Operations Management
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780132921145
Author: Jay Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.1VC
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FL Company produces potato chips. The firm has 38 plants around the U Country and over 48,000 employees are working for the firm. The company focuses more on the firm operations, from product designing, meeting changing consumer preferences, adjusting changing consumers’ costs, quality,
FL Company quality inspection begins at the farm in procuring potatoes and continues the inspection till the final product is packed and dispatched to the market. FL Company would make sure that they have a proper product mix, effective maintenance and quality inspection to be done.
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- Company FL
To determine: How decisions of operations management are applied in FL Company.
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Question 2:
Discuss the 4-Vs model of the Operations that characterize any “OPERATIONS” in any organization, then describe how the low cost positioned at each of the 4-Vs dimensions of the Operations. Support your answer with related examples.
Q2. Discuss different types of Operations Strategies and different types of production strategies with example
2. The Ashton Furniture Company manufactures coffee tables and chest of drawers. Last year the company's
cost of goods sold was $3,700,000, and it carried inventory of oak, pine, stains, joiners, and brass fixtures,
work-in-process of furniture frames, drawers and wood panels, and finished chests and coffee tables. Its
average inventory levels for a 52-week* business year were as follows.
Raw Materials
Oak
Pine
Brass fixtures
Stains
Joiners
Work-in-Process
Frames
Drawers
Panels
Chests
Tables
Finished Goods
Chests
Coffee tables
*1 week = 7 days
Average Inventory
8000
4500
1200
3000
900
200
400
600
120
90
300
200
Unit Cost
$6
4
8
2
1
$30
10
50
110
90
$500
350
Formula:
Inventory turns = Cost of goods sold / Average aggregate value of inventory
Days of supply = Average aggregate value of inventory / (Cost of goods sold / total days)
Question:
Determine the number of inventory turns and the days of supply for the furniture company.
Chapter 1 Solutions
Operations Management
Ch. 1 - Prob. 1DQCh. 1 - Identify four people who have contributed to the...Ch. 1 - Briefly describe the contributions of the four...Ch. 1 - Figure 1.1 outlines the operations,...Ch. 1 - Answer Question 4 for some other organization,...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6DQCh. 1 - Identify the 10 strategic operations management...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8DQCh. 1 - Prob. 9DQCh. 1 - Prob. 10DQ
Ch. 1 - Mass customization and rapid product development...Ch. 1 - What are the five reasons productivity is...Ch. 1 - Prob. 13DQCh. 1 - Prob. 1PCh. 1 - Prob. 2PCh. 1 - This year, Donnelly, Inc., will produce 57,600 hot...Ch. 1 - Prob. 4PCh. 1 - Prob. 5PCh. 1 - Prob. 6PCh. 1 - George Kyparisis (using data from Problem 1.6)...Ch. 1 - Prob. 8PCh. 1 - Prob. 9PCh. 1 - Browns, a local bakery, is worried about increased...Ch. 1 - Prob. 11PCh. 1 - Prob. 12PCh. 1 - Charles Lackey operates a bakery in Idaho Falls,...Ch. 1 - Prob. 14PCh. 1 - Prob. 15PCh. 1 - Prob. 16PCh. 1 - Prob. 17PCh. 1 - National Air Express National Air is a competitive...Ch. 1 - National Air Express National Air is a competitive...Ch. 1 - National Air Express National Air is a competitive...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.1VCCh. 1 - Prob. 1.2VCCh. 1 - Prob. 1.3VCCh. 1 - Prob. 2.1VCCh. 1 - Prob. 2.2VCCh. 1 - Prob. 2.3VC
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- 2. Define the term operations management. Briefly explain the strategic role of operations.arrow_forwardQuestion 11 Which best describes an operation that penetrates an existing market with a lower cost alternative within a short amount of time? Group of answer choices a. Product/service imitator b. Product/service innovator c. Focused operation d. Mass customization e. Unfocused operationarrow_forwardPart 1. Assessed PLO: To recognize the contribution of operations management to an organization’s strategic goals Q1. List 6 ways in which poor operational performance can impact the overall success of the company. When there is poor operational performance involved in a companies management Q2. Give examples of factors influencing capacity, using the six categories presented in class. Q3. Give one example of operations management strategic goals in each four categories using the BSC template, including the goals, measures, targets and initiativesarrow_forward
- question 2: Where an organisation is looking to downsize they would be looking for A.outputs to remain the same and inputs to be reduced B.increase both inputs and outputs C.decrease both inputs and outputs, with inputs decreasing at a faster rate D.outputs to increase with little or no increase in inputs quesiton 3: When the number and cost of abour and equipment is used as inputs to calculate productivity, what is the productivity measurereferred to ? A.Total factor productivity B.Single factor productivity C.Multi-factor productivity D.Productivity QUESTION 4 Employee remuneration which is based solely on output without consideration of time spent) is referred to as A.Output based pay B.Numbers game pay system C.Piece rate wage system D.None of the abovearrow_forwardQ1) Describe the fundamental concept of Operations management with the help of relevant examplesarrow_forwardQuestion 1 a) Define Operation Management. b) Describe the transformation process of operation management. c) Explain the FOUR (4) elements of competitive priorities in Operation Management. Illustrate your answers with suitable examples.arrow_forward
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