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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Bloody. Risky. Anarchic. Merciless. These are words that can describe the “Operation Plan Tokhang” by the Excellency of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in the Philippines. The president’s war on drugs has become a disregard of the law of killing human beings. In every drug raids‚ those who will resist to be arrested will be killed without hesitation. This outrageous stock pile of dead drug suspects have marked the Philippine anti-crime history. The extrajudicial killing issues are existing everywhere
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is immensely difficult (Xiong‚ 2017). There are‚ however organizations that are trying to push back against this system that continues to create vast inequalities. One such organization that is trying to do something about these inequalities is Operation Fresh Start (OFS). I will be analyzing this organization’s policies and practices about cultural competency based on interviews I conducted with staff who are currently working at OFS. I will then offer ideas on where improvement can be made by the
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MB0044 – Production & Operations Management Q.1. what do you understand by Vendor-managed Inventory (VMI)? Ans. Vendor managed inventory: The very purpose of JIT is to reduce Inventory at all places in the supply chain. Inventory is considered a waste because Inventory is created by using materials‚ machines and efforts of persons. All of these Are resources which have already been used up and that portion of it which is not Consumed and sent up the value chain causes a drag on the system
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REPORT ON GREEN EGGS Producing eggs for distribution Great Western Victoria‚ Australia Prepared By: Word Count: 2880 Table of Contents 1. Summary 3 2. Introduction 3 3. Plant Design Layout 5 4. Management of raw materials 6 5. Workforce issues affecting the process 8 6. Quality control 11 7. Egg production flow chart 13 8. Information flow 14 9. References 15 1. Summary Green Eggs has been producing eggs since 2004 having numerous awards to their
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Question: How does Operations and Supply Chain Mgmt enhance company profitability? 1. Content 2. Charts and Graphs 3. Evidence to support your position 4. Examples that highlight your conclusion Table of Contents: I. Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 II. Operations Management and Profitability………………………………………………………………………………….3 III. Supply Chain Management and Profitability……………………………………………………………………………….5 IV. Examples/Case Studies………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The Subway sandwich chain is the largest restaurant operation in the world‚ as determined by the number of locations. Subway has been gaining on other fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s for years. It’s smaller format costs less to open and operate than other chain restaurants and lets it squeeze into heavily trafficked locations places such as McDonald’s might bypass. In its clarity‚ simplicity‚ and achievability‚ the Subway restaurants have one of the best mission statements in the U.S.
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Best Practices Dell - Dell Chemicals Management Program Dell‚ one of the major computer makers in the world‚ has responded proactively and systematically to both increasing global legislative on the use and management of hazardous substances and increasing consumer awareness. Dell’s Chemicals Management Program not only complies with upcoming as well as existing legal requirements but also meets key stakeholders requirements‚ which often turn out to be tougher than the legal standards. Dell’s
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amount of money on technological upgrades each year (Ross et al.‚ 2002). UPS always find new and improved technology which the company is able to maintain competitive in their pricing (Clinton‚ 2008). Fuel is a major expense for the company‚ their operations also helps UPS reduce costs. As they always put efforts to increase their achievement‚ UPS became more efficient and developed company compare to before by the UPS transition. As below chart shows Financial Data of UPS from 2007 to 2012. Million
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1. Purpose. The Army needed a vehicle that would help defeat the on-going threat in the new operational battlefield. Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom called for a vehicle that would be able to absorb the impact of an Improvise Explosive Device (IED) and the Department of Defense did not have a vehicle in their inventory that would fit the needs of the units on the ground. Since the insurgents relied on these IED‚ their greatest causality producer‚ without having to actively
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