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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products and even offering a no questions money back guarantee‚ ALDI’s leads the way to a competitive advantage. Not only does the quality of the products allow ALDI’s to pursue a differentiation strategy‚ but modern quality methods like total quality management (TQM) and just-in-time (JIT) also promote low-cost and response strategies. By only keeping max 2 brands per product and only 700 products in ALDI’s stores the makes sure that stock moves fast and the possibility for old stock is very slim. ALDI
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PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Forecasting helps managers and businesses develop meaningful plans and reduce uncertainty of events in the future. Managers want to match supply with demand; therefore‚ it is essential for them to forecast how much space they need for supply to each demand. 1.1 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES * LINEAR TREND Show steady‚ straight-line increases or decreases where the trend-line can go up or down and the angle may be steep or shallow
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IT as a Competitive Weapon ASSINGED BY: Dr. Muhammad Yasin Operation Management ASSIGNED TO HAMDARD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (HIMS)KARACHI DEDICATION This report is extremely dedicated to our beloved parents and family members who worked really very hard and enabled us in realizing our goals and dreams and providing us with the ambition to pursue them. And last but not the least to our caring and supportive teacher‚ our trusty and helpful friend and our course instructor
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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productivity and knowledge by 50% Operations management- the science and art of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers. Planning Directing Controlling Organizing Government regulations- California 2006 Increase mpg standard for all vehicles or pay fine Lots of hybrids sold but companies that didn’t have hybrids couldn’t sell (gm‚ ford‚ Chrysler) Why is operations management important Heart of organization Operations are task that create value
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technology to streamline the operation process) and facility costs (old and outdated facilities) at lowest possible. In return‚ they have to compromise low costs with their other objectives. The unskilled staffs and outdated facilities are compromised with the quality in the core process. For example‚ the brief video (facility) in the packaging plant is outdated and requires commentary notes from some guides. However‚ the unskilled guides are not familiar with the operations so they need to read from
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