OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE 1 Shouldice Hospital Introduction Shouldice Hospital‚ set up in 1945 by Dr. Earl Shouldice‚ is located near Toronto. It follows the business model of focus on a single standardised service for a narrow target of consumers‚ rather than to provide customised solution (as in a general clinic or hospital). It focuses on providing quick‚ convenient‚ and reliable cure for external types of abdominal hernias. The Hospital uses its own technique‚ called the Shouldice
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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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1. How successful is the Shouldice Hospital? Generate a P&L statement using available information from the case. Treat each of the two operations—hospital and the surgery—separately. Hospital: Revenues (4 days X $111/day x 6‚850 patients/year) 3‚041‚400 Cost 2‚800‚000 Profit: 241‚400 Clinic: Revenues ((($450 + 60 + 75) X 0.20) X 6‚850 patients/year)) 3‚596‚250 Cost 2‚000‚000 Profit 1‚596‚250 Total Profit 1‚837‚650 2. How
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Restview Hospital Case Study Analysis #2 Restview Hospital Even though Mary coordinated corresponding product demonstrations from the different vendors‚ and she was planning to include the board members in the product evaluations‚ Jack insisted that the board members were too busy to attend. When the demonstrations were being performed‚ Jack displayed very little interest in the products. Mary offered to present her findings and recommendations to the members of the board‚ but Jack insisted
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FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT [pic] CONTRIBUTORS THE UNIVERSITY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONALS TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE. • Steve Northam‚ MA‚ Faculty Member‚ University of Phoenix. • Blair Smith‚ MBA‚ CDP‚ CDRP‚ Associate Dean‚ University of Phoenix. • Rachel Anderson‚ Curriculum Development Manager‚ College of Information Systems and Technology. • Adam Honea‚ Ph.D.‚ Dean‚ College of Information Systems and Technology
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Project Task-List Christina Noll CMGT/410 July 19‚ 2015 Instructor: Desiree Le Blanc MEMORANDUM To: All Members of Management and Trainers From: TCN Toys Human Resources Date: July 19‚ 2015 Subject: Two Day Offsite Training Session TCN Toys Human Resources department is proud to announce its first Two Day Offsite Training Session for the Hot Wheels Project. This training session will last anywhere from six to eight hours each day. All location managers will be required to attend. For
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Gamma Systems Ltd. Financial Statements GAMMA SYSTEMS LTD. BALANCE SHEET For the five months ended August 31‚ 2014 UNAUDITED August 31‚ 2014 ASSETS Cash 1‚400 Accounts receivable & Sundry 3‚000 Gym equipment (net of depreciation) 1‚600 6‚000 LIABILITIES Loans payable 1‚000 Shareholder’s advances 2‚400 Income taxes payable
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CASE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The nurses at Memorial Hospital work a regular schedule of four 10-hour days per week. The average regulartime pay across all nursing grades is $12.00 per hour. Overtime may be scheduled when necessary. However‚ because of the intensity of the demands placed on nurses‚ only a limited amount of overtime is permitted per week. Nurses may be scheduled for as many as 12 hours per day for a maximum of five days per week. Overtime is compensated at a rate of $18.00 per hour.
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Stephen Fuller Austin: A Texas Hero (1793-1836) It was November 3rd‚ 1793 in Wythe County‚ Virginia when Stephen Fuller Austin‚ son of Moses Austin‚ known as "The Father of Texas" was born. Austin attended school in Connecticut as a child and graduated from Transylvania University in Kentucky. In 1813‚ Austin was elected to the Legislature of Missouri and was reelected to that same position for three years until he moved to Arkansas. He was chosen
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an inventor ‚ architect‚ and American engineer. He designed buildings to work with technology to meet the needs of modern life.He also made many designs for automobiles‚ buildings‚ and cities. In 1940‚ Fuller came up with a new idea for a domed structure. He called this structure a geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is great and light. It covers a vast open space with no inside supports. Born in Milton‚ Massachusetts‚ July 12‚1895‚ the son of Richard Buckminster
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