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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Case Analysis 3 Barilla SpA MGT 371 Section 2 – Team 6 What is the impact of fluctuating demand on operations? Because of the way Barilla’s manufacturing process works‚ demand fluctuations have a significant impact on the company’s operations. Tight heat and humidity specifications in factory tunnel kilns require very specific sequences of pasta production‚ which means Barilla has limited flexibility in ramping up (or ramping down) the production of pastas experiencing unexpected demand levels
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Smith Dr. Daniels 2/14/13 Chapter 5 Video Case 1. Data warehouses store current as well as historical data and are used for creating trending reports for senior management reporting such as annual and quarterly comparisons. REI is building a data warehouse because they want to better serve their customers with their products. The data ware house allows REI to make the customers experience with their company a much more fulfilling one ensuring their return. 2. Consumer cooperatives
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MGMT 610- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. What are the differences between job-enlargement‚ job-enrichment‚ and job-rotation? Discuss the benefits of using each of these. Job design is an approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are seven components of job design‚ and JOB expansion is one of them. It includes: • Job enlargement: We add tasks requiring similar skill to an existent job. You are using the same skills‚ but the tasks are different
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building for their operations. A “brick and mortar” grocery has advantages and disadvantages compared to an online operation‚ like Theorganicgrocer.com. First of all‚ their major disadvantage is the overhead. The cost of property‚ insurance‚ taxes and staff is much higher for a “brick and mortar” operation than an online operation. The biggest advantage for a “brick and mortar” operation is customer security. To a customer‚ if a company has physical presence‚ it is seen as more reliable as the company
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its vision/mission statement Mission statements � Refers to the core business of the company‚ general philosophy and customer service focus � Need to be concise and effective Planning for success � Planning is the process of determining what steps you will take‚ when you will take them and how you will take them in order to achieve them � Business and strategic plans for a business have an external focus that with internal planning devices inform management of the outputs that will meet
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ACTIVE MODEL EXERCISE PROBLEMS INTERNET HOMEWORK PROBLEMS CASE STUDY: SMT’S NEGOTIATION WITH IBM BIBLIOGRAPHY INTERNET RESOURCES L EARNING O BJECTIVES When you complete this module you should be able to IDENTIFY OR DEFINE: What a learning curve is Example of learning curves The doubling concept DESCRIBE OR EXPLAIN: How to compute learning curve effects Why learning curves are important The strategic implications of learning curves 772 MODULE E L E A R N I N G C
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plastic and magnetic cards used for identification‚ automatic teller machines‚ copiers‚ toll collection‚ pay phones‚ health care and welfare administration. Universities‚ firms and governments rely on smart identification cards since they can contain more detailed data and enable many services to be integrated. Health care cards‚ for example‚ reduce document processing costs by allowing immediate access to personalized patient information stored in smart cards. Most other smart card uses combine identification
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Operation Barbarossa‚ the unparalleled assault that opened an Eastern against the Soviet Union‚ was the largest military offensive in known history‚ and became a turning point in World War II. Following the initial success came slowly formed failures‚ and set the stage for the Soviet Union to repel the largest assault in history‚ turning it into a counter attack with The Red Army’s eyes set on Berlin. The German military‚ widely regarded as the most experienced fighting force in the world‚ was at
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they belong. It is key to understand the opportunities and threats imposed on the industry when doing company specific analysis. Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model provides an excellent foundation for company and industry analysis. The IbisWorld Warehouse Clubs and Superstores September 18‚ 2007 report (IW) describes the barriers to entry as high due to the "Dominance of players currently in the industry‚ The cost of establishing or purchasing a retail outlet‚ weak product differentiation‚ and established
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