OPERATIONS RESEARCH INTRODUCTION Operations Research is a unique discipline‚ one of its kinds‚ best of breeds‚ employing several highly developed and advanced analytical techniques which in turn aids in effective decision making. It is often regarded as a sub-field of mathematics. Operations research (OR) are not only deeply involved with making and taking effective decisions. It is also concerned with minimizing losses‚ optimization‚ simulations‚ forecasting and predicting within an organization
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|Lecturer: | |5 |34 |May15th‚ 2013 |Anthony Mensah | |Unit Title: Operation Management in Business |Submission Deadline: | | |
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Assignment London Churchill College Programme: BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Unit Number and Title: (34) Operations Management Unit Level (QCF): 5 Module Tutor: Cliff Sikpi Email: Cliffsikpi@yahoo.com Date Set: 28/09/11 |Learner’s name and statement of authenticity | |
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|STAT 2800: doING bUSINESS IN eUROPE | |Operations Management | |Nordea v. Honka | |
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 2 This assignment will define operations management and explore the various bodies of knowledge and practices that have led to operations management as it is currently known today. Additionally‚ this paper will focus on topic areas such as supply chain management‚ total quality
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car-sharing company Zipcar is the industry leader with over 400‚000 users in 13 major cities‚ and 150 college campuses. Zipcar mainly operates in urban areas and in college towns where car ownership is lower and parking is expensive and/or limited. People are enjoying the convenience of reserving the car over the phone or online for a nominal fee on an hourly or per day basis. The cost of service includes the fuel‚ car maintenance‚ and insurance charges. Currently‚ the main goal of Zipcar is to enter into
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ZIPCAR Case 1. Who are Zipcar’s primary stakeholders‚ and what are their particular interests? Zipcar’s primary stakeholders include their internal claimants‚ which are the executives and employees such as Scott Grffith; chairman and CEO‚ Steve Case; board of director‚ Ed Goldfinger; CFO‚ and Mark Norman; President and COO. Their particular interests are to drive Zipcar forward giving it strategic growth. They also aim maintain the business model and operations while maintaining focus on customer
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Environmental Analysis for Car2Go I. Introduction This project has been conducted to do an environmental analysis to the company called Car2go and its membership/sign-up product in Vancouver. The analysis has been done using all the external forces that involves collecting facts about the company through primary and secondary research. The external forces has been divided into 6 categories namely Demographic‚ Socio-Cultural‚ Competitive‚ Technological‚ Economic‚ and Regulatory
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Borrowed Car‚ Inc: Zipcar Watch Out Car Sharing & Opportunities for Growth Zipcar‚ Inc. is an entrepreneurial venture started in 1999 and was incorporated in the year 2000 by founders Robin Chase and Antje Danielson. The Zipcar business model is a sophisticated form of car sharing that was innovative for the time. Yet‚ it is important to note that this form of company is not the first of its kind. This would be a potential business to model our business after. Our goal is to create a smart economical
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………….1 II. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………2 III. Literature Review…………………………………………………………………………………4 IV. Methodology 1. Analytical Hierarchy Process……………………………………………………...6 2. Goal Programming……………………………………………………………………..8 3. Integrated Analytical Hierarchy Process - Goal Programming………9 V. Formulation 1. Deriving AHP weights………………………………………………………………10 2. Decision variables……………………………………………………………………13 3. Constrains………………………………………………………………………………14
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