Assignment 1: Operation Decision Assume you have been hired as a managing consultant by a company to offer some advice that will help it make a decision as to whether it should shut down completely or continue its operations. It currently uses 100 workers to produce 6‚000 units of output per month (working 20 days / month). The daily wage (per worker) is $70‚ and the price of the firm’s output is $32. The cost of other variable inputs is $2‚000 per day. It also tells us that the firm’s fixed cost
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Designing a Sustainability Management System at BMW Group The Designworks/USA Case Study Kellie A. McElhaney and Michael W. Toffel Haas School of Business‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ USA Natalie Hill Human Rights Center‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ USA G Sustainable management system (SMS) G Industrial design G Triple bottom line G Sustainability G UN Global Compact G Case study This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management
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Introduction to Hospitality and tourism Lecture 1 Tourism : Activity of people taking trips away from home and the industry which has developed to cater to/support the needs of tourism. (does not include migrants‚ PR‚ illegal immigrants) History of tourism * Early travellers travelled for: 1) curiosity 2) food and hunting (survival) 3) trade (trade routes formed – silk
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reputation in the market Weakness 1. Limited market share inspite of good brand recall 2. Operations are affected globally due to different Govt policies and parameters Opportunity 1. High potential in emerging markets 2. Innovation in customer services 3. Digitalization and better use of technology 4. Indian and as well as global hospitality sectors are looking at a boom Threats 1. Entry of several international brands along with the
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Hospitality Industry Knowledge 1. List six sources of current industry information: - Media: Such as newspapers‚ television‚ magazines and radio. The media publicises current information‚ trends developing and any government initiatives. - Customers: By doing customer questionnaires this can inform enterprises as to what they need to improve‚ as well as which staff are working well. - Information services: For example the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Tourism NSW (all these services
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Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management True / False Questions 1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services. True False 2. Often‚ the collective success or failure of companies’ operations functions will impact the ability of a nation to compete with other nations. True False 3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one of the two
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entering the beverage part of the coffee business or expanding the number of Starbucks stores. For most of 1984‚ Starbucks managers were dividing their time between their operations in Seattle and the Peet’s enterprise in San Francisco. Schultz found himself in San Francisco every other week supervising the marketing and operations of the five Peet’s stores. Starbucks employees began to feel neglected and‚ in one quarter‚ did not receive their usual bonus due to tight financial conditions. Employee
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productivity ratio for each week b. Explain the labor productivity pattern exhibited by the data. Answer: Productivity is a basic measure of performance for economics‚ industries‚ firms and processes. Improving productivity is a major trend in operations management because all firms face pressures to improve their processes and supply chains so as to compete with their competitors. Productivity is the value of outputs (services and products) produced divided by the value of input resources (wages
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2 C H A P T E R Operations Strategy in a Global Environment DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Human Resources 1. Global seems the better label for Boeing since authority and responsibility reside in the U.S.—the home country. Supply Chain 2. Six reasons to internationalize: Reduce costs‚ improve supply chain‚ provide better goods and services‚ attract new markets‚ learn to improve operations‚ attract and retain global talent. Scheduling 3. No. Sweetness at Coca-Cola is adjusted for
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The Hospitality Industry - a massive expansion of joy-bringing and inspired ideals that are present in different variations across the globe! There are so many adjectives you can use to describe the different facets of this incredible industry; some may be exotic and thrilling‚ while others are simply relaxing and luxurious! You really can not go wrong in this industry‚ and after all what ’s not to love? That is why I‚ having stumbled my way blindly into the hospitality experience‚ am not going to
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