Sammanfattning – KURS 190: FÖRETAGANDE – OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – VT08 Operations management p. 3-35 What is operations management? Operations management is the activity of managing resources which are devoted to the production and delivery of products and services. 3 core functions Marketing function – communicating the products to the market. Product/service development function – creating new products/services. Operations function – fulfilling customer requests. Support functions
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the lead time for a family of 4 products. Although the results initially looked promising‚ after several weeks the performance started to decline. At the present time the lead time performance is 8 weeks. This is considered unacceptable by Spartan Management. The final target is to reach a lead time of at most 5 days‚ but for the short term (which is the focus for this report) the target is 15 days or less. Structure of the Report The current chapter introduces the products and the manufacturing
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1. Briefly describe salt production from brine production to finished round cans. Salt is produce by drilling the surface for about 2‚400 feet below. Then‚ water is infused in this cave; thus‚ salt is dissolved with the water. The resulting brine is then pumped in the surface‚ boiled and when it evaporates‚ salt crystals will occur with some moisture but can be removed through the drying process. This happen continuously for about 6 weeks but there will come a point where output will reduce (normal
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| |Unit / PCs |QUESTIONS | |QCF642-1.2 |Describe the different methods of communicating with line management‚ colleagues and customers. | | | | | |
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Introduction to Operations Management Learning Objectives * Define the term operations management * Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate * Compare and contrast service and manufacturing operations * Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations manager’s job * Differentiate between design and operation of production systems * Describe the key aspects of operations management
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The Encyclopedia of Operations Management Terms by Professor Arthur V. Hill Curtis L. Carlson School of Management 321-19th Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ MN 55455-0413 USA ahill@umn.edu Revised July 20‚ 2003 P O M S Production Operations Management Society The electronic version of this encyclopedia is distributed free of charge by the Production Operations Management Society (POMS) under the conditions that (1) you send corrections and additions to ahill@umn.edu
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|STAT 2800: doING bUSINESS IN eUROPE | |Operations Management | |Nordea v. Honka | |
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that is essential in modern supply chain management. JIT sets out to cut costs by reducing the amount of goods and materials a firm holds in stock. JIT involves: producing and delivering finished goods ‘just in time’ to be sold partly finished goods ‘just in time’ to be assembled into finished goods parts ‘just in time’ to go into partly finished goods materials ‘just in time’ to be made into parts. The principle that underpins JIT is that production should be ‘pulled through’ rather than ‘pushed
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$1600 higher than the Lexus. Assume (i) the average cost of premium gasolene to be $3.00 per gallon (ii) the average cost of diesel to be $3.25 per gallon (ii) the average customer drives 12000 miles per year and (iii) there is no time discount. What should be the price of the CDL such that the economic value of Benz CDL over Lexus GL (during a 10 year use horizon by a customer) is completely appropriated by Mercedes Benz? The economic value of CDL: Price of substitute=48000 Cost saving=(12000/20*3-12000/25*3
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operation management • Executive Summary Operation management is defined as the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services. Somerset furniture company’s global supply chain was getting lose its competitive edge and even faced shipments delayed by as much as 40%. The company prides itself on customer service and fears that late deliveries to its customers would harm its credibility and result in lost customers and excessive
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