Caroline Walsh BADM 3601 – Operations Management Assignment # 4 Due: Monday November 12th ‐ 5:00 PM (a) A study‐aid desk manned by a graduate student has been established to answer student’s questions and help in working problems in your OM course. The desk is staffed eight hours per day. The dean wants to know how the facility is working. Statistics show that students arrive at a rate of four per hour‚ and the distribution is approximately Poisson. Assistance time averages 10 minutes‚ distributed
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Management may choose to build up capacity in anticipation of demand or in response to developing demand. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. To illustrate some of the advantages and disadvantages‚ provide specific examples of companies that have used each strategy. Three things that are important when planning capacity is “maintaining system balance‚ frequency of capacity additions or reductions‚ and the use of external capacity.” (Jacobs‚ Chase Pg 75) Some of the advantages
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Ch3 – O.M 1) Strategic decisions are those which: A) Only involve senior managers B) Require the input of external consultants and management accountants. C) Seek to move the whole organisation towards its overall long-term goals D) Define the position of a business unit with respect to its operational capabilities 2) The determination of performance priorities is normally influenced by: A) The specific needs of the company’s customer
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Wolf Motors Case Study 1. What recommendations would you make to John Wolf with respect to structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealership network? The recommendations I would suggest for structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealership network are Wolf Motors should consider a centralized corporate level Materials Management System to consolidate buying decisions for each of the 4 dealerships. This would facilitate greater leveraging
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certification? a. it is a prerequisite for ISO 9000 certification b. it indicates a higher level of adherence to standards than ISO 9000 c. it is only sought by companies exporting their goods d. it deals with environmental management 8. Total Quality Management emphasizes a. the responsibility of the Quality Control staff to identify and solve all quality-related problems b.
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Case study of Dupont: Marketing of “Disappearing” products. 1. What are the markets for Lycra? The market for Lycra is vast. It’s not easy to pinpoint a particular market as Lycra is being used by different manufacturers such as Wacoal‚ Liz Claiborne‚ Macy’s‚ etc. and they are targetting different consumers. In general‚ the market for lycra is the manufacturers of garments and retailers. Being specific‚ Its market are Baby boomers because as they are getting aged‚ they are gaining weight
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“Managing a virtual workplace‚” Academy of Management Executive‚ 14 (3)‚ Aug. 2000‚ pp. 81-90. Chidambaram‚ L.‚ and Jones‚ B.‚ "Impact of Communication Medium and Computer Support on Group Perceptions and Performance: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Dispersed Meetings‚" MIS Quarterly (17:4)‚ 1993‚ pp. 465-516. Cox‚ T.‚ Lobel‚ S.‚ and McLeod‚ P.‚ "Effects of ethnic group cultural differences on cooperative and competitive behavior on a group task‚ " Academy of Management Journal‚ 34‚ 827–847‚ 1991. Dash‚
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Case Three: Kristen’s Cookie Company 1. Draw a process flow chart for cookie production. 2. How many orders can Kristen fill in a night‚ assuming she is open for four hours each night? Throughout rate= 6/hour 6 orders x 4 hours = 24 orders Therefore Kristen can fill 24 orders each night. 3. How long will it take her to fill a rush order? A ‘rush’ order will still take 26min as this is how long the operations time is. None of the processes can be eliminated with rush orders therefore
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Introduction What Is the Definition of Quality Management? Basically Quality management is a process of making sure that the product or service meets a certain quality‚ specification or standards. In the approach towards Quality Management there are many things that need to be considered. Consideration such as management activities and functions. The same consideration is involved in determination of quality policy and its implementation through means such as quality planning‚ quality assurance
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Case study: Design house partnership at Concept Design Services Why is operations management important in CDS? Operations management is important in CDS if they are to continue being one of Europe’s most profitable home ware businesses. As with any other company‚ CDS objective is to add value to their final product while using its resources effectively and efficiently through its internal processes. The company has successfully been able to apply the technology used in the aerospace sector onto
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