand that is there‚ along with the strong cyclicality‚ which makes long term demand projection very hard. The management believed that it was more adept than its rivals at anticipating and resolving the problems inherent in new designs and prototype production technique. Most of the company’s managers were engineers with substantial experience in electronics industry
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