need for the practice of operations management cannot be forgone. Operations management is very important in business operations since it forms the heart of the organisation by controlling the system of operation. Operations management deals with the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver a firm’s primary products and services. Like marketing and finance‚ operations management is a functional field of business with clear management responsibilities. Guinness
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production in the Dingolfing plant….3 4. Differences between service and manufacturing operations….5 5. Operations strategy of BMW….6 6. Operational objectives for automobile production in Dingolfing plant….7 7. Design….8 7.1 Process design….8 7.2 Product design….8 7.3 Designing an car in BMW….9 7.4 Evaluating and improving the design…9 7.5 Simulation and prototyping in design of the BMW’s….9 8. Design of the operation process of automobile production in the Dingolfing plant….10 9. Process type…
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1: OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY TRUE/FALSE 1. Some of the operations-related activities of Hard Rock Café include designing meals and analyzing them for ingredient cost and labor requirements. True (Global company profile‚ easy) The production process at Hard Rock Café is limited to meal preparation and serving customers. False (Global company profile‚ easy) All organizations‚ including service firms such as banks and hospitals‚ have a production function. True (What is operations management? moderate)
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Markets Motorcycles: Overall Two-wheeler sales of Indian players is dominated by the domestic market and‚ within it‚ by motorcycles. After growing at a sharp clip from the late 1990s‚ motorcycle sales witnessed a 7.8% drop in volume in 2007-08‚ due to falling domestic demand as a result of rising interest rates and many private sector banks reducing their retail lending exposures. 2008-09 saw a modest increase in motorcycle sales of 4%‚ driven largely by growth in cash sales. Even so‚ sales of
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AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Vol. 14‚ No. 4‚ Winter 2005‚ pp. 482– 492 issn 1059-1478 05 1404 482$1.25 POMS © 2005 Production and Operations Management Society Sustainable Operations Management Paul R. Kleindorfer • Kalyan Singhal • Luk N. Van Wassenhove The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania 19104‚ USA Merrick School of Business‚ University of Baltimore‚ 1420 N. Charles Street‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland 21201‚ USA INSEAD‚ Technology and Operations Management
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Section B: Caselets (40 marks) • This section consists of Caselets. • Answer all the questions. • Each caselet carries 20 marks. • Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words). Caselet 1 COMPANY BACKGROUND The Bronson Insurance Group was originally founded in 1900 in Auxvasse‚ Missouri‚ by James Bronson. The Bronson Group owns a variety of companies that underwrite personal and commercial insurance policies. Annual sales of the Bronson Group
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PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MB0044 SET I 1. Explain in brief the origins of Just in Time. Explain the different types of wastes that can be eliminated using JIT. Just-in-Time (JIT) is a production strategy that strives to improve a business’ return on investment by reducing in-process inventory and associated carrying costs. Just In Time production method is also called the Toyota Production System. To meet JIT objectives‚ the process relies on signals or Kanban between different
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OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Submit: 18/08/2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………………… 03 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………… 04 Operations strategy……………………………………………………………………. 05 Operations competitive dimensions…………………………………………………… 06 Capacity……………………………………………………………………………….. 07 Location……………………………………………………………………………….. 08 Total Quality Management……………………………………………………………. 09 Flexibility……………………………………………………………………………… 11 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………
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MKT B370 Operations Management SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPER Important Note: This specimen examination paper serves solely as an illustration of the types of questions which may be contained in the examination. Students should not construe these questions as the actual examination questions nor part of the actual examination paper. In addition‚ this specimen examination paper does not purport to represent the complete scope or coverage of the course and the distribution of the topics to be examined
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2/21/2014 EM 502 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Middle East Technical University 1 Department of Industrial Engineering 06531 Ankara / Turkey General Information • Textbook: Operations Management by Heizer and Render‚ Prentice Hall‚ 10th Edition‚ 2010. • Grading – Midterm Exams (2) 60% – Final (Comprehensive) 20% – Case Studies (2 or 3 – team work) 20% Middle East Technical University 2 Department of Industrial Engineering 06531 Ankara / Turkey 1 2/21/2014 Outline • • • • • • • •
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