Write a paper of no more than 1‚400-words that includes the following: • Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategy (chase‚ level‚ or combination) and explain its benefits. • Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain. • Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain. • Describe the supplier relationship and the effects on the supply chain. As part of this consider the following: o Type of relationship o Supplier location‚ size of company
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Flowchart for a Process Paper Operations Management 571 August 28‚ 2010 Flowchart Process There are multiple processes that we do in our daily lives that we would like to take a short amount of time to complete it. "A process is any part of an organization that takes inputs and transforms them into outputs that‚ it is hoped‚ are of greater value to the organization than the original inputs" (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006‚ p. 154). Flowcharts are easy-to-understand by demonstrating step-by-step
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Learning Team Reflection: Chase Strategy OPS/571 June 24‚ 2013 Chase strategy is when production meets the demand and capacity from one period to the next. This strategy is mostly used when demand is unpredictable and there is no inventory. Many cases when using this strategy result in a hire turnover rate when it comes to employment which can lead to insecure and unhappy employees. Problems with labor unions may arise as well. Other results of this strategy include increased inventory costs
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Process Improvement Plan YOUR NAME HERE University of Phoenix OPS/571 – Operations Management DATE HERE Process Improvement Plan Successful organizations continuously strive to improve the processes they have in place. Process improvement leads to better quality control‚ higher efficiencies and lower costs. In order to implement a process improvement plan‚ it is necessary to collect and analyze data from the process. In this paper‚ I present an analysis of the metric data collected for the
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Executive SummaryOctober 1‚ 2014Executive SummaryThe purpose of an executive summary is to summarize a report. Executive summaries are written for executives who most likely do not have time to read a complete document. Therefore‚ the executives summary must cover the major points and be detailed enough to mirror the content yet concise enough for an executive to understand the substance without reading the entire report. An executive summary differs from an abstract. Readers use an abstract
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Indentifying Bottlenecks Ops 571 Brian Birch John Smith 5/1/2012 Waking up and getting out of the door to work in the morning is a process that takes several steps to complete. In order to get out of the house in less than one hour and fifteen minutes several of these step must be altered or eliminated from the process. In every process there are steps that slow down the process called bottlenecks. Examining the entire
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Running head: PRODUCTION PLAN FOR RIORDAN MANUFACTURING � PAGE * Arabic �1� Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing OPS /571: Operations Management August 30‚ 2010 � � Production Plan for Riordan Manufacturing In this paper‚ Team B discusses strategic capacity planning and lean production for new process design and supply chain processes for the electric fans at Riordan Manufacturing. This discussion is an outpouring of research and brainstorming between team members and begins with a newly
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OPS FINAL EXAM 1- IS WHEN THE ACTIVITIES IN THE STAGE MUST STOP BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE TO DEPOSIT THE ITEM JUST COMPLETED? A- BLOCKING 2- ACCORDING TO YOUR TEXT‚ THE MOST COMMON PROCESS METRIC IS A- UTILIZATION 3- DECLINING PRODUCT PRICES A- INCREASE THE BREAK-EVEN POINT 4- THE TYPE OF PROCESSING STRUCTURE THAT IS USED FOR PRODUCING DISCRETE PRODUCTS AT A CONTROLLED RATE IS A- ASSEMBLY LINE 5- THE BEST PROCESS FLOW STRUCTURE
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Plan Tricshone Jiles OPS 571 April 4‚ 2012 Professor Holly Hickman Overview Process control is a major factor in ensuring that a process is working to its maximum potential. Sometimes process control means that one must conduct research to see how a process improvement can be implemented. Process improvement normally results in adjusting and modifying particular tasks or steps in a process to make them run more efficiently and smoothly. According to Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilliano
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Grocery products D. High technology products 15) Which of the following product promotional activities would probably help make the supply chain more efficient? A. Price promotions that expire on a specific date B. An "everyday" low price strategy where prices are not dependent on quantity delivered with a specific order C. Special packaging for a specific event that occurs one time each year D. A 2-for-1 price promotion 16) The best operating level is: A. the maximum point of
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