Winter 2013 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2 MB0048 – Operations Research - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1631) (Roll no: 1305009661) Q.1: Discuss the various stages involved in the methodology of Operations Research. Briefly explain the techniques and tools of Operations Research. Ans: The basic dominant characteristic feature of operations research is that it employs mathematical representations or models to analyse problems. This distinct approach represents an adaptation of the
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International Journal of Operations & Production Management A service positioning matrix David A. Collier Susan M. Meyer Article information: To cite this document: David A. Collier Susan M. Meyer‚ (1998)‚"A service positioning matrix"‚ International Journal of Operations & Production Management‚ Vol. 18 Iss 12 pp. 1223 - 1244 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443579810236647 Downloaded on: 09 February 2015‚ At: 04:39 (PT) References: this document contains references
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THEORY What determines if particular activity have to make with a firm and which throught the market? Ronald Case’s answer was relative cost. This relative cost is composed by transaction costs ( costs of negotiating or monitoring ) and administrative costs ( costs of production and resource allocation ). If the transaction costs are greater than the administrative costs‚ obviously the productive activity will be internalized into the firm. During the nineteenth companies grew in size and scope
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Stars I have categorized iPhone and iPod in Star category which means they both need further investment in product development and there are greater opportunities available in the marketfor growth. Latest figures reveal that the growth rate for iPods is currently 28% and for thoseof iPhone’s its 48%.Apple enjoys 60% more market share in iPod than its closest rivalScandisk in the market. In iPhone’s‚ Apple is not the market leader but has 28% market sharewhere manufacturer of Blackberry RIM has 41%
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for functions of management in your organization . Profile Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies. It belongs to Inditex‚ one of the world’s largest distribution groups. Zara welcomes shoppers in 86 countries to its network of 1.770 stores in upscale locations in the world’s largest cities. The retailer’s international footprint proves that national borders are no hindrance to a shared fashion culture. Zara is in tune with its customers‚ who help it give shape to the ideas
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Average Product” as “Average output per employee.” MP has to do with the extra output produced by the last person that was hired. Q (L‚K) = a + bL + cL2 +dL3 only labor is in the SR production formula. Q (L‚K) = a + bKL + cK2L2 +dK3L3 (Both labor and capital are in LR formula.) TFC =Total Capital Costs = rK Here “r” represents the “capital costs over the specified time period for 1-unit of capital K.” TC = wL + rK‚ w = wage rate paid to each laborer (per time period)‚L = number of units of labor
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Ltd COBIT ASSESSMENT MATRIX COBIT 4.1 AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR ERP {Page 1 of 109} COBIT ASSESSMENT MATRIX 1. INTRODUCTION: At a certain point in time‚ every organization has to take steps to change/improve itself and its processes to comply with its own goals and that of its clients. The ultimate goal of a business is growth and that can be done in a continuous or a phased fashion. Everyone in the organization tries to hold on to their known state of operations‚ organization and processes
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Fairynails Beauty Products and Services S.A. Operations Management Project Due Date: May 2nd 2011 1 Table of contents Table of contents ........................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 Company Information ...............................................................
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STUDY ANALYSIS February 21‚ 2008 Sommaire I- Introduction 3 II- Analysis 4 III- SWOT Analysis 6 IV- Solutions 7 V- Recommendations 9 I- Introduction This case study presents two companies‚ Marks & Spencer and Zara‚ which are active in the apparel industry‚ and examines supply chains and the product-process linkages of both companies. Marks & Spencer‚ originally named Penny Bazaars‚ was founded by Michael Marks in 1884 in Northern England as a clothing sales
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In modern society‚ business relationships are becoming more and more important. Information‚ knowledge and personal networking are playing an important role in decision-making. Communications do not automatically take place effectively in organisations and that both information and work-based knowledge is often insufficient when decisions are made. This unit will let students know how to assess information and knowledge needs and to ensure the information and knowledge be taken effectively. Students
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