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    Solution must be with POM Software

    Program the linear programming formulation for the problem below and solve it with the use of POM (software). A firm uses three machines in the manufacturing of three products: ? Each unit of product 1 requires three hours on machine 1, two hours on machine 2, and one hour on machine 3. ? Each unit of product 2 require

    Discuss: Elastic, Inelastic or Unitary Elastic?

    Suppose the price of apples rises from $3 a pound to $3.45 and your consumption of apples drops from 30 pounds of apples a month to 21 pounds of apples. Calculate your price elasticity of demand of apples. What can you say about the price elasticity of demand of apples? Is it Elastic, Inelastic, or Unitary Elastic? Be sure to sh

    Plant closing- How to handle?

    In this assignment, propose a plan to close the assembly plant in Eastland, Michigan. In this plan, be sure to explain the following: Terms of the close - what notice would you give, what benefits would you provide, etc. Describe all of the affected stakeholders and how their interests will be considered. Who do you propo

    Create a comprehensive risk management plan

    I ADDED THE SCENARIO: Scenario You are a manager at Lectocomp Electronics Manufacturing Company, a company that produces a number of different computer boards used in various products produced by their customers. At the company's quarterly meeting, the head of marketing described a new product to be introduced in the first

    Change Management

    What recommendations would you give for a manager to lead the change process and then sustain the changes in an organization?

    Business: Return on Investment

    Joe won a lottery jackpot that will pay him $12,000 each year for the next ten years. If the market interest rates are currently 12%, how much does the lottery have to invest today to pay out this prize to Joe over the next ten years? b) Mary just deposited $33,000 in an account paying 10% interest. She plans to leave the mo

    Operations Management Principles

    You have been tasked with assisting the three facilities in Oregon. The "T" facility manufactures toner cartridges, the "P" facility manufactures PC printers, and the "S" facility manufactures stamped metal parts, injection molded plastic parts, and some assemblies for the T and P facilities. The T and P facilities are located i

    2 Questions

    1. (TCO D) When there is a production constraint, a company should emphasize the products with: the highest unit contribution margins the highest contribution margin ratios the highest contribution margin per unit of constrained resource the highest contribution margins and contribution

    Strategic Management

    Please provide guidance and recommendations on how I should develop a 2 to 3 pages paper based on the scenario provided below. Details: In six months you are to present a complete business plan for Able Corporation to the Strategic Officers Steering Committee (SOS-C). Able Corporation is a US manufacturing company located

    Significance Test for Correlation

    The following hypotheses are given. H0: p<= 0 H1: p>0 A random sample of 12 paired observations indicated a correlation of .32. Can we conclude that the correlation in the population is greater than zero? Use the .05 significance level.

    QUANTITATIVE DECISION MAKING (LAPIN/WHISLER)" CPM Problem

    (See attached file for full problem description) --- 14-11 The activities in the table apply to the computerization of a company's accounting system, presently operated manually. (see chart in attached file) All of the program routines can be written independently before the computer is installed and can be debug

    Cost Management Systems

    Activity-based costing (ABC) is a system that gathers overhead costs for organization activities, and then assigns those costs back to products, services, departments, sales territories or other cost objects. La Villa Roma Pizza wants to determine the cost of delivering pizzas to clients. The company is considering whether to ch

    Healthcare Management - Identify the organization's core competencies.

    1. Identify and describe the healthcare organization that will serve as your focus throughout the course. Include details about the population it serves and the services it provides. 2. Identify the expectations and needs of the healthcare customer within that population. 3. Evaluate the organization's vision and mission sta

    Development and training companies

    If a company is having problems with employees not properly reporting claims (example reporting late and not including all the information) and adhering to proper guidelines when formatting their work, how should the company implement training?

    Operations management

    The Maser is a new custom-designed sports car. An analysis of the task of building the Maser reveals the following list of relevant activities, their immediate predecessors, and their duration. (see chart in attached file) a) Draw a network diagram for the project. b) Mark the critical path and state its length. c) If t

    Critical and Non-Critical Paths

    The estimated times and immediate predecessors for the activities in a project at Caesar Douglas' retinal scanning company are given in the following table. Assume that the activity times are independent. (see chart in attached file) a) Calculate the expected time and variance for each activity. b) What is the expected c

    Why you choose business school?

    Why did you choose business school over other educational opportunities? What contribution will you make to the business world? How would a Business School Scholarship help you meet your educational and professional goals?

    Calculate the CPI, SPI, CSI, and the ETC and EAC

    2. A sales project at month 5 had an actual cost of $34,000, a planned cost of $42,000, and a value completed of $39,000. Find the cost and schedule variance and the CPI and SPI. 4. A project to develop a county park has an actual cost in month 17 of $350,000, a planned cost of $475,000, and a value completed of $300,000.

    Brainstorming Tools

    Prepare 2 Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides for Brainstorming tools. These slides shall (i) describe the tool, and (ii) discuss/illustrate possible applications. In addition, each slide must be fully supported with a narrative explanation as if this were presenting the slide. This can be embedded in the "click to add note

    Management

    Define Mintzberg's role matrix. What is the most important aspect of that matrix to understand from a managerial viewpoint? Do you think the matrix is relevant in today's workplace?

    Safety/Security Management

    1. What required experience is needed when assessing safety/security programs, operations, processes, equipment and systems? 2. If there were critical safety/security challenges confronting a zoo environment; what steps would a manager take to overcome them? 3. What are possible goals to achieve within the first six mo

    Job Description and Performance Standards

    Use any of the following: the position you choose for developing a selection process in Units 1 and 2; your own job description at your current position; OR a job description you locate on the internet. Using the JOB DESCRIPTION as a base, develop performance standards for this particular position. Specifically you are to

    TUCKER KNOX - OD PRACTITIOINER

    Read the attached Tucker Knox Corporation Case You are to act as an OD practitioner who has landed the Tucker Knox Corporation as a client. Create a case analysis using the Case Analysis Format that is attached. You can add additional space to this format if you need room to fully explain or examine different sections o

    Qualitative Analysis for Management

    Solving real world complex problems using either traditional optimization techniques or modern heuristic techniques would make interesting work. What do the terms heuristic and optimization (or optimal) mean? What is a quantitative application for each? Some independent research is needed. What was your source(s) for add

    Question

    Need help answering the questions noted below. If you use the work of others in answering the question, please cite using correct APA style. What are the purposes of scholarly writing? How do the components of scholarly writing help achieve those purposes?

    Week 5 DQ 1

    Discuss the following statement: No organization is immune to the contact and presence of the Internet and the technology that surrounds it. Those organizations that are successful going forward will be those who manage to balance their strategy in all of its areas; those organizations that are very successful will be those t

    This is a graduate Operations Management question

    Imagine that you have just been put in charge of assessing a feasibility of using a new technology in your business. What steps will you take to determine whether or not this is the right step for your company to take? What types of costs and benefits will you need to assess?

    Business obligations

    What obligations do you feel a company has to ensure that its employees are not harmed by having their chances for advancements limited by social customs of a host country, what international code would be voilated if any did the company make the right decision by opting to follow the norms of the host country. how would you rec