FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Planning It is the basic function of management. It deals with chalking out a future course of action & deciding in advance the most appropriate course of actions for achievement of pre-determined goals. According to KOONTZ‚ “Planning is deciding in advance - what to do‚ when to do & how to do. It bridges the gap from where we are & where we want to be”. A plan is a future course of actions. It is an exercise in problem solving & decision making. Planning
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296 HANDOUT: CONTINUOUS FLOW (PRODUCT ORIENTED LAYOUT) AND BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS Reference: Operations Management by Mark A. Vonderembse and Gregory P. White. The Product Layout and System Capacity The capacity of a product-oriented system can be visualized as a series of pipes of varying capacity‚ with the smallest diameter or capacity holding back the entire system. Exhibit 9.3 illustrates five pipes (departments or machines) with different diameters (capacities). The output
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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Production & Operations Management–Homework 1 for Section 4 Due Tuesday October 16‚ 2012 1.1 Eastman publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation‚ textbook design‚ and production setup is estimated to be $80‚000. Variable production and material costs are estimated to be $3 per book. Demand over the life of the book is estimated to be 4‚000 copies. The publisher plans to sell the text to college
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Q1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Production and Operations Management ("POM") is the transformation of production and operational inputs into "outputs" that‚ when distributed‚ meet the needs of customers. The History of Production and Operations Management began during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution began in the 1770s in England and spread to the rest of Europe and the United States during the 19th Century. During this time‚ goods were produced
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but paper files were still kept for practical and legal reasons. FILE CLERKS The file department employed 20 file clerks who pulled files from stacks‚ refilled used files‚ and delivered files to various departments including commercial lines‚ personal lines‚ and claims. Once a file clerk received the file. Clerks delivered files to underwriters on an hourly basis throughout the day. The average file clerk was paid $8‚300 per year. One special file clerk was used full time to search for requested
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UNIVERSITY OF JOS FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.PAPER PRESENTATION ON BUS 323 TOPIC: LINE BALANCING AND AUTOMATION. PRESENTED TO MRS. RONKE.There is a need for every firm or industry to balance their production line or assembly line so that there is an even flow of production units form one work station to the next. In order to reduce cost of production it is necessary to avoid idleness of machines and with it‚ the labour‚ well-balanced lines improve labour work.
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MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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Lecture-5 Assembly Line Balancing Dr. Dileep S. More Operations Management Group IIM Calcutta Objectives • Understand the concept of assembly line balancing • Study a general procedure to balance the line • Study advantages of line balancing Introduction • The first movable assembly line was created by Ford to manufacture the Ford Model T • Ford installed a capstan and a thick cable to move the cars between assembly stations Ford’s assembly line concept A Line with Multi Operators
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[pic] Course: Advance diploma in Business Management Module: Production & Operations Management Date:2013.08.06 Name of lecturer: Daniel Chew The following examples show different products and services working by different model to achieve different customers’ satisfactions. Two products examples and two service examples will be included. Product 1: 5Ps Framework of O.M. is used in the electronic devices company‚ Apple. Apple: Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a famous
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