CASE 1-1 SUDSY SOAP‚ INC. Question 1: Assume that you are Frank Johnson’s assistant‚ and he asks you to look into various scheduling problems that might occur. List and discuss them. Scheduling Problems: - Lead time: First of all; Starting date of this partnership wasn’t mentioned; however; assume we are in month of June; According to the proposal the promotion will start by October 5th so prior to this date they should be ready with Soap and dishes taking into consideration that delivery time of
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CPIM(Certified In Production & Inventory Management) BSCM Sample TEST. 1. Which of the following demand fulfillment approaches typically provides the longest delivery time ? A) Engineer-to-order. C) Assemble-to-order. B) Make-to-order. D) Make-to-stock. 2. Which of the following is generally a characteristic of a product-focused layout ? A) Large queues at workstations. C) Production to a work order. B) Fixed flow of work. D) General purpose workstations. 3. Which of the following is
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London SW7 2AZ‚ UK Available online 12 April 2005 Abstract A large body of work exists in process industry supply chain optimisation. We describe the state of the art of research in infrastructure design‚ modelling and analysis and planning and scheduling‚ together with some industrial examples. We draw some conclusions about the degree to which different classes of problem have been solved‚ and discuss challenges for the future. © 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Keywords: Network design; Supply
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windshield is less. Safelite Auto glass cannot increase their productivity just by this PPP rate plan because the organization has more issues like scheduling errors‚ miscommunications where a wrong windshield or a wrong address‚ lack of inventory and operational problems all affect the pay of the technicians‚ first the company should focus not reducing the scheduling and operational mistakes and make it 100% productive only when these other factors are rectified‚ the PPP rate plan would work efficiently
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information sharing. By introducing Microsoft products‚ P&G allowed its employees to share collaboratively amongst each other‚ as well as cut-down on physical resources that are needed. The specific example of eliminating email as the sole standard for scheduling meetings and sharing of information yielded more positive results for the company. It had allowed P&G to use Microsoft SharePoint to allow a single-point of information sharing for emails presentations‚ and reports. The introduction of Cisco Telepresence
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causes issues with scheduling sports and other extracurricular activities. Now‚ it is already hard enough to schedule activities and vacations for students‚ parents‚ and teachers alike‚ and year-round schooling just makes these problems worse. “It sites‚ ‘excessive absences’ by students and reports by principals and teachers that ‘proficient students felt stigmatized by the mandatory additional time‚ which was viewed as punishment rather than enforcement’” (6). Along with scheduling problems‚ year-round
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who have conflicting interests. Clara Bryant is for maintaining the clinics while Dr. Winston Lee is for closing the clinics as it is jeopardizing the level of care. What theories of motivation underlie the switch to the new‚ computerized scheduling system? Why are employees working harder? Why aren’t they happier? Where to start‚ there are several motivation factors mentioned in the text. Some of the theories are: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory‚ Herzberg’s two factor theory‚ McClelland’s
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TOPIC: NATURE AND APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: MS. AMANDEEP SAVEENA (LECTURER OF O.R) MBA-3RD (11-148) INTRODUCTION & HISTORY OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH Operational research came into existence in 1885 when Frederick W. Taylor emphasised the application of scientific analysis to methods of production. The name (OR)
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distributing money and field or court time evenly between teams‚ and contacting people for donations. Some additional responsibilities include ending sport teams and hiring or firing employees. An athletic director supervises the ordering of equipment and scheduling of events‚ games and matches. They also can act as representatives for athletes and coaches. Athletic directors should also have a good relationship with the athletes of their school’s sports teams. They must support them in their academics by
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involve both quantitative and qualitative data. Qualitative approaches would include focus groups or interviews. Quantitative data could show average or mean support by department managers for an issue like flexible scheduling‚ but would not begin to explore the issues of flexible scheduling in critical care areas versus the legal department. C. Work-life issues vary significantly by age‚ gender‚ family status‚ and life stage.
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