OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT >CUSTOM<
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT >CUSTOM<
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781266767234
Author: Stevenson
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
bartleby

Concept explainers

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 2, Problem 3.1CQ
Summary Introduction

To identify: The crew size which had the highest productivity per worker and the crew size which had the lowest, and some possible explanations for this output or result.

Case summary: In the given case, G is a small business which is located in state M. This business deals with the planting and maintenance of flower gardens for residential and commercial clients. The company was growing continuously each year therefore, the owner appoints seasonal employees who are responsible for a few clients of the business and work according to the instructions of the owner. The owner believed that the large jobs should be performed by crews of certain workers to finish the clients’ service within a reasonable time. From time to time, the owner noticed all jobs especially the large ones or the job which is taking large time than expected. The footage of the garden space was also involved and when the son of the owner decided to investigate, he kept records of the job times and size of crews to compute the productivity of each crew.

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
Government's new plan to shift cargo from roads back to rail 26TH JANUARY 2024 Government is seeking to finalise a plan aimed at improving its rail network and move cargo away from a billion rand per day to its logistics crises, government has said an urgentturnaround is needed to improve its 31 000km locomotive network as more and more cargo moves from rail to trucks. The Department of Transport (DoT) hosted a discussion with industry stakeholders regarding the Freight Road to Rail Migration Plan on Thursday - the latest development in the wake of President Cyril Ramphosa forming the National Logistics Crisis Committee last year. Transnet, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) and private sector companies were all in attendance. The Freight Road to Rail Migration Plan is part of government's strategies to improve the country's ongoing logistics crises. In October last year, the government unveiled its Freight Logistics Roadmap to improve the ports and rail networks and…
Assess what led to such logistical inefficiencies / collapse of a previously world class freight network
Which of the following statements concerning the evaluation of training programs is true?   Most companies thoroughly evaluate the return on investment of their training programs   It is relatively easy to establish a control group and a treatment group for evaluation   Results level of evaluation measures how well participants liked the program   Behavior level criteria measure whether skills learned in training result in behavior changes back on the job
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Operations Management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Understanding Management (MindTap Course List)
Management
ISBN:9781305502215
Author:Richard L. Daft, Dorothy Marcic
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:Cengage,
Text book image
Principles of Management
Management
ISBN:9780998625768
Author:OpenStax
Publisher:OpenStax College
Text book image
Foundations of Business (MindTap Course List)
Marketing
ISBN:9781337386920
Author:William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Foundations of Business - Standalone book (MindTa...
Marketing
ISBN:9781285193946
Author:William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:9781285869681
Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:Cengage Learning