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Evaluate operations management processes to maximize labor productivity. Describe the benefits of a network strategy that streamlines operatioinal procedures.
What is the maximum number of applications per hour that can be handled by the present configuration of the process?
The average arrival rate is 12 students per hour, and the average service rate is 20 students per hour. How many students, on average, will be waiting in line at any one time?
Use the three-point estimating process to determine the expected amount of structural steel needed for the project?
The most optimistic price estimate is $0.24/lb., and the most pessimistic estimate is $0.62/lb. Use the three-point estimating process to determine the expected price of the material.
The regression equation Y = 8.21 + 0.76 X. What is your forecast of profit for a store with sales of $40 million? $50 million?
The cost of hiring additional workers is $5,000 per 100 units. The cost of laying off workers is $7,500 per 100 units. Evaluate this plan.
Hazel is the operation manager of her business. Among her responsibilities are forecasting, inventory. What kinds of maintenance must be performed?
Formulate a balanced transportation problem to minimize the daily cost of processing checks. Only complete formulation needs to be submitted.
What evidence do you offer to support your position? Lastly, offer up a company that has done well (or poorly) in regards to ethical behavior and/or corporate responsibility.
What is the expected completion time for the project? What is the probability that the project will take more than 30 days to complete?
Compute the labor productivity for each of the weeks. onthe basis of your calculations, what can you conclude about crew size and productivity?
Explain the goals of production and operations management in terms of improving efficiency by lowering costs, improving effectiveness by creating value, increasing value by reducing costs, and serv
How does the concept "translate thought into action" bear on the relationship between business strategy and operating strategy? Between long-term and short-term objectives?
The question of realism in the recruitment policy has been raised in focus groups. What are the traditional arguments for and against using realistic recruiting policies?
what other measures of employee performance would be good "bottom line" metrics for the quality of a recruiting method? How might the managerial focus groups' concerns fit with these alternative con
Negative effects of illegitimate political behavior on victims, such as those described in the above case, what might be some negative effects on the perpetrators? On the organization as a whole?
What factors, in addition to those cited, do you believe lead to illegitimate political behaviors such as backstabbing? Imagine that a colleague is engaging in illegitimate political behavior toward y
What performance appraisal method does the University of Phoenix use for the end-of-the course survey? Where do you think that it goes after you provide your input?
Each day, 5,000 checks of each type must be processed. Formulate a balanced transportation problem to minimize the daily cost of processing checks.
The X is a standard item stocked in a company's inventory of component parts. What is the annual cost for ordering item X?
An analysis of the seasonality of the data. Indicate the seasonal indexes for each month, and comment on the high and low seasonal sales months. Do the seasonal indexes make intuitive sense? Discuss
What role do goals and objectives play in the Strategy Execution Process? Are they an important component in executing strategy or a waste of time?
Do you recommend tailored sourcing for Snoblo? How will tailored sourcing affect production and profits? Ignore holding costs for the snow blowers.
Prepare a case by a conservative plant manager for maintaining the status quo until the returns are more obvious. As a production manager for RMC, what do you recommend? Why?