OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (MGCR 472) WINTER 2011 COURSE RELATED INFORMATION INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Dr. Malleswara Talla Tel: (514) 287-5217 Office: Bronfman 501 - INSTRUCTOR’S OFFICE HOURS‚ E-MAIL AND MAILING ADDRESS INFO Tuesdays 13:00 pm – 14:00 pm Office Hours (Please send me a message if you need to see me during office hour) You can reach me over telephone‚ by email‚ then a meeting by appointment if needed. E-mail Mailing Address malleswara.talla@mcgill.ca Desautels Faculty of Management
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The Psychology of Waiting Lines By David H. Maister Introduction In one of a series of memorable advertisements for which it has become justly famous‚ Federal Express (the overnight package delivery service) noted that: "Waiting is frustrating‚ demoralizing‚ agonizing‚ aggravating‚ annoying‚ time consuming and incredibly expensive." (1) The truth of this assertion cannot be denied: there can be few consumers of services in a modern society who have not felt‚ at one time or another‚ each of the
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Waiting Line Analysis McDonalds - Dago Benediktus Duan Putra Jeremy Joseph Kristianto Wicaksana McDonalds Waiting Line Objective To study the reliability of the McDonalds delivery system to provide a meal & beverages to a customer prior to reaching their critical wait time. McDonalds provides several queues in parallel‚ the first for ordering and paying‚ and the second‚ an (invisible) station where customers wait while their food is gathered and served. The time it takes to cook the food is
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University of Science and Technology Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management Final Year Project Waiting Line Managementin Supermarket Check-Out Process Group Member | : | Chan WaiNok | | | Chow Yuen Ching | | | Wong Wai Ki | Project Advisor | : | Prof. Rachel Zhang | Content 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Waiting Line System 3 1.2 Reasons for Managing the Waiting Line in the Check-out Process 6 1.3 Making Decisions 14 1.4 Our Main Focus 19 2. Backgrounds 21
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In the article “Waiting in Line at the Drugstore” the narrators says that how one can utilize an unpleasant circumstance to his benefit. The narrator describes his story how he was treated in the drugstore. And how he utilizes is time by reading books while waiting in the line and how it proved to be beneficial to him in his future. He expresses his story in order to inspire people. The narrator through his writing wants to convey that people should know how to utilize their opportunity. I have
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Waiting In Line At The Drugstore While reading “Waiting In Line At The Drugstore” by James Thomas Jackson‚ I was filled with utter disgust. I knew that the discrimination and racism in the 1930s was dreadful‚ but this was unthinkably repugnant. Jackson paints such a vivid picture with his harrowingly descriptive words that I couldn’t help but feel empathetic and share his strong resentment towards the “whites”. Throughout the story‚ he expresses how he feels discomfort being in the presence
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study b) Need for the study c) Methodology d) Scope of the study e) Limitations. 2) Company profile 3) Inventory management. f) Introduction. g) Types and classification of inventory (ABC analysis) h) Need for inventory control i) Use different forecasting Technique j) Select best forecasting method k) Apply the different inventory models l) Calculate economic order quantity m) The re-order level. n) Safety stock 4) Findings 5) Recommendations
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Page 217 C H A P T E R Waiting Line and Queuing Theory Models 14 TEACHING SUGGESTIONS Teaching Suggestion 14.1: Topic of Queuing. Here is a chapter that all students can relate to. Ask about student experiences in lines. Stress that queues are a part of our everyday lives and how things have changed at banks‚ post offices‚ and airports in just the past decade. (We now wait in a common line for the first available server.) Teaching Suggestion 14.2: Cost of Waiting Time from an Organizational
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factors affect waiting lines. For example‚ fast checkout lines (e.g.‚10 items or fewer) are uncommon in Japan. Why do you think so? When Krispy Kreme donuts entered the Japanese market‚ people were willing to wait in line for up to three hours to get donuts although another brand of donuts was available. I have tried these donuts and agree that they taste really good‚ however I would not wait in line for up to three hours for them. The Japanese on the other hand‚ enjoy standing in line. Japanese
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STRAIGHT LINE MODEL In many investigations‚ two or more variables are observed for each experimental unit in order to determine: 1. Whether the variables are related. 2. How strong the relationships appear to be. 3. Whether one variable of primary interest can be predicted from observations on the others. Regression analysis concerns the study of relationships between quantitative variables with the object of identifying‚ estimating‚ and validating the relationship. The estimated relationship
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