Introduction to Operations Management Fall 2012 INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Aris Ouksel Office: UH 2411 Phone: 312-996-0771 E-mail: aris@uic.edu Office Hours: By appointment in UH 2411 INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Doug Lundquist Office: UH 2320 Phone: E-mail: dlundq1@uic.edu Office Hours: By appointment in UH 2320 TAs/INSTRUCTORS FOR LAB SECTIONS: TA/Instructor: Tapas Patil E-mail: tpatil4@uic.edu Office Hours: by appointment TA/Instructor: Viswanath
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Teladoc Inc.: Operations Management & Forces The forces that have shaped the operations management of Teladoc Inc. in recent years include advancements of technology‚ health care law and policy‚ and consumer demand. The health care industry is constantly changing to meet the needs of a complex patient population. Advancements of technology and scientific knowledge has changed the patient care experience from a file-based or analog health care delivery system to a virtual health care delivery platform
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IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Define productivity. How can it be measured? How can the productivity of an organization be increased? 2. What is the transformation process? Explain the transformation process in a restaurant. 3. How is a job shop different from the batch production process? 4. What are the differences between manufacturing and service operations? 5. What are the characteristics of a good product design? 6. What is service capacity? Which strategies
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profits span over $ 82.559bn and $15.818bn in operating income according to P&G 2011 annual report. As such a big International consumer product manufacturer‚ P&G encounters a lot of problem solving in their everyday activities like: innovation‚ operation management‚ marketing and many others. Innovation department is one of their most prosperous departments and can currently be an example to their competitors and other developing market players. That’s why the main goal of this case is to show the path
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Mcdonald’s Use of Teams in Production and Operations Management Introduction Strategies are important for all businesses‚ regardless of the products or services that they offer. Through strategic management and operations‚ companies are able to integrate new and effective means of running their respective businesses. In turn‚ these strategies results in an increased profit of sales‚ stable market position and greater levels of customer loyalty. In the fast food industry‚ businesses such as
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Future of Technology TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY School of Economics and Business Administration Research Paper Jens-Antti Andersen‚ Tallinn‚ Estonia‚ 2013 Table of Content 1. History 3 1.1 Industrial Revolution 3 1.2 Scientific Management – Ford and Taylor 4 2. Future 4 2.1 Future Trends – Bitcoins and 3D Printing 4 3. Discussion 4 1. History 1.1 Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution started in 1770 in England‚ and spread from there to the rest of the Europe
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Case: Biddy’s Bakery Chapter 3‚ Operations Management 1. Elizabeth’s largest challenge considering her capacity needs‚ is that she outgrew her first facility’s capacity and then decided to move to a much larger facility where she realized she had considerably more capacity than needed for her business. Elizabeth is essentially paying for a facility she is not utilizing fully; therefore her sales expectations are not being met because of the bills she needs to pay with unused space. Elizabeth should
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1-March-2005 05-03-001 SIG Combibloc - Supply Chain Innovations It was July 2002 and Theodore Streng‚ Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) of SIG Combibloc‚ the second biggest supplier of aseptic packages for food and beverages just tried to prioritize the aspects he was about to present at the meeting of the executive committee on strategic positioning. The key issue of this meeting was the benchmark report which compared SIG Combibloc to its main competitor Tetra Pak. The results of
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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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References: Brown S.‚ Blackmon K.‚ Cousins P.and Maylor H.‚ 2001. Operations Management: Policy‚ Practice and Performance Improvement. P. 183‚ 184. Butterworth-Heinemann Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Animal Feed Statistics for Great Britain - September 2013. p.9‚ Table 7 Rosentrater‚ K.A. August 2004. Design Considerations for the Construction and Operation of Feed Milling Facilities. Part II: Process Engineering Considerations.p 14-16. Figure 1‚ 2
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