Sudan International University Faculty of Management Sciences Master of Business Administration MBA Batch 10 Group A‚ B‚ and C Mid-Semester Examinations – Subject: Procurement Management Date: 29/09/2014 Time: 3 hours (Answer all questions from Section A and B): Section A Select the best answer (15 points) 1. All firms must have a purchasing department; otherwise the purchasing function cannot be performed. a. True b. False 2. Purchasing is the managerial activity that goes beyond the simple
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In conclusion‚ I have found that TQM can be a powerful tool for using employee creativity‚ reducing costs‚ and improving service to customers and the public. However‚ the concept of TQM was weak and the quality of many products was still poor in China‚ and the implementation of TQM is not always a worthwhile investment. So I disagree that no business can succeed without the TQM system. It is not necessary for every business to use TQM‚ especially in China business environment. If it is implemented
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Manila Hotel. Built in 1909 and opened to the public 3 years later‚ the Manila Hotel is a good reminder to the country’s colonial past as well as of days of a bygone era‚ of knights and maids‚ of gentlemen and ladies‚ of taste and temperance‚ of quality and urbanity It was in the tenure of Governor General William Howard Taft when the beautification and planning of Manila were
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530 COMPILATION OF PAST YEAR QUESTIONS OPM 530 – INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT JAN 2012 – OCTOBER 2006 CHAPTER 1- Introduction to Operations Management and Productivity JUN2012 a) Define productivity and elaborate on any four (4) importance of productivity to an organization. (10 marks) b) Discuss any five (5) challenged faced by today’s operations managers (10 marks) APR 2011 a) Define operations management with the aid of appropriate diagram. b) Discuss any four (4) ethical challenges
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2015) is based on many factors and depends on the situation. Yong et al. (2012) suggest that just in time philosophy is a time to time competitive advantage. Schonberger et al. (1982 cited in Daniel et al 2009 suggest that Just in time enhances quality. Morgan et al.(2005) suggest some of just in times important practices as lot size reducing‚ final lay outs to encourage smooth flow‚ Kaban based production system . Just in time has some approaches or tools which will be discussed in the subsequent
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and Rue‚ 1991). According to some quality experts it is also the only resource that can synergize – that is‚ produce output whose value is higher than the sum of its parts. When asked about the ‘secret’ behind the superior products‚ one manager from Toyota’s Kentucky plant‚ a three time winner of the Power Gold Plant Quality Award‚ replied “We’ve got nothing‚ technologywise‚ that anyone else can’t have. There’s no secret Toyota quality machine out there. The quality machine is the workforce …” (Bergstorm
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maintenance quality of products and processes as a means to excel in today’s competitive world. One of the current strategies being adopted in this direction by modern organisations is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). TPM couples the principles of maintenance engineering and total quality management (TQM). While few TQM strategies have been adopted‚ the strategy of infusing customer voices is yet to find its authentic place in TPM field. For example‚ customers voice the maintenance quality of products
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of slow growth of Obsidian petroleum Company. It shows the investigations that were made about the slow growth of the company and the methods that were proposed to handle the problem. The proposed courses of action include Swot-Analysis and quality management and rewarding. These alternatives were evaluated under many criteria; effectiveness‚ creating awareness‚ desirability‚ credibility and responsiveness. Problem statement Obsidian Company has strategized itself as an intermediary between the
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Case Study 1 Keiser University Dr. Marsha Lawrence HSM691 (Quality Management in Health Care) December 9‚ 2013 Introduction West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC) located on the north side of Pensacola‚ Florida competed strongly with sacred heart and Baptist hospitals for patients. WFRMC’s CEO John Kausch was an active member of the Total Quality Council of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce (PATQC) (McLaughlin‚ C.P.‚ Johnson‚ J.K.‚ & Sollecito‚ 2012)
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