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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Conceptual skill Modern management has been trend globalization and improve constantly. A manager’s job is complex and a range of skills are used by different level management. Although some management theorists propose a long list of skills‚ the necessary skills for managing a department or an organization can be summarised in just three categories: conceptual ‚human and technical (Katz‚1974) .The application of three skills changes as managers move up in the organization. Although the degree
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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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Disney’s Planning Process Aggregate planning at Disney World is all about people—how many people will visit the parks and what they will do while there. The Disney property in Florida includes 4 parks‚ 20 hotels‚ 27‚500 rooms‚ 160 miles of roads‚ and 56‚000 employees. Forecasting attendance and guest behavior helps plan for more than 1 billion customer interactions per year‚ and the purchase of 9 million hamburgers‚ 50 million Cokes‚ and tons of “tangible memories.” Planning begins with
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Factor Rating (Facility Location) Example-01 A manufacturer of garments is actively considering five alternative locations for setting up its factory. The locations vary in terms of their advantages to the firm. Hence‚ the firm requires a method of identifying the most appropriate location. Based on a survey of its senior executives‚ the firm has arrived at six factors to be considered for final site selection. The rating of each factor on a scale of 1 to 100 provides this information. Further
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Business Operations (BIO0230) Assignment 2012/13 Student: Vanessa Sears Student ID: U1176604 Assignment Title: Operations Management Defined and in Context Operations Management has evolved over many years and is now considered a critical function in any business‚ as supported by J.R Meredith‚ “operations is critical to success in today’s economy” ( P35‚ Meredith 1992). Businesses need to have faster production‚ cheaper prices‚ better quality products and fast delivery to be competitive
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What is the maximum number of applications per hour that can be handled by the present configuration of the process? Based upon the present configuration‚ the license renewal department can process 60 applications per hour. As seen in the process map in the attached excel document as well as the flow diagram below‚ the cycle time for the renewal process is driven by the time it takes to complete the bottleneck activity. In this configuration‚ the bottleneck activity is step three as it has the
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Exercise 1 page 224 a. Using Maximax‚ the worst payoffs for the alternatives are as follws: Do nothing: $60 thousands Expand: $80 thousands Subcontract: $70 thousands Hence‚ since $80 thousands is the best‚ choose to expand the firms using the maximax strategy b. Using Maximin Do nothing: $50 thousands Expand: $20 thousands Subcontract: $40 thousands Hence‚ since $50 thousands is the best‚ choose to do nothing using the maximin strategy c. Using Laplace For the Laplace criterion
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1. A manufacturer’s average work-in-process inventory for a certain part is 1‚000 units. The workstation produces this part at the rate of 200 units per day. What is the average time a unit spends at this workstation? 2. The Wilcox Student Health Center has just implemented a new computer system and service process to \improve e±ciency." As pharmacy manager‚ you are con- cerned about waiting time and its potential impact on college students who \get no respect." All prescriptions (Rxs) go
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Conceptual Art – Essay ”In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art‚ it means that all if the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” (Sol LeWitt‚ Artforum 1967‚ Paragraphs on Conceptual Art.) Conceptual art is a form of art where the idea is the most important aspect and the product or work of art‚ if there is any at
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