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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Cathryn M. Agge Stickley Furniture BUS 644 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT WEEK 6 FINAL PAPER September 26‚ 2011 Abstract After changing management current Stickley Furniture managers were able to turn the company around‚ growing and generating a steady demand for their products. They produce fine cherry‚ white oak‚ and mahogany furniture with a prestigious line of mission oak furniture. Stickley Furniture has a production facility outside of Syracuse‚ New York but has various showrooms in New York
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08/04/2014 1.1characteristics of food production and beverage service systems A foodservice director has many options for food production and service. Most food service directors inherit a foodservice system‚ but may make modifications to that System or select and build a new system. For example‚ in today’s environment it is very difficult to find adequate labour‚ which is forcing school foodservice directors to consider alternatives in food production. Also‚ there is a great concern about food
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about scientific management in McDonald’s operation‚ I believe the largest fast food McDonald’s is the most successful model on scientific management. Scientific management is a branch of classical approach; Taylor said scientific management is standardisation which means people in organization should be uniformed by company rules or policy which are some written documents. Scientific management is a very important part in management area‚ since look at the history of management. People are living
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as the production techniques‚ are very useful in getting optimum results and it does certainly help a lot in cost reduction as well as getting quality products at a minimal rate. Three fictitious headlines that might be added to figure 1-1 on page 2 are :- 1) Apple shares receives a huge slump‚ Apple finally files for bankruptcy!!! 2) Twitter shuts down amidst concerns of hackers stealing tweets… 3) Microsoft and Apple ended their long standing rivalry and founded a new company in the
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Chapter 2 Operations performance Source: Honda Motor Company Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations Management 5th Edition © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers‚ and Robert Johnston 2007 Key teaching objectives • Why is operations performance important in any organization? • How does the operations function incorporate all stakeholders’ objectives? • What does top management expect from the operations function? • What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal
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MODULE TITLE: SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT TITLE: ESSAY ON SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 Executive summary 3 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Risk identification 5 4.0 Risk assessment
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Operation management week 3-2 1. what is the reason for formulating and implementing an operation and supply chain strategy? The implementation of an operations and supply chain strategy is necessary for an organization in order to provide a clear vision of the value they will provide to the customer. The strategy should detail the competitive advantage the organization seeks to obtain and deliver. To develop a successful strategy‚ the organization must understand the values held by the customer
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The National Basketball Association and NBA Properties‚ Inc. v. Motorola‚ Inc.‚ 105 F.3d 841‚ Decided 1997 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Facts: Motorola manufactures a paging device called SportsTrax that transmits game information to users. In the “current” setting‚ the pager displays real time game statistics‚ including the name of the teams‚ the score as it changes‚ which team has possession of the ball‚ and the time remaining in the game. The information
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today on the Coke bottles. Initially‚ Coca- Cola averaged nine drinks a day in the first year of their sales‚ adding up to $50 annual revenue. Today products of The Coca-Cola Company are consumed at the rate of 1.6 billion drinks per day and more. The Coca-Cola Company itself not only is a beverage company for one drink but also engages in the manufacturing‚ marketing and sales of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. They own and market more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands‚ mostly
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