Week 1: Introduction - Class Discussion Discussion The purpose of this discussion board is to provide you with a forum to discuss your newly discovered production and operations management concepts in light of current issues and real world situations with others in the class. In essence‚ it is a practice ground for ensuring that your reasoning and foundation of these concepts are secure. This portion of the course requires you to interact with your fellow classmates. After completing the textbook
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served on honorary basis. The Club operated on an annual budget of over RM10 million. The operation of the Club was complex. It employed a work force of more than hundred persons to run the day-to-day activities. The work force was headed by the General Manager (GM). Under him there were 11 functional departmental managers or executives. The departments were finance‚ food and beverages (F&B)‚ golf operation‚ course maintenance‚ membership‚ administration & human resources‚ support service‚ marketing
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strikes‚ new competitors‚ domestically and offshore competition. • They are disorganized in their company location and the layout is located randomly. • The dependency on one perspective‚ which is marketing/sales‚ while they lack having an operations department nor financial department‚ which is vital to every company. • The lack of development on machinery: they are behind technology; their machines are 50 years old and they did not catch up with new technology. Opportunities: • Going
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Cited: Rosen‚ Saul. “Lectures on the Measurement and Evaluation.” National Science Foundation. 1983. Salvendy‚ Gavriel. “Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and Operations Management.” Institute of Industrial Engineers. 2001.
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Chapter 2 Problems 5 A U.S. manufacturing company operating a subsidiary in an LDC (less developed country) shows the following results: U.S LDC Sales (units) 100‚000 20‚000 Labor (hours) 20‚000 15‚000 Raw Materials (currency) $20‚000 FC 20‚000 Capital Equipment (hours) 60‚000 5‚000 a. Calculate partial labor and productivity figures for the parent and the subsidiary. Do the result seem misleading? b. Compute the multifactor productivity figures for labor and
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EXAMINATION I NAME: __________________________________________________________ 1. David Upton is president of Upton Manufacturing‚ a producer of Go-Karts tires. Upton makes 2500 tires per day with the following resources: Labor: 50 hours per day @15.00 per hour Raw Material: 20‚000 lbs. per day at @ $3 per lb Energy: $5‚000 per day Capital: $10‚000 per day a) What is the labor
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What competitive priority is important for a discount store‚ such as Zellers? Cost is the most important competitive priority for a discount store‚ such as Zellers. In order to perform competitively as a discount store‚ the organization must emphasize low operating costs. With this priority‚ Zellers can produce at low costs in comparison to competitors and offer products at low prices in order to meet consumer needs and become an order winner. 2. Three generic strategies are low cost‚ niche
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subsidiary company ready for take-over by Mexican managers. My hope is that you will be able to do this in about two years.” explained Robert Linderman‚ president of the Linderman Industries Inc. to Carl Conway‚ newly appointed project manager for “Operation Mexicano” Conway had been hired specifically for this assignment because of his experience in managing large defense projects in the aerospace industry. “The first thing that I will have to do is put a project team together.” said Conway. “I imagine
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Operations strategy defines how an organisation could manage their resources for its production. People within the operations management play the most important role in a company. They need to be able to manage how to keep or attract customers to their products or services and have a major competitive advantage against their competitors. Lack of competence and skill within this segment can easily lead to failure and loss. To avoid so‚ a manager needs to comply with a certain strategy to stay on
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1. The R&D department is planning to bid on a large project for the development of a new communication system for commercial planes. The accompanying table shows the activities‚ times‚ and sequences required: |Activity |Immediate Predecessor |Time (weeks) | |A |- |3 | |B |A |2
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