IMSE2008 Operational Research Techniques Problem Set: Linear Programming Due: Monday‚ October 20‚ 2014 Please submit to the general office of the IMSE department (Ms Kate Lee HW8-17) on Oct 20 Late submission will be discounted by 20% on a daily basis Please e-mail me msong@hku.hk if you have any questions Problem 1. Work through the simplex method step by step to demonstrate that the following problem is unbounded. (5 marks) max 5x1 + x2 + 3x3 + 4x4 s.t. x1 – 2x2 + 4x3
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Health Sandals‚ School Shoes‚ Ultrafine Sandals‚ and Children Shoes to the latest styles in the Flipper’s collection. Task 2 Conduct competitor analysis in the areas of marketing communication. I.e. examining the current marketing communication strategies of the chosen company in the comparison to its primary competitor Marketing communication helps to develop brand awareness‚ which means that consumers translate product information into perceptions about the product’s attributes and its position
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Exercise Lecture 1 – Chapter 2 Inventory Management 1. A drugstore sells bandages for $5 per box. The monthly demand for this product has a normal distribution with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 30. The store adopts a continuous review policy in which the order quantity equals the average demand for one month and the reorder point equals 43 boxes. The lead time for an order is one week‚ where each month contains exactly four weeks. a. What is the cycle service level for this product
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The Supply Chain of the Next Decade ---A Study on the Context of Global Supply Chain [pic] National University of Singapore Industrial and System Engineering Group Leader: Zhang Juzheng Group Members: Gu Shimin
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MBA PROGRAMME AN ASSIGNMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DOM 602) TOPIC: PRINCE2 AND PMBOK® PRESENTED TO: MR. ONSERIO NYAMWANGE PRESENTED BY: OBARE RAKAMBA D61/72991/2012 25 JUNE 2012 PRINCE2 PRINCE2 is an acronym for PRojects IN Controlled Environments. PRINCE2 is a process-based approach for project management‚ providing an easily tailored and scaleable project management
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Beautician Nowadays everyone wants to look attractive‚ polished and presentable. For this purpose ‘Cut & Bite’ hire services of beauty salons and beautician. These beauticians are also known as cosmetologist. Aim of a beautician is to groom the personality of a person by providing various beauty treatments and through the art of a professional makeup. Whether one can looking for hair styling‚ facial services‚ manicure‚ pedicure‚ massage‚ hair removals or professional casual or party makeup services
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Trang Vi‚ Jiayi Jiang. SCHM 2301- Section 1:35 TF Case: A Comment on Management Attitude 1- Overview of key problems: The case study describes an experience of Dinsmore’s friend coming to visit the Flagship hotel‚ where Dinsmore took over the manager position. This guest focused on analyzing how does the hotel look from the outside and how does the actual business run inside Flagship by the request of Dinsmore. The experience was a nightmare to the guest. All the employees made mistakes from
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Supply Chain Restructuring: Analysis of Avon’s success story Presented by Ajay P Appukuttan (3966744) Musaffar Ali Hajour Table of Contents Introduction3 Summary of Findings4 Background Information7 Critical Issues8 Detailed Recommendations9 Implementation & Evaluation10 Conclusion11 References12 INTRODUCTION The success story of Avon‚ the company for women and world’s leading direct seller for beauty products starts with a decentralized operation in 6 countries in 1980s
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iDesigning and Managing the Supply Chain David Simchi-Levi Philip Kaminsky Edith Simchi-Levi Solutions for Discussion Questions1 Kerem B¨lb¨l u u 1 We would like to thank Shiming Deng for his valuable contributions to the preparation of this manual. Chapter 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Discussion Questions Question 1 Pick any car model manufactured by a domestic auto maker. For example‚ consider the 2002 Ford Thunderbird. a. The supply chain for a car typically includes
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2.1 Efficiency Zara’s supply chain is efficient mainly in terms of time and inventory management as discussed below. Zara allows store managers to order twice per week. The shipments are then prepared and delivered in least possible time. The products are displayed in stores on the same day they arrive. This allows Zara to reduce the lead time whenever required. (Benjabutr‚ n.d.) Moreover‚ Zara is able to get a new product from just a sketch to a store in 4 to 6 weeks. This is considered to be unexpectedly
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