OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT So What Is Operations Management? So What Is Operations Management? So What Is Operations Management? • Managing and directing activities of all forms is crucial in organizations • Accomplished by designing efficient and productive processes‚ and by effectively allocating resources What Makes a Successful Operations Manager ? Success Factors · · · · · · · · Quantitative proficiency The ability to identify and control risk Strong organizational
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MGT 502 Final Review Questions 1. List and explain the three ways to decrease process throughput time. 1) Perform activities in parallel a. A serial approach results in the throughput time for the entire process being the sum of individual steps plus transport and waiting time between steps. Using a parallel approach can reduce throughput time by as much as 80 percent and produces a better result. 2) Change the sequence of activities b. Altering the sequence of activities
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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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Campus Wedding (A) & (B) In the case of the Adams-Jackson wedding‚ the concern was being able to put together a wedding with such limited time (approximately 3 weeks). In operations management‚ coordinating activities to come together is one thing; another aspect is finding how long this will take is another. In project management‚ the planning‚ directing and controlling resources to meet the technical‚ cost‚ and time constraints of a project are crucial to success! Some of the tools used to determine
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quality of a restaurant? Customers judge the quality of restaurants through a set of standards‚ its decore‚ design‚ layout ‚ food‚ menu‚ poesies and services. 2. Indicate how and why each of these factors is important to the successful operation of a restaurant: a. Customer satisfaction: As we all know that customers come first‚ so if we reached to satisfy our customers we will build a strong customer base an
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Caroline Walsh BADM 3601 – Operations Management Assignment # 4 Due: Monday November 12th ‐ 5:00 PM (a) A study‐aid desk manned by a graduate student has been established to answer student’s questions and help in working problems in your OM course. The desk is staffed eight hours per day. The dean wants to know how the facility is working. Statistics show that students arrive at a rate of four per hour‚ and the distribution is approximately Poisson. Assistance time averages 10 minutes‚ distributed
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Planning is of paramount importance for effective school management. Sound plans are essential for effective and efficient management in any organisation‚ because they serve as guides to all management functions. The management’s plan for the school are then given to the various departments at a school and from departments members of staff take the senior management’s plan and implement it during the day to day running of the school activities. Therefore‚ this assignment is looking at the assertion
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Management may choose to build up capacity in anticipation of demand or in response to developing demand. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. To illustrate some of the advantages and disadvantages‚ provide specific examples of companies that have used each strategy. Three things that are important when planning capacity is “maintaining system balance‚ frequency of capacity additions or reductions‚ and the use of external capacity.” (Jacobs‚ Chase Pg 75) Some of the advantages
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Centre for Continuing Education Executive MBA (OIL & GAS Management) Semester II YEAR: 2013 SESSION: January Assignment – 1 For Operations & Material Management (MBCQ 722D) (To be filled by the student) Name: _______________________ Sap No/Regn No: _______________________ Section A (20 Marks) Write short notes on any four of the following 1. Production management functions 2. The era of scientific management 3. Optimal criteria for selecting a plant location 4.
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certification? a. it is a prerequisite for ISO 9000 certification b. it indicates a higher level of adherence to standards than ISO 9000 c. it is only sought by companies exporting their goods d. it deals with environmental management 8. Total Quality Management emphasizes a. the responsibility of the Quality Control staff to identify and solve all quality-related problems b.
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