Management and Operations Capacity Planning and Decision Theory ▪ Measures of capacity ▪ Bottlenecks ▪ Capacity strategies ▪ A systematic approach to capacity decisions ▪ Make or Buy Problem ▪ Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Risk‚ Decision Trees Capacity Planning Capacity is the maximum rate of output for a facility. Capacity planning considers questions
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Carrying Capacity 1. The carrying capacity is the size of a population that can live indefinitely using the resources available where that population lives 2. For example‚ consider an island onto which is dropped a colony of rabbits. As long as there is an adequate supply of food and water‚ the rabbits will not only survive but they will reproduce and the colony will get larger. 3. The rabbit population can continue to grow as long as food and water are adequate. However‚ if at some point‚ there
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"Capacity" means the ability to use and understand information to make a decision‚ and communicate any decision made. A person lacks capacity if their mind is impaired or disturbed in some way‚ and this means the person is unable to make a decision at that time. Examples of how a person’s capacity may be impaired include: • mental health conditions – such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder • dementia • severe learning disabilities • brain damage – for example‚ from a stroke or other brain injury
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of third party independent contractors alleviate or insulate MNCs from being attached‚ and would such use be a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? As is the case in the United States‚ the “independent contractor” status can only be supported through clear‚ legally defensible criteria‚ such as the amount of control the “contractor” has over the tasks to be achieved‚ the method the contractor is paid‚ the freedom of the contractor to work on other contracts simultaneously
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OrganIzatIOn capacIty IntrOductIOn Course outline • This course provides an overview of the strategies and tools necessary for the development of effective‚ long‐lasting organizational capacity in project management. Topics covered include project management skill development‚ related skills‚ and organizational arrangements for effective project management‚ organizational learning‚ project management communities of practice‚ effective processes and tools for project management‚ and building the business
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1.Introduction Aviation sector has played a big role in UK economy. The sector provides £18.4 billion to the UK Gross National Product and currently employs over 234‚000 workers across the nation (Prowse‚ 2012). Factors such as inexpensive price ticket and growth of low cost airlines play a big role in the increasing number of passengers in UK aviation sector. Aviation sector provides international connectivity that UK needs in order to succeed in a competitive global economy. Heathrow as a major
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consumer Protection Act‚ 1986 for any consumer complaint one had to go to an ordinary Civil Court. He had to engage a lawyer‚ pay the necessary fee‚ and be harassed for years or decades before any outcome‚ positive or negative‚ was there in that litigation. Under the Consumer Protection Act‚ no Court fee has to be paid and the decision on the complaint is much quicker‚ as the Court can evolve a summary procedure in disposing off the complaint. CASE LAWS ON THE ACT. Pecuniary Jurisdiction
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rapid cost cuttings so as to overcome the largest internal financial crisis in the history of company. 2. The problems of product development and distribution would be sorted out. 3. To reduce the production complexity by attracting large sub contractors. However‚ the deal was not successful and Lego learnt that 1. Outsourced facilities are always not effective and satisfactory. 2. The outsourcing only is not the solution to control and coordinate the increasingly global and complex network
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Issues on the life capacity of condominium units may extend only for 50 years. It can either be falsified or legitimate depending on the situation. How do we see ourselves after 50 years? Probably dead? Old enough to forget things? Already settled in a pension house? Now‚ how do we see the world for the next 5 decades? There may already be flying cars and heavy traffic in the air. How about housing and residences by then? Many individuals remain skeptical in buying a condominium unit. There seems
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of devices that detect or prevent production errors. At a software development firm‚ pokayoke might be applied through use of a modular development process that includes extensive software module testing before proceeding to module integration and total system testing. b. Describe the TPS as a total entity. What are its purposes? Its advantages? Its limitations? How is it now evolving? Is it getting better – or not? Has it been successfully copied by other motor vehicle manufacturers? Why or why
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