MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains
MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains
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ISBN: 9780133885583
Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 1DQ

Take a process that you encounter on a daily basis, such as the lunch cafeteria or the journey from your home to school or work, and identify the bottlenecks that limit the throughput of this process.

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Summary Introduction

Interpretation: The barriers that hinder the process that is carried out regularly, i.e., a repeated process.

Concept Introduction: A bottleneck is the neck of a bottle, which restricts the flow of the liquid out of the bottle. In the case of process management, it refers to the sub-process and/or the activity which restricts the flow.

Answer to Problem 1DQ

Taking the process of getting ready for office and reaching the office:

  • It is seen that preparing and eating breakfast is the constraint most of the time.
  • At other times, driving to office becomes the constraint (due to allocated reasons).

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The process of getting ready for office and reaching the office is made up of many sub-processes/activities which can be sketched as follows:

  MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Chapter 5, Problem 1DQ

In such a process, there is no tangible output but there is only one OUTCOME, that of reaching the office in time. The percent of times, the operator reaches in time is a measure of the efficiency of this process.

The outcome of reaching late may coincide with a longer time spent on preparing breakfast or longer time spent in driving.

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