QANT 610 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TAKE HOME MIDTERM EXAM Q1. Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations analyst. The report‚ which she gave him this morning‚ showed the following: 2008 2009 Production (units) 4‚500 6‚000 Raw material used (barrels of petroleum by-products) 700 900 Labor
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Paper Without Love a Marriage Cannot Work In the past when talking about marriages‚ more specifically arranged marriages your parents could force you to marry someone and you would stay in that marriage even if you were unhappy. As times are changing‚ more and more people are looking for that special one person that makes them so happy they want to spend the rest of their lives with them. For some people they get it right on the first try‚ but with others it takes some time after the marriage to
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The first juvenile court was established in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1899 when the question presented itself whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried and sentenced differently then adult offenders. (Anderson‚ 1998) This is one of the reasons that the juvenile system was developed. Legislatures felt that’s the offenders age and maturity level be taken into consideration and that rehabilitation be the main focus of juvenile offenders. Physiatrist offered the facts that during adolescence‚ the
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Many literatures follow a Monomyth‚ which is a hero’s journey. The story‚ “The Step Not Taken" by Paul D’Angelo is an example. The narrator is seen as a hero involved in a personal quest on how to react to other’s suffering. The hero of the story goes through three sequential stages. These stages are called separation‚ struggle or initiation‚ and return or reintegration with gift or power. This essay will detail the three stages of the monomyth. The story first begins with the separation stage
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This film portrays Maslow’s first step because during the whole entire movie they were showing examples of how there were a lot of basic needs that were needed that they couldn’t get because he was broke‚ and had nothing to get those things that he needed for the biological and physical needs. The actions that were taken to show a motivation to have the needs met was that he started an internship that could lead him to getting to very high places later in life‚ he always fed his son even if he couldn’t
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Will Machines Take Over? I think machines will take over but not completely. Like some jobs will be taken over by machines but some things humans will always have to do. Machine already do a lot of jobs humans use to do but there is still a lot of jobs that machines can do or just can’t be trusted to do. If machines take over unemployment will be worse than ever. It will be like this because machines will have all the jobs humans used to have and then humans will have no way to make money. That
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Genetically modified organisms- a step ahead or a step in the wrong direction? Paulina Langowska Genetically modified organisms‚ also known as GMO‚ are such organisms whose genetic material has been artificially changed using genetic engineering. Genetic engineering‚ to put it simply‚ is altering the DNA technology‚ using DNA molecules from various organisms and using this molecules to create a brand new set of genes. Then the set of genes is added to an organism’s genome. Below is shown an exchange
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Basic steps of management Any organization‚ whether new or old‚ whether small or big‚ needs to run smoothly and achieve the goals and objectives‚ which it has set forth for itself. For this to happen‚ they must develop and implement their own management concepts. There are basically four management concepts that allow any organization to take control of its destiny. These four concepts of management‚ translated into functions lead to the creation of a cohesive organization‚ which smoothly achieves
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condition‚ is called murder? Or should doctors be permitted to assist in the ending of a life if it is done with the consent of the patient even if there are clearly issues of suffering‚ terminal illness or quality of life?Are there conditions when doctors‚ caregivers or parents can intervene to end the life and suffering of a loved one even when that person is unable to give consent? In the 5th to 4th century BCE‚ the Hippocratic Oath was written‚ taken by doctors who swear to practice their medicinal
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Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: RIORDAN MANUFACTURING Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing Billy Ancheta University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Riordan Manufacturing Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work – Aristotle Motivation and Rewards have a direct impact on employee satisfaction which in turn related to employee productivity. Never before has the market been so competitive that
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