MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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Product Design The products that will be made out of the given components are corrective lenses for eyeglasses. The product will have the following features: a. Corrects near-sightedness or far-sightedness‚ whichever may be the case‚ through varying curvatures of the lenses‚ for different grades b. May be rectangular or circular in overall shape c. Around 1.5 inches in length‚ 1 inch in width d. Clear and transparent‚ not dark Considering that the finished goods (lenses) are very
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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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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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the Executive‚ 1938. Barley‚ Stephen R.‚ “Images of Imaging: Notes on Doing Longitudinal Field Work”‚ Organization Science‚ Vol. 1 No. 3‚ August 1990. Cusumano‚ Michael A.‚ ‘Manufacturing Innovation: Lessons from the Japanese Auto Industry’‚ Sloan Management Review: Fall 1988‚ page 29-39. Hayes‚ Robert and Steven Wheelwright‚ Restoring Our Competitive Edge‚ Wiley‚ 1984. Heilman‚ Samuel‚ Defenders of the Faith: Inside the world of ultra-orthodox Jewry‚ Schocken books Inc.‚ New York‚ 1992.
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Program & Batch: | PGDM-2012-14 | Term: | V | Course Name: | Service Operations Management | Name of the faculty: | G.D.Sardana | Topic/ Title : | Compare the operational models to create service quality McDonalds‚ Dominos‚ Sub-Way | Original or Revised Write-up: | Original | Group Number: | 2 | Contact No. and email of Group Coordinator: | 7503139250 and praveen7488@gmail.com | Group Members: | Sl. | Roll No. | Name | | 1 | 12 FN - 058 | Himika Chaudhary | | 2 | 12FN-074
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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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Thiago DeSouza Homework Assignment 1 ISOM 319: Operations Management Problem 1: 1. Input: Warehouse worker(s)‚ package item(s)‚ transportation vehicle‚ transportation pilots/drivers‚ and information for best method of travel. Transformation: Care for package(s)‚ maintain client(s) informed‚ and transport package(s). Output: Transported package(s) and correct location and time of arrival. 2. Input: Idea development‚ financial backing‚ engineers‚ blueprint(s) design‚ prototype(s) creation‚ and
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Advt. No.1/2013 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA (JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL) Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens to fill up the vacancies for the following posts in Lok Sabha Secretariat: Sl. No. Name of post and pay scale 1. 2. Vacancies SC ST UR OBC Total Executive/Legislative/Committee/Protocol Assistant Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2)+Grade Pay:Rs. 4600 09 03 01 01 14 Security Assistant Grade-II (Technical) Rs. 9300-34800 (PB-2)+Grade Pay:Rs. 4200
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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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