Being in the right location is a key ingredient in a business ’s success. If a company selects the wrong location‚ it may have adequate access to customers‚ workers‚ transportation‚ materials‚ and so on. Consequently‚ location often plays a significant role in a company ’s profit and overall success. A location strategy is a plan for obtaining the optimal location for a company by identifying company needs and objectives‚ and searching for locations with offerings that are compatible with these needs
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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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Model answers to short cases Acme Whistles 1. What is the overlap between operations‚ marketing and product/service development at Acme Whistles? The simple answer to this question is‚ ‘There is a very significant overlap between these functions’. The underlying question is ‘Why’? Partly‚ the reason is size. As Simon Topman says in the example‚ small companies cannot afford specialist functions so at a managerial level everyone does everything to some extent. This becomes especially true when
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assembly operations by constructing a new plant in Ridgecrest‚ Mississippi. The firm‚ a major producer of pickup campers and camper trailers‚ had experienced five (5) consecutive years of declining profits because of spiraling production costs. The costs of labor and raw materials had increased alarmingly‚ utility costs had gone up sharply‚ and taxes and transportation expenses had steadily climbed upward. In spite of increased sales‚ the company suffered its first net loss since operations begun in
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Operations Management Adding Value by Improving Operations Management Better management of a company’s operations can add substantial value to the company by improving its competitiveness and long-term profitability. Poor operations decisions can hurt a company’s competitive position and increase its costs on the other hand; good operations decisions can improve the value of the company by increasing profitability and growth. Operations management is an important discipline
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centralized or on-site location 4. Whether to inspect attributes or variables * How Much to Inspect? * Typical Inspection Points: * Raw materials and purchased parts * Finished products * Before a costly operation * Before an irreversible process * Before a covering process * Effects on cost and level of disruption are a major issue in selecting centralized vs. on-site inspection * Centralized * Specialized tests that
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Hong Kong Environment Light Sound Temperature Humidity Man Machine/Technology Posture Fatigue Physical comfort 1 A little about me … • Calvin Or • Assistant Professor‚ Dept of IMSE • BEng.‚ Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management • MSc‚ Industrial Engineering • PhD‚ Industrial & Systems Engineering Contact Information – Tel: 2859-2587 – Email: klor@hku.hk – Office hour: By appointment 2 Course syllabus 3 About my teaching and class • Teaching is about sharing
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MBA SEMESTER-4 ASSIGNMENT set 1 Name :……………………….. Registration No. :………………………. Learning Center :………………………. Learning Center Code :……………………… Course :………………………. Subject :………………………. Semester :………………………. Module No. :………………………. Date of submission :………………………. Marks awarded :………………………. Directorate of Distance Education Signature of Sikkim Manipal University Center Signature of Evaluator II Floor‚ Syndicate House Manipal- 576104 Signature of Coordinator Important Note to the Students: The student
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Its Settings This chapter presents the background of the research. In here includes the statement of the problem‚ objectives‚ importance‚ scope and limitation and the definition of terms of the study. Introduction Bakery operations need a very good maintenance management system for efficient running of plant. Maintenance activity needs regular monitoring and records to evaluate problems and their solution. Bakery maintenance has its own features which need attention apart from regular maintenance
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MGCR 472 ASSIGNMENT # 1 (Total 100 points) Due on 7th October (Thursday) by 5pm Make sure to write the name‚ student # and section # for each student in the group on the cover page of the assignment 1. Suppose you/your group is the owner of a company that produces e-readers. The present production rate is 1000 e-readers /day and the selling price is $210/unit. It requires 200 workers working 8 hours/day to produce the e-readers and they are paid $20/hour. The material
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