INDIVIDUAL FINAL EXAM SPECIALISATION COURSE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS Read this carefully This exam is a closed book exam: you are not allowed to have books‚ articles‚ notes etc. on your desk. Please take care of your handwriting. You need to be very specific about which question you are answering - it is noticed here that often one question exists of several sub questions. Please explain all your answers and write down your name and student number on each sheet
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AT TESCO PLC: MANAGING FINANCE‚ PEOPLE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT THE ORGANISATION Abstract In this assignment‚ we will take the case of Tesco to understand the strategies it used to manage finance at the company. The second part of the assignment will concentrate of the human resource management practices adopted by Tesco and the finance part of the assignment will be concerning the information system strategy at Tesco. Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………
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The three main functional activities in a business are: • operations • sales and marketing • Finance. The sales and marketing function work to find and create demand for the company’s goods and services by understanding customer needs and developing new markets. The need for marketing and operations to work closely together is particularly important as the marketing function will provide the forecast of demand from which operations can plan sufficient capacity in order to deliver goods and
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Business Report- Operation Influence Influences on operations management have a dual effect on the businesses. They can cause the business to undergo change and to adjust to external factors‚ as responsiveness to change is a constant issue. The second effect is the threats and opportunities influences present. An understanding of these external influences can help a business be able to manage and respond to them in an efficient manner by implementing various strategies. As such‚ this will contribute
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BAD 429 Operation Management Project: BMW By: Rodolphe Beyrouthy Presented to: Table of contents: Executive summary................................................................................................3 Charts ……………………………………………………………………………..4 - 6 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..7 History…………………………………………………………………….………..7 – 10 Design of goods and services…………………………………………………..…10 - 11 Managing quality………………………………………………………………... 11 - 12 Process and capacity design………………………………………………
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Introduction Discussion Conclusions and Recommendations References What we’re looking for…. Application of the theory to Airbus A380; A clear structure; Evidence of analysis; Recommendations that are based on your analysis; Report style – i.e. clear sections with headings and sub-headings; Logical conclusions. The troubled history of the Airbus A380 _______________________________________________ Operations in Practice: The troubled history of the Airbus A380 It is perhaps inevitable
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Running Head: BUSINESS PROBLEM PAPER AND PRESENTATION Business Problem Paper and Presentation University of Phoenix MBA 510 - Managerial Decision Making Professor Daniel A. Puente University of Phoenix Faculty Due April 28‚ 2008 Business Problem Paper and Presentation In the following pages‚ discussion will take place on the Wal-Mart Corporation‚ more specifically issues that have arisen with employee retention within the company. This work will illustrate both statistically and comprehensively
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Four season hotel is the hotel which has top of the quality service among the entire famous hotel. Besides that‚ four season hotel also won a lot of an award due to their quality of service. However‚ four season hotel can be success also can be due to their golden rule which make sure the hotel staff to treat the hotel guests with courtesy and intelligence. Besides that‚ the golden rule also was meant to the employers which also treat the employees fairly and also treat them in humanity. This golden
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1: OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY TRUE/FALSE 1. Some of the operations-related activities of Hard Rock Café include designing meals and analyzing them for ingredient cost and labor requirements. True (Global company profile‚ easy) The production process at Hard Rock Café is limited to meal preparation and serving customers. False (Global company profile‚ easy) All organizations‚ including service firms such as banks and hospitals‚ have a production function. True (What is operations management? moderate)
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Deluxe car (units/hours) = (4000)/ (20000) = 0.20 Limited Car (units/hours) = (6000)/ (30000) = 0.20 Deluxe car (Dollars) = (4000*8000)/ (20000*12) = 800/6 = 133.33 Limited Car (Dollars) = (6000*9500)/ (30000*14) = 135.71 Problems associated with labor productivity: As we can see the productivity from deluxe as well limited is same when in terms of units per hours however the Productivity of limited car is more when units sold and labor cost is taken under consideration
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