The Airplane game‚ an exercise in lean thinking. After reviewing the article The Lean Service Machine (Swank‚ 2003) and watching a video series on making toast using the concepts of Kaizen‚ the class settled into the simulation. This simulation utilized the uniquely simple task of making a paper airplane and transformed it into an overly complicated multi-step batch process simulating the complex production processes that control the manufacturing of military aircraft. There was a job initiator that
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The simulation wasn’t as intuitive as I thought at first; it took three tries and 20 steps in order to get the 61% buy in order to complete the simulation. There was one steps taken that gave a 0 or neutral buy‚ basically a waste of money and time. I quickly evaluated that in order to start a change process and achieve the buy in and support‚ activities need to be done in a certain order. I think the simulation does take into account the perceived human emotions surrounding change‚ however‚ it only
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Introduction: The simulation developed a knowledge of pricing by managing a rental car operation in Florida and developing a pricing strategy keeping the competitor in mind. The simulation involved three regions Oriando‚ Tampa and Miami‚ which vary in market dynamics‚ size and customers. The focus is competition between two car rental companies and the simulation last up to 12 months. I had to set weekday and weekend price for the entire three regions for each month and make a fleet decision. Description:
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Working Capital Simulation FIN/571 May 18‚ 2015 Arnold Harvey Victoria Holmes This simulation has given me a better understanding of what managers and CEO’s go through when making decisions for the company. As I went through each simulation more than once to see what affects the decisions had on cash flows‚ sales and EBIT. In some situations they changed whether it dropped or risen‚ and others they were completely stagnant with their movement through each phase. Below I will point out how and why
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Quarter 3 was much more successful than both the prior quarters. In fact‚ our team ranked 2nd out of 9 teams during this quarter. Each KPI category was improved‚ yet there is still room for improvement. During quarter 3‚ $396‚500 was spend resulting in a balance of $388‚500 available for the final quarter. Our team continued to focus on our initial three decision factors‚ however we also decided to invest a little extra money in selection. Beginning with training‚ our team eliminated the employee
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MKTG6020 Reflection on Simulation (Individual 30%) The important part of the simulation assignment is what you have learned from it. As such you will be required to reflect on the decisions you made and the outcomes. Some questions to help you structure and undertake this task are listed below‚ this is not an exhaustive list as they may be something in your experience that you feel is more important. You must provide rational for your decisions with reference to theory and explain what you
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Case #06CVD1620-2 Modification This document shall serve as a Modification of the above mention divorce decree‚ agreeable by both parents: Kristen D. Lord (Mother) and Brian L. Lord (Father) concerning the residency and visitation of their two minor daughters; Sierra F. Lord (age 14) and Savannah G. Lord (age 12). Residency Both parents agree that Sierra F. Lord shall reside with her mother for 9th‚ 10th‚ 11th‚ and 12th grade school years. Likewise it is agreed that Savannah G. Lord shall also
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PRACTICE SET 1 1. Your first task is to determine the structure of the DEPARTMENTS and EMPLOYEES tables and its contents. 2. The HR department wants a query to display the last name‚ job code‚ hire date‚ and employee number for each employee‚ with employee number appearing first. Provide an alias STARTDATE for the HIRE_DATE column. 3. The HR department needs a query to display all unique job codes from the EMPLOYEES table. 4. The HR department wants more descriptive column headings
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Benihana Simulation Analysis Harvard Business Publishing has created a computer simulation to replicate the operations management decisions facing Benihana. Benihana is a teppanyaki style restaurant franchise that focuses on bringing a theatrical dinning experience to its patrons. The layout of the restaurant consists of two seating areas: the bar and the dining area. The goal of this simulation is to maximize utilization‚ throughput time and the nightly profit using different batching‚ bar sizing
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Market Segmentation When the magazines are developed‚ reading magazines become more and more popular in people’s daily lives. Therefore‚ a host of different kind of category magazines is created‚ such as catering‚ fashion and auto industry‚ which provide a good source for people to obtain knowledge and enrich their experience. Initially‚ one of the most popular magazines is called “play boy” which is mainly decision for males in modern world. The “play boy” is found in December‚ 1953; at the beginning
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