Scenario: Suppose that you are the operations manager for ABC Manufacturing, a small manufacturing company founded three years ago. ABC has been manufacturing and selling an electric motor for the past year, but the company has not always had sufficient workers assigned to manufacturing this electric motor in order to satisfy de
Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central). (PM600 -1502B -03) Phase 1 Discussion Board Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 600-800 words that respond to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. Thi
1. All of the following are part of an exploratory phase search strategy except _____. discovery and analysis of secondary sources expert interviews interviews with those involved with the problem brainstorming experiments 2.Which of the following statements is false with respect to the two-stage research appro
This solution is to be used by students who are seeking an APA formatted Executive Summary example of how to establish a career plan with action steps. It gives the student a first person perspective on how to craft a response to the question of "what needs to be done to grow my career".
I need help with a problem that involves the procurement or acquisition practices of UPS and the types of materials that the company uses. Analyze where those materials are sourced, how they are delivered, and what the overall supply chain operations of the company are. I need help in the following areas: Procurement Mate
I need help with the following questions for my 5 page paper: 1. Is Vendor Managed Inventory a valid method for reducing the Bullwhip effect (BWE)? 2. How does it compare to other inventory management methods for reducing the BWE? 3. What conclusions can be drawn from these comparisons? The articles I've read (see belo
Consider the following specific potential outsourcing situation: ABC has determined it can manufacture the new valve product internally for $27,000 in fixed costs (FC) and $8 variable costs (VC) per unit. The company president has estimated ABC will sell 4,800 (unit volume = UV) of these valves each year. Jay Production, a sm
See the attachments. 1. Another issue ABC is facing is reliability of their products, in part because they are manufacturing increasingly complex products. One such product is designed and manufactured with five different subassemblies combined in series. It was determined through testing that those subassemblies have reliabili
Mini-Project: Themes and the Write-Up To prepare for this Application: Review Chapter 9 in Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches; the examples of themes in "Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers; and pages 502-525 in Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Analyze your in
1.ABC Manufacturing is unsure of the ideal price to quote for one of their products, a pump. ABC's president has asked you to do a break-even analysis for the pump, and to recommend the optimal price. The fixed costs (FC) associated with manufacturing this particular product are $100,000, and the variable costs (VC) are $50 per
Please help with the following operations research questions. Have you ever made any research recommendations to your management or supervisor? If so, what data and analysis were your recommendations based on? Did you use any tools or techniques for the collection and/or analysis of the data?
Hello, I need help developing a response to the following: How difficult has it been to juggle writing a proposal during the final content courses? Is it difficult to move between the more structured environment of the content courses and the independent study of the dissertation process? Do you feel this is a satisfactory pr
ONE-two paragraph for each. In 2010, Toyota recalled over five million vehicles worldwide. Discuss the impacts on the supply chain as a result of this recall. How does this recall tie to the overall strategy of the company? Also, examine the effects of the recall on the quality image of Toyota. In 2007, Mattel recalled m
A meatpacking house is creating a new variety of hot dog for the low-calorie, low-fat, low-cholesterol market. This new hot dog will be made of beef and pork, plus either chicken, turkey, or both. It will be marketed as a 2-ounce all-meat hot dog, with no fillers. Also, it will have no more than 6 grams of fat, no more than 27 g
Please help with ideas for writing a research paper on Biblical Management Principles. More specifically, getting a good background, thesis statement, problem statement and starting my literature review.
A toy manufacturing company currently maintains plants in Atlanta and Tulsa that supply to retail centers in Los Angeles and New York. Because of expanding demand, the company has decided to build a third plant and has narrowed the choice to one of two cities, Seattle or Baltimore. The distribution costs, as well as plant capaci
In a particular engineering project team, four design jobs can be performed by any of the five resident experts. The profit generated by each individual resident expert for each design job is presented in the following table: Resident Experts Jobs Tom Robert John Albert Chris 1 $ 10,000.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 16,000.00
Calls arrive at Lynn Ann fish's hotel switchboard at a rate of 2 per minute. The average time to handle each is 20 seconds. There is only one switchboard operator at the current time. The Poisson and exponential distributions appear to be relevant in this situation. a) What us the probability that the operator is busy? b) W
Paul Fenster own and manages a chili-dog and soft-drink stand near the Kean U. campus. While Paul can service 30 customers per hour on the average (µ), he gets only 20 customers per (λ). Because Paul could wait on 50% more customers than actually visit his stand, it doesn't make sense to him that he should have any waiting lin
14.8 As the production planner for Scott Sampson Products, Inc., you have been given a bill of material for a bracket that is made up of a base, two springs, and four clamps. The base is assembled from one clamp and two housings. Each clamp has one handle and one casting. Each housing has two bearings and one shaft. There is no
The impact of wage structure on employment productivity and efficiency in public sector in Nigeria Problem Statement The general problem of low wage structure in the public services in Nigeria makes the service unattractive to vibrant individuals who seek to pursue a career to take up employment in public services organisation
Provide a critical review of these two elements. Assess if maintenance has any impact on overall reliability. Study and analyze the relationships between reliability and scheduled maintenance. Discuss how equipment maintenance may influence the success or failure of a manufacturing operation.
What are the key differences between writing a business report and writing an academic report? Please examine the audience and the length of the documents.
Lindsay Electronics, a small manufacturer of electronic research equipment, has approximately 7,000 items in its inventory and has hired Joan Blasco-Paul to manage its inventory. Joan has determined that 10% of the items in inventory are A items, 35% are B items, and 55% are C items. She would like to set up a system in which al
Monczka-Trent Shipping is the logistics vendor for Handfield Manufacturing Co. in Ohio. Handfield has daily shipments of a power-steering pump from its Ohio plant to an auto assembly line in Alabama. The value of the standard shipment is $250,000. Monczka-Trent has two options: (1) its standard 2-day shipment or (2) a subcontrac
Johnson Chemicals is considering two options for its supplier portfolio. Option 1 uses two local suppliers. Each has a "unique-event" risk of 5%, and the probability of a "super-event" that would disable both at the same time is estimated to be 1.5%. Option 2 uses two suppliers located in different countries. Each has a "unique-
Baker Mfg. Inc. (see Table 11.9) wishes to compare its inventory turnover to those of industry leaders, who have turnover of about 13 times per year and 8% of their assets invested in inventory. a) What is Baker's inventory turnover? b) What is Baker's percent of assets committed to inventory? c) How does Baker's performanc
Dave Fletcher (see Problem 3.10) was able to determine the activity times for constructing his laser scanning machine. Fletcher would like to determine ES, EF, LS, LF, and slack for each activity. The total project completion time and the critical path should also be determined. Here are the activity times: ACTIVITY
Chuck Sox makes wooden boxes in which to ship motorcycles. Chuck and his three employees invest a total of 40 hours per day making the 120 boxes. a) What is their productivity? b) Chuck and his employees have discussed redesigning the process to improve efficiency. If they can increase the rate to 125 per day, what will be t
Question (1) In The New Competition for Global Resources, a special report prepared by the Boston Consulting Group and Wharton, the Triple E threat driving new understandings about the global future, leadership, and competition was defined as "the need to compete with everyone, from everywhere, for everything". Answer the