Assignment #3: Production and Operations Management Marathon Oil – Case Study November 10.2010 BUS 508: The Business Enterprise Explain one possible option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process. Oil refineries are huge sized plants‚ processing an average of a hundred thousand to several hundred thousand barrels of crude oil a day. Using process optimization‚ Marathon could reduce the time involved in the production process. The goal is to maximize
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Battle of Leyte Gulf April 15‚ 2010 From October 23-26‚ 1944‚ the United States and Japan were engaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf near the Philippine islands of Leyte‚ Samar‚ and Luzon. This battle is known as the largest naval battle in history. The naval battles Battle of the Sibuyan Sea‚ the Battle of Surigao Strait‚ the Battle off Cape Engaño and the
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The Control of Media in the Gulf War How much do you think you know about the world around you? What if everything you viewed was a lie? During the Gulf War‚ the White House and the military seized and screened every news report‚ determining the images and information the media would relay to the public. The result was that the president and the military framed the debate‚ set the public agenda‚ supplied television with many of the defining images of the war‚ and enjoyed very favorable press
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Case Problem1: Bock investment Services The goal of Bock Investment Services (BJS) is to be the leading money market advisory service in South Carolina. To provide better service for their present clients and to attract new clients‚ BIS developed a weekly newsletter. BIS is considering adding a new feature to the newsletter that will report the results of a weekly telephone survey of fund managers. To investigate the feasibility of offering this service‚ and to determine what type of information
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Interhost Solutions (IHS) utilized some business plans in starting the company. The founders set clear KPIs and make use of some business frameworks. In the beginning‚ they tried to apply the Lean Start-up method‚ but they say that it was difficult for the service company to stick to it. This fact is really insightful because simultaneous experimentation such as the Lean Start-up is more effective for start-ups than focused commitment (Andries‚ Debackere‚ and Van Looy‚ 2013). Hence‚ IHS should have
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“The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest” I. STRATEGIC PROFILE This case profiles MCI’s merger debate between Verizon and Qwest in 2005. At this time‚ many other companies are merging due to the industry consolidation‚ therefore forcing MCI to keep up with its competition. MCI was acquired after a bidding war between WorldCom‚ British Telecom and GTE‚ with the winning bid being a $37 billion offer from WorldCom. MCI-WorldCom then acquired many other communication companies excluding Sprint
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CASE: HR-27 DATE: 09/11/06 RITE-SOLUTIONS: MAVERICKS UNLEASHING THE QUIET GENIUS OF EMPLOYEES We freely acknowledge that we are not the two smartest people in the company... . Weíve got a lot of real world experience. Weíve got a vision of where we want this thing to be at some point in time. But exactly how to get there‚ and what technologies to use‚ and how we should employ them‚ thatís much bigger than any two people should be responsible for. ó Jim Lavoie‚ CEO of Rite-Solutions‚ speaking
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DEFINE THE PROBLEM The case “ Strategy is Choice ” is about the problems faced by Oil of Olay in late 1990’s ‚ a skin care cream by P & G. This is a problem case which a perfect solution. The main problems appeared in this case are: * Oil of Olay was considered as old fashioned and no longer relevant. * Sales were decreased to a large extent. * Customer base were diminishing every year. * Market share was decreased. LIST ANY OUTSIDE CONCEPTS THAT CAN BE APPLIED The main
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This case study is based on an ethical dilemma due to a 2011 oil spill. Enbridge had an oil spill near Wrigley. Although the company has taken responsibility for the spill‚ the members of the community are uneducated people who live off the land. The members of the community do not understand the technical jargon buried in the 600 pages of documents the company has presented them with. To try and fix things they offered the community members $5‚000 to get a consultant. 1. The facts. Gather
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explosion of the Deep Horizon oil rig occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana. Fifteen out the of one hundred fifty men who were on board were injured. Approximately two days later‚ the rig sang and oil began spewing. The oil leaked for over one hundred days. The BP oil disaster in the gulf has posed a threat on the people and the environment that surround the oil spill. The effects of offshore drilling can be catastrophic‚ especially after seeing what has happened in the Gulf. There are many concerns
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