CHAPTER 10 ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 9-1 Once the relevant cash flows have been developed‚ they must be analyzed to determine whether the projects are acceptable or to rank the projects in terms of acceptability in meeting the firm ’s goal. 9-2 The payback period is the exact amount of time required to recover the firm ’s initial investment in a project. In the case of a mixed stream‚ the cash inflows are added until their sum equals the initial investment in the project. In the case of
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1. Introduction This report focuses on the case studies of the Levi Jeans workers and the California Auto Club reengineering customer service. It looks at operations management as a source for gaining a competitive advantage and overcoming potential problems experienced within and organisation or workplace. The questions to be reviewed are as follows: Jeans Therapy - Levi’s factory worker are assigned to teams‚ and morale takes a hit: 1. What went wrong with Levi’s move to teams in their plants
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Advances in process technology have radically changed many operations over the last two or three decades. And all indications are that the pace of technological development is not slowing down. Few operations have been unaffected by this because all operations use some kind of process technology‚ whether it is a simple Internet link or the most complex and sophisticated of automated factories. But whatever the technology‚ all operations managers need to understand what emerging technologies can do
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1-March-2005 05-03-001 SIG Combibloc - Supply Chain Innovations It was July 2002 and Theodore Streng‚ Head of Supply Chain Management (SCM) of SIG Combibloc‚ the second biggest supplier of aseptic packages for food and beverages just tried to prioritize the aspects he was about to present at the meeting of the executive committee on strategic positioning. The key issue of this meeting was the benchmark report which compared SIG Combibloc to its main competitor Tetra Pak. The results of
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Operation Management Assignment Liu Zhenya(Harry) 2014.2.26 Words[1724]Question1: Why is operations management important in this company ?Operations management refers to the administration of business practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible within an organization. Operations management is concerned with converting materials and labor into goods and services as efficiently as possible to maximize the profit of an organization (Stevenson‚ W. J.‚ & Hojati‚ M.‚ 2007). The
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Operations Management and Ethical Issue According to Aquilano‚ Chase‚ and Jacobs (2005)‚ "Operations management (OM) is defined as the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm ’s primary products and services" (p.19). Operations management is a dynamic field and presents exciting new issues and challenges for operations managers. For example‚ Maura Sprenger‚ human resources director at Techno Inc.‚ a fast growing information technology company
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There is a very famous saying by Benjamin Franklin‚ “If you fail to plan‚ you are planning to fail”. Strategic Operations Management acts on this by giving the organization a sense of direction‚ motivation and unity among people in working towards the overall mission and vision. In this paper‚ the aim will be to find out if strategic operations management is important for an organizations overall development. The answer can be a “yes” or a “no” depending on how one perceives the issue and understands
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IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Define productivity. How can it be measured? How can the productivity of an organization be increased? 2. What is the transformation process? Explain the transformation process in a restaurant. 3. How is a job shop different from the batch production process? 4. What are the differences between manufacturing and service operations? 5. What are the characteristics of a good product design? 6. What is service capacity? Which strategies
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Problems Week 4 Betsy Whitfield ITT Tech Online MG518 – Operations and Process Management Professor Eloise Thomas August 24‚ 2013 * Chapter 9: Problems 2a‚ 2b‚ 5a‚ and 5b on page 346 * Chapter 10: Problems 2 and 5 on pages 381-382 * Chapter 11: Problems 2 and 3 on pages 407-408 * Chapter 12: Problems 2‚ 3a‚ 3b‚ 10a‚ 10b‚ 22a‚ and 22b on pages 440-443 Chapter 9 Problem 2 Prince Electronics‚ a manufacturer of consumer electronic goods
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commercial beverage industry. The nonalcoholic beverage segment of the commercial beverage industry is highly competitive‚ consisting of numerous companies. These include companies competing in multiple geographic areas‚ as well as businesses that are primarily regional or local in operation. Competing products include numerous nonalcoholic sparkling beverages; various water products‚ including packaged flavored and enhanced waters; juices and nectars; fruit drinks and dilutables (including syrups
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