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    Operations Improvement Plan and Critical Thinking

    As a member of a management team reviewing an operations improvement plan, what critical-thinking questions would you apply to each process in the plan? Please provide examples of critical-thinking questions with each process of the plan.

    Female pilots

    Explain the actual and potential reasons for the shortage of female pilots. i.e. adverse impact of selection methods, lack of presence in academic programs relevant for the field, discrimination, etc.

    Is health care a right or privilege in the United States?

    Is health care a right or privilege in the United States? While there are no right answers to this question, it is necessary to be able to support your position with evidence, link medical ethics to your answer when appropriate, and cite the sources that you use in addressing the question.

    Sales Training Benchmarks

    What would be the best benchmarks to use to ensure that the sales training methods are the most effective in training the sales personnel? Justify your answer.

    Case analysis

    Need help doing this case analysis. Using the case attached please Prepare a memo for he executives at Hewlett-Packard providing your recommendation for their organization. Include: 1) A brief description of the situation 2) Your recommended approach 3) A discussion on alternate approaches and why your

    Operations management

    I'm seeking some direction on these questions, our text doesn't exact specific answers for these: What are the differences between customer requirements and expectations? How do you develop a measuring strategy? What are the benefits of process, design, and management? How would you measure and reduce cycle time?

    Art Appreciation

    You are supervising the docents who will be conducting tours and answering questions during a local festival, and you want them to become familiar with artworks from different eras. You ask them to use the below websites to find museums that feature exhibits or permanent collections of Islamic, ancient Egyptian, and ancient Gree

    2-3 pages in MS Word

    Imagine you have a meeting with the CEO and other high ranking officers of a company that invests in distance learning start-ups. Your objective is to obtain a loan for a distance learning company that you would like to start. Fortunately, you have a mentor to whom you can turn for help. Using a business-like tone and format

    Job Analysis

    How does a job analysis increase productivity, aids in job description creation, and guides employee team formation.

    Master Production Scheduling using L4L Rule

    The master scheduling team at a plant producing steel chain is considering a lot-for-lot policy instead of batching into larger lots. The following is their partially completed analysis for 3 levels of chain making (final chain making, fed by fabrication of cut steel pieces, fed by purchased steel rods). (See attachment).

    Scheduling Devices for Networks

    The head of the test and evaluation department of Time Systems company does the scheduling for her department, which is involved only in project work large defense projects in which Time Systems has a contractual role. She should use which of the following scheudling devices? a - PERT/CPM network b - milestone chart c - Gan

    Affimative Action

    How would you recommend to a company's board of directors that affirmative action policies be implemented. What points would support the recommendation and what points may be used against the recommendation.

    Activity Arrangement Diagram

    (See attached file for full problem description). In the activity arrangement diagram shown here, the reason that the fewest lines extend to and from activity area A to the other areas is that: A - Activity area A is relatively unimportant to overall operations B - People in activity area A are management, and should rema

    Location Criteria Based on Evaluation Matrix

    (See attached file for full problem description) For the location criteria evaluation matrix shown here, assume that the site selection teams puts a "2D" in the cell that contains the small triangle. That rating means that the team considers: A - Availability of technical skills to be more important that high quality of l

    Training Plan Development

    Please assist with the following problem. Please provide personal experiences with these areas as well as references. Post your thoughts on the following aspects of a training plan: - audience - delivery method - delivery timing For each area, assist with answering the following two questions: What are the most

    Quantitative Methods

    The dietician for the local hospital is trying to control the calorie intake of the heart surgery patients. Tonight's dinner menu could consist of the following food items: chicken, lasagna, pudding, salad, mashed potatoes and jello. The calories per serving for each of these items are as follows: chicken (600), lasagna (700), p

    Quantitative Methods

    A croissant shop produces 2 products: bear claws (B) and almond filled croissants (C). Each bear claw requires 6 ounces of flour, 1 ounce of yeast, and 2 TS (tablespoons) of almond paste. An almond- filled croissant requires 3 ounces of flour, 1 ounce of yeast, and 4 TS of almond paste. The company has 6600 ounces of flour, 1400

    Quantitative Methods

    Consider a capital budgeting example with 5 projects from which to select. Let x1 = 1 if project a is selected, 0 if not, for a = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Conditions are independent. Projects cost $100, $200, $150, $75, and $300 respectively. The budget is $450. Write the appropriate constraint for the following condition. If project 3 is

    Quantitative Methods

    The production manager for the Softy soft drink company is considering the production of 2 kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. Two of her resources are production time (8 hours = 480 minutes per day) and syrup (1 of the ingredients) limited to 675 gallons per day. To produce a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of

    Quantitative Methods: Transportation Problem

    (See attached file for full problem description) --- A logistics specialist for Wiethoff Inc. must distribute cases of parts from 3 factories to 3 assembly plants. The monthly supplies and demands, along with the per-case transportation costs are: Destination Assembly Plant 1 2 3 Supply Source

    Linear Program: Setting the constraint

    Please read the case at posting ID # 70062 at this link: https://brainmass.com/business/management/70062 No further download is required. What is the constraint for malt?

    Profit Maximization: Soft Drinks

    The production manager for the Softy soft drink company is considering the production of 2 kinds of soft drinks: regular and diet. Two of her resources are production time (8 hours = 480 minutes per day) and syrup (1 of the ingredients) limited to 675 gallons per day. To produce a regular case requires 2 minutes and 5 gallons of

    Quantitative Methods

    A logistics specialist for Wiethoff Inc. must distribute cases of parts from 3 factories to 3 assembly plants. The monthly supplies and demands, along with the per-case transportation costs are: (See attached file for full problem description) Using the optimal solution, how many cases of parts should be shipped from fact

    Quantitative Methods

    (See attached file for full problem description with proper symbols) --- Let: rj = regular production quantity for period j, oj =overtime production quantity in period j, ii = inventory quantity in period j, and di = demand quantity in period j Correct formulation of the demand constraint for a multi-period scheduling prob