INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Spring 2012-ASSIGNMENT # 1 Name 1: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Name 2: --------------------------------------------------- ID # ------------------------------------------------ Question # 1 [15 Marks] Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs
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Ans : Recent trends in Operations Management:- 1. CAD/CAM- CAD/CAM stands for Computer-aided design and Computer-aided manufacturing. It is used in product development to enable manufacturers to design and build their products using computers. The technology that has been developing since the first interactive graphics was developed at MIT in early 1970s. CAD uses computer graphics and software to enable engineers to do most of design activities needed to complete engineering design that include
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manages customer demands. They also generate future sales and manage partnership technology initiatives for future projects within the navigation industry. The operations department manages people‚ schedules‚ equipment‚ technology‚ materials and information. Planning and scheduling production for each month was determined by operations management. The timing of packaging and delivering was forecasted and pushed through the information process internally to the packaging manager. The finance department
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Zakir ALI ALAMI Yakult’s Operation Management Process: Research Activities Part A: Background Information Questions 1) What is Yakults corporate philosophy? Ans: Yakult ’s greatest goal is to bring smiles to faces everywhere. The global corporate philosophy of the Yakult Group is: "We contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world through pursuit of excellence in life sciences in general and our research and experience in microorganisms in particular. 2) What type
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Operation Management Assignment Liu Zhenya(Harry) 2014.2.26 Words[1724]Question1: Why is operations management important in this company ?Operations management refers to the administration of business practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible within an organization. Operations management is concerned with converting materials and labor into goods and services as efficiently as possible to maximize the profit of an organization (Stevenson‚ W. J.‚ & Hojati‚ M.‚ 2007). The
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References: Blackstone‚ J.‚ 2010. APICS Dictionary. 13th ed. Chicago: American Production & Inventory Control Society‚ Inc. . Bozarth‚ C. C. & Handfield‚ R. B.‚ 2013. Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. s.l.:Pearson Education Limited. Bridge‚ V.‚ 2013. Vietnamnet. [Online] Available at: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/73719/vietnamese-labor-force-is-cheap-or-expensive-
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False | 5. award: 10 out of 10 points Capacity flexibility means having the ability to rapidly increase or decrease production levels‚ or to shift production capacity quickly from one product or service to another. | True | 6. award: 10 out of 10 points A production facility works best when it focuses on a fairly limited set of production objectives. | True | 7. award: 0 out of 10 points Low rates of capacity utilization in service organizations
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1. Introduction This report focuses on the case studies of the Levi Jeans workers and the California Auto Club reengineering customer service. It looks at operations management as a source for gaining a competitive advantage and overcoming potential problems experienced within and organisation or workplace. The questions to be reviewed are as follows: Jeans Therapy - Levi’s factory worker are assigned to teams‚ and morale takes a hit: 1. What went wrong with Levi’s move to teams in their plants
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BSM311-Operations Management Submission 7th January 2013 Arif Tigadi 1109988 Operations Management Strategy of Tata Motors Word count : 5051 1 BSM311-Operations Management Submission 7th January 2013 Arif Tigadi 1109988 Executive summary: This report discusses the Operation management of India’s leading and the largest automobile manufacturer “Tata Motors”. In today’s business environment Operations management plays an important role in deciding the success of the company .Operations
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Operation Management Definition Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the importance of operations management to a health care organization. In addition‚ the author of this paper will provide a personal definition of what operations management means and why is important to a healthcare organization. According to the Institute of Operations Management The cost of providing fast‚ reliable health care is always an emotive issue‚ but it has been brought to the fore again via the
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