1. The R&D department is planning to bid on a large project for the development of a new communication system for commercial planes. The accompanying table shows the activities‚ times‚ and sequences required: |Activity |Immediate Predecessor |Time (weeks) | |A |- |3 | |B |A |2
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Disney’s Planning Process Aggregate planning at Disney World is all about people—how many people will visit the parks and what they will do while there. The Disney property in Florida includes 4 parks‚ 20 hotels‚ 27‚500 rooms‚ 160 miles of roads‚ and 56‚000 employees. Forecasting attendance and guest behavior helps plan for more than 1 billion customer interactions per year‚ and the purchase of 9 million hamburgers‚ 50 million Cokes‚ and tons of “tangible memories.” Planning begins with
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Factor Rating (Facility Location) Example-01 A manufacturer of garments is actively considering five alternative locations for setting up its factory. The locations vary in terms of their advantages to the firm. Hence‚ the firm requires a method of identifying the most appropriate location. Based on a survey of its senior executives‚ the firm has arrived at six factors to be considered for final site selection. The rating of each factor on a scale of 1 to 100 provides this information. Further
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What is the maximum number of applications per hour that can be handled by the present configuration of the process? Based upon the present configuration‚ the license renewal department can process 60 applications per hour. As seen in the process map in the attached excel document as well as the flow diagram below‚ the cycle time for the renewal process is driven by the time it takes to complete the bottleneck activity. In this configuration‚ the bottleneck activity is step three as it has the
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Exercise 1 page 224 a. Using Maximax‚ the worst payoffs for the alternatives are as follws: Do nothing: $60 thousands Expand: $80 thousands Subcontract: $70 thousands Hence‚ since $80 thousands is the best‚ choose to expand the firms using the maximax strategy b. Using Maximin Do nothing: $50 thousands Expand: $20 thousands Subcontract: $40 thousands Hence‚ since $50 thousands is the best‚ choose to do nothing using the maximin strategy c. Using Laplace For the Laplace criterion
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1. A manufacturer’s average work-in-process inventory for a certain part is 1‚000 units. The workstation produces this part at the rate of 200 units per day. What is the average time a unit spends at this workstation? 2. The Wilcox Student Health Center has just implemented a new computer system and service process to \improve e±ciency." As pharmacy manager‚ you are con- cerned about waiting time and its potential impact on college students who \get no respect." All prescriptions (Rxs) go
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Test 1 (29.10.2014): Case Volkswagen Scandal Unprecedented scandal was provoked by ordinary shares of Volkswagen in Frankfurt stock-exchange. 30.10.2008 German company Volkswagen has become in very short time the biggest company in the world (making the American oil giant Exxon-Mobil second in the list). It happened after 500% growth of VW ordinaries. On Friday October 24 market price of VW ordinary share was EUR 211‚ but at the end of the Tuesday October 28 trading
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Executive Summary: Operations and processes are the activities of each organisation that drive their output. This assignment examines the operation and processes of the IT services of a semi-government organisation. It demonstrates the current state of the operations and provides comprehensive analysis of its processes. It demonstrates how the operations performance impacts the strategic outcomes of the organisation. The study further provides insights in the operations supply network configuration
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Project Management ToolBox | Volkswagen Mexico | | | 7/9/2011 | Project Management Tool Box Volkswagen Mexico All companies are faced with completing projects‚ whether it is to make a product‚ complete a service or an outcome such as a research project. Project Management helps to ensure that the projects are done effectively and efficiently. Project management is the “application of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools‚ and techniques to meet the project requirements.” (Project management body
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and are responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operations. The Terminal Operation Managers are responsible for the manpower planning and actual running of the shifts‚ and they report directly to you. You are currently working from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m.‚ your Terminal Operations Manager is currently working from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. The operations manager coning in on this particular evening‚ Rick Raleigh‚ is regarded as the best operations manager at the terminal and gets along great with all
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