The company must acknowledge their apparent customers such as the intermediate customers in upper management that make decisions on “X”`s future direction, the internal customers who are functional managers and employees interacting along the assembly, i.e. The next person in the process, and the external customers who buy its product. It must also recognize each of its invisible customers such as the governmental and environmental agencies that have fined the company for non-compliance so frequently in the past year. Ignoring them will continue to negatively impact revenue.…
Quality has become a significant element among the competitive factors in the operations system. Quality is now recognized as a powerful strategic weapon, enables the organization to continually sustain in a global competition.…
This exam is to be completed as an individual assignment. Each question is from a corresponding chapter. For example, question 1 is from Chapter 1 and so on. Write 2-3 paragraphs for each of the four questions you choose to answer. In addition to your textbook, you should use and cite at least one other credible source and/or case study for each of the four questions you answer.…
Identify a business that has recently launched a quality improvement initiative (Harley Davidson would be just one of many examples). Your business could be one that is primarily product-providing or one that is primarily service-providing. Do some independent research in order to provide an overview of this initiative and the results of their efforts. The overview should take the form of a two-page paper. Within that assignment, cite examples of any control costs or failure costs that you can identify, in addition to prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs, and external failure costs (all of these terms are defined in considerable detail in section 8.8 of your textbook).…
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 inventories.…
Gioe Melaney is the general director of Southern Toro – a subsidiary company included in the distribution system of Toron Coporation in Galveston, Taxas.…
What is the t otal a nnual o rder a nd i nventoryholding costs for the EOQ?…
1. Is the goal of Six Sigma quality realistic for services such as Blockbuster Video Stores?…
rate of 2 Rxs per minute, with an average of one Rx per student. The…
a. The average number of SUVs parked = 50cars × (1 – 60%) = 20cars…
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an understanding of the role and importance of operations management in the efficient and effective production of goods and services. It will enable students to realise that the ‘proper’ organisation of productive systems, and their interfaces with internal as well as external customers and suppliers, is essential if goods/services are to be produced on time, to cost and within the laws and regulations.…
In the table given below the Distribution Manager is expected to service these DCs as per the demands placed. If the actual sales after completing week one is as follows, what would be the quantities that would need amendment as far as Distribution Manager is concerned to service for week two and onwards?…
This case study talks about the many service quality issues faced by a local mass transport company, SMRT. The company has to still remain functional amidst mass criticism amongst the public due to inefficient communication networks, inefficient maintenance and various problems in the senior management. As a newly appointed senior manager, it is imperative that we work towards delivering a high quality service to our customers. There are many tools and quality improvement frameworks that we can use to improve existing service quality standards.…
All praises and thanks go to Almighty Allah, the Lord and Creator of the universe through whose power and glory things are accomplished. He is the most merciful, who has bestowed on us the utmost potential, opportunity and ability to compile this report.…
A small firm produces two qualities of a product – Standard and De-Luxe. The contribution per unit is £100 for the Standard and £300 for the De-Luxe.…