Winter / November 2012 Master of Business Administration - Semester 2 MB0044 - Production and Operation Management ASSIGNMENT- Set 1 Q1. Explain the basic competitive priorities considered while formulating operations strategy by a firm? Competitiveness is at the core of all strategies. Even among them‚ priorities tend to bring the organisation’s focus on the areas to be dealt with in terms of allocation of resources – people‚ money‚ and time. This means that different functional areas with
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BA365 Intro to Operations Management Question 1 a) A hospital emergency room averages 50 patients per shift. A shift is 8 hours long‚ and the average patient requires 20 minutes in the exam room. 8*60/20 =24 would equal the number of patients for a 8 hour shift Average number of patients=50 b) Discuss whether you think a 30% capacity cushion is appropriate for a hospital emergency room. What factors would consider when setting this cushion? A 30%cushion
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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 and powdered drinks); coffees and
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6th Grade Secrets This book Review is about a book called 6th grade secrets‚ it is one month until schools over and Laura (main character) has found a hat that says pig city. It inspires her to start a secret club called Pig City‚ to join you have to leave insurance like your embarrassing baby photo‚ copying a love letter to your crush (with your name on it)‚ or any thing else you wouldn’t want the world to know or see. This insurance is put into a little black box and if you tell a non-member
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about scientific management in McDonald’s operation‚ I believe the largest fast food McDonald’s is the most successful model on scientific management. Scientific management is a branch of classical approach; Taylor said scientific management is standardisation which means people in organization should be uniformed by company rules or policy which are some written documents. Scientific management is a very important part in management area‚ since look at the history of management. People are living
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manages customer demands. They also generate future sales and manage partnership technology initiatives for future projects within the navigation industry. The operations department manages people‚ schedules‚ equipment‚ technology‚ materials and information. Planning and scheduling production for each month was determined by operations management. The timing of packaging and delivering was forecasted and pushed through the information process internally to the packaging manager. The finance department
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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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the freezer in a temperature between – 18° and -23°. The rule for the frozen food is that the first to come in is the first to come out. Health‚ safety and hygiene issues are taken seriously; the manager is responsible of the good following of the operations. In the kitchen‚ every employee is assigned a specific task‚ meat is bake between two heating plate that are cleaned every 30 minutes‚ after it’s done they use a special thermometer to make sure that the meat is at least 69 °‚ employees that are
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Introduction: Operation Management: Operations Management activities are at the core of all business organizations. Main Tenets of Operation Management: * Facility Management * Capacity Planning * Forecasting * Quality Management * Inventory Management * Resource Management Sodexho Dinning Services: Sodexho‚ Inc. is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S.‚ Canada‚ and Mexico‚ serving 10 million customers in 6‚000 locations
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Zakir ALI ALAMI Yakult’s Operation Management Process: Research Activities Part A: Background Information Questions 1) What is Yakults corporate philosophy? Ans: Yakult ’s greatest goal is to bring smiles to faces everywhere. The global corporate philosophy of the Yakult Group is: "We contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world through pursuit of excellence in life sciences in general and our research and experience in microorganisms in particular. 2) What type
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