KAIZEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MARKS: 80 COURSE: _______ SUBJECT: OPERATION MANAGEMENT N.B: 1} Attempt all the questions 2} All Questions Carries Equal Marks Name:___________________ Reference Number: ________________ Case – 1 OM IN SNACKS Let’s say that you decided to go for some snacks with your friends. Among many options‚ you can go to a roadside thela (cart)‚ a snack joint like are Udipi restaurant or some restaurant which serves many things including full meals‚ to name few
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planning which begins with accurate forecasts. To improve its customer forecasting and planning organizations establish a core business process called Customer Demand Planning (COP). The COP is a business planning process enabling sales teams to develop demand forecasts as input to manufacturing planning and control. The whole process has been termed as Demand Management. "Manufacturing organizations‚ whatever their products‚ face the same daily practical problem - that customers want products to
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Homework 4- Chapters 13 and 14 Due October 21‚ 2014 You have to work in your group. Individual efforts will not be graded. Chapter 13- Statistical Quality Control Problems 2‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 9 pages 339-341 and of the 14th edition textbook ( If you do not have the 14th edition‚ you may use a copy of these two pages available in the pdf file on BB in the same location you found this document). 2. The cost of quality would increase in order for the supplier to do a quality check on the customer’s
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in manufacturing‚ so much so that it has rapidly permeated the organization at every level. Consequently‚ there is a growing need for those related to or interested in manufacturing to understand the nature of this technology and the way it can best be used to increase competitive advantage that is profit. Information technology‚ responsible for data collection‚ processing‚ storage‚ retrieval and distribution has made significant strides in the last decade or so. Unfortunately‚ manufacturing environments
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MENG 364 – MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY Department: Mechanical Engineering Program Name: Mechanical Engineering Course Number: MENG 364 Program Code: 23 Credits: (4‚1) 4 Year/Semester: 2011-2012 Fall Required Course Elective Course Prerequisite(s): MENG 182 Catalog Description: Fundamentals and principles of major manufacturing processes: casting‚ bulk deformation‚ sheet metalworking‚ powder metallurgy. Processing of polymers‚ ceramics‚ glass‚ rubber and composites. Metal cutting:
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Problem The organization underwent management change in early 2004. The company lost $690‚000 (Refer to appendix 1) in that year‚ which resulted in a low morale of the employees. They have lost faith in the management and have low motivation level. So‚ a decision has to be made regarding the production of three products i.e. 101‚ 102 and 103. Recently the giant in the industry Samra decided to lower the selling price for the product 101 and a final decision has to be made‚ if the organization should lower
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company is registered in New York stock exchange U.S.A. to make a better control over the business the company has given the manufacturing rights to different companies. Now these companies are producing the products on the behalf of the company by using their trademark. To maintain their goodwill in the market the company has a strict policy while granting the manufacturing rights Pepsi-Cola have standardized products all over the world (e.g‚ same in size‚ shape and quality). The franchises have
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Define the terms “motivating operation”‚ “establishing operation”‚ and “abolishing operation”. Motivating operation (MO) is what is used to either increase or decrease the value of a certain reinforcer or determine the frequency of a behavior. An establishing operation (EO) is defined as anything that is withheld for a certain period‚ which will increase the value of the reinforcer or punisher. On the other hand‚ an abolishing operation (AO) is something that is used to decrease the value of a
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Introduction to Operations Management After completing this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Define the term operations management. 2. Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate. 3. Identify similarities and differences between production and service operations. 4. Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager’s job. 5. Summarize the two major aspects of process management. 6. Explain the key aspects of operations management
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OPERATIONS AT WHIRPOOL INTRODUCTION: This project explains the various initiatives on operations management taken up by Whirlpool.. As Whirlpool grew in size it had restructured its supply chain ‚the project gives a detailed description of the procurement initiatives taken by it ‚ a move towards global platform‚ It also explains the reasons behind the company changing its manufacturing strategy from a ’push’ system to a ’pull’ system and further to a ’hybrid push/pull’ system‚ and use of third
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