STUDY OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO Operations Management 1. Operations management deals with the design and management of products‚ processes‚ services and supply chains. It considers the acquisition‚ development‚ and utilization of resources that firms need to deliver the goods and services their clients want. 2. What are the three basic functions in business organizations? 1)operation‚ or product service knowledge 2) finance 3) marketing 3. A supply chain consists
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2005 DECISION ANALYSIS Making important decisions often requires treating major uncertainty‚ long time horizons‚ and complex value issues. To deal with such problems‚ the discipline of decision analysis was developed. The discipline comprises the philosophy‚ theory‚ methodology‚ and professional practice necessary to formalize the analysis of important decisions. Decision Analysis is a set of quantitative decision-making techniques for decision situations in which uncertainty exists. Decision analysis
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Gilson Christelle 13‚ Avenue Walckiers‚ 1160 Auderghem‚ Belgium Tel: +32496120463 e-mail : gilsonchristelle@hotmail.com Born Sept 02nd 1974‚ Single Summary: - European Market Development Manager. - European Technical and Development Manager for 4 plants producing 60000 tons of Polyethylen stretch film. - Second year International Executive Master Business Administration. - Team player with strong motivational skills‚ smiling. Professional Experience 02/2000 ( now Illinois
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aware of the way I spend my money as if I am having a job as some sort of financial manager. In fact‚ my major is finance. And to certain extent‚ the fact that I am having such challenging and economically related major does manipulate and affect my way of dealing with economic issues. I’m the kind of guys who would spend much time doing research and comparisons between similar products in order to give the final decisions of which product to buy with the best price and benefit. I would love to get busy
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Q1) To understand a company’s operations the following areas should be primarily researched: 1) Identify the position of the company on the Product-Process matrix: The product-process matrix is a tool for analysing the relationship between the product life cycle and the technological life cycle. A company can be characterized as occupying a particular region on the matrix. Identify where the company lies on the matrix: job shop‚ batch‚ line or continuous. In case of a company such as
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Be the manager question1: What kinds of organizing and controlling problems is Achieva suffering from? 1. Apparently Achieva is operating according to the scientific management which focuses on the work and tends to ignore the employees. The problem in Achieva is that the employees are not feeling appreciated when delivering the work perfectly. This could cause the workers to minimize the amount of effort they’re exerting‚ due to the lack of motivation by the managers. In addition to that‚ the
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supply chain management (SCM) practices and supply chain responsiveness (SCR)‚ and investigates its relationship with competitive advantage (CA). The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire which was administrated to a total sample of 200 managers. The response rate was 70% while 60% was usable questionnaires. Sample selection was based on convenience sampling. The analyses involved statistical methods such as reliability and validity tests and multiple regressions. The results indicated that
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discussed in this chapter are relevant to a company’s success in the marketplace‚ explain why the company should not necessarily try to excel in all of them. What determines the choice of the competitive priorities that a company should emphasize for its key processes? Answer: Question # 2: Suds and Duds Laundry washed and pressed the following number of dress shirts per week Week | Work Crew | Total Hours | Shirts | 1 | Sud and Dud | 24 | 68 | 2 | Sud and Jud | 46 | 130 | 3 | Sud‚ Dud &
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1/ 1.4 Identify the regulations and requirements relevant to the assessment in own area of practice Leave a reply Learning Outcome 1 – Understand the principles and practices of assessment 1.4 Identify the regulations and requirements relevant to the assessment in own area of practice Our policies for management of assessment evidence eg portfolios‚ assessment records‚ observation records‚ physical evidence‚ learner and witness statements; management of assessment records‚ are all in accordance
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Introduction This paper aims to analyze the common-sized balance sheets and ratios of 12 companies in order to identify their respective industries (Please refer to the Appendix for an overview of the financial data). The balance sheets of the 12 companies are analyzed in four steps‚ as shown in the following table. Step Industry Common Characteristics Companies 1 Service Almost no inventories Inventory turnover negligible Major passenger airline Regional bank Temporary office
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