1. Why should one study operations management? Operations Management is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. • Operations Management is one of the three major functions of any organization‚ and it is generally related to all the other business functions. All organizations market (sell)‚ finance (account)‚ and produce (operate)‚ and it is important to know how the Operations Management activity functions. Therefore‚ we study
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Chapter 3 Notes Important People ● Eliza Lucas became the first person in the colonies to grow Indigo and developed a way of extracting its deep blue dye. She hoped that her Indigo crops would add not only to her family but to the British empire. ● Sir Edmund Andros ruler of New England a veteran military officer from an aristocratic English family ● James II consolidated the Northern colonies into the Dominion of New England in 1686 ● William and Mary succeeded James II after the glorious revolution of 1688
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Chapters 5-6 1869: Central Pacific and Union Pacific complete the transcontinental railroad 1870: Red Cloud‚ chief of the Oglala Sioux‚ states his people’s case in Washington DC 1876: Alexander Graham invents the telephone 1877: Munn vs Illinois establishes government regulation of railroads 1877: Mother Jones supports the Great Strike of 1877 1879: Thomas A. Edison invents a workable light bulb 1880: James Garfield is elected president 1881: Garfield is assassinated. Chester
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Chapter 6 Review Questions 1. What are the necessary hardware components of a POS system? What are the varieties of each component? The necessary hardware components of a POS system are POS order entry units & POS printers. The varieties of each component are: POS order entry units: Keyboards & monitors Touchscreen terminals Handheld terminals POS printers: Guest check printers Receipt printers Workstation units Journal printers 2. How do preset keys differ from PLU keys? Preset keys are part of
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has an arrival rate of 4 per hour and a service rate of 12 per hour. What is the probability that the waiting line is empty? Po = 1 - λ/μ = 1 - 4/12 = 8/12 or 0.667. (The variety of queuing models‚ easy) {AACSB: Analytic Skills} 2. A waiting line meeting the M/M/1 assumptions has an arrival rate of 4 per hour and a service rate of 12 per hour. What is the average time a unit spends in the system and the average time a unit spends waiting? Ws = 1 / (μ - λ) = 1 / (12 – 4) = 1/8 or 0.125; Wq =
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Chapter 6 Review: HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT AFFECT THE BIOSPHERE - Humans affect regional and global environments through agriculture‚ development‚ and industry in ways that have an impact on the quality of Earth’s natural resources‚ including soil‚ water‚ and the atmosphere. 2. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESOURCE USE & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Sustainable development provides for human needs while preserving the ecosystems that produce natural resources. - renewable resources • water‚ wind‚ etc
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Advanced Placement United States History Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Colonial America Review for Unit 2 Test-Chapters 4-6 Directions: There will be 80 multiple choice questions on the test. These review questions follow a chronological order. I would suggest that you study them in this order first and then scramble them up. 1. As the seventeenth century wore on‚ regional differences continued to form‚ most notably in the south‚ where slave labor was very important. 2. The population
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Chapter 5 Obtaining energy and nutrients for life CHAPTER REVIEW Key words absorption alimentary canal amylase anus autotrophic autotrophs bile bile duct bolus carnivores cellular respiration chloroplasts chyme colon cystic fibrosis digestion digestive system duodenum emulsification enzymes faeces foregut fermenters gall bladder gastric juice herbivores heterotrophic heterotrophs hindgut fermenters ileum jejunum lacteals large intestine liver mucus oesophagus omnivores pancreas pepsin
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Keiser University MAN4631 Global Strategy and Policy Chapter 6 Review questions. - Name _________________Points ___________Grade_____ 1. Whenever an organization diversifies‚ it represents investing a stockholder’s funds in a way in which the individual investor is unable. True (p. 198) 2. When firms diversify into unrelated businesses‚ the primary potential benefits are horizontal relationships‚ i.e.‚ businesses sharing tangible and intangible resources. False (p. 198)
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