Questions from General Operations Management


Q: Cheryl Druehl needs to purchase a new milling machine. She is

Cheryl Druehl needs to purchase a new milling machine. She is considering two different competing machines. Milling Machine A will cost $300,000 and will return $80,000 per year for 6 years, with no s...

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Q: Portland Savings and Loan is considering new computer software, which,

Portland Savings and Loan is considering new computer software, which, because of installation and training cost, will have an unusual pattern of net receipts. The expected receipts are: $20,000 in ye...

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Q: Residents of Mill River have fond memories of ice skating at a

Residents of Mill River have fond memories of ice skating at a local park. An artist has captured the experience in a drawing and is hoping to reproduce it and sell framed copies to current and former...

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Q: Zhong Factory manufactures different types of computer motherboards in batches. The

Zhong Factory manufactures different types of computer motherboards in batches. The demand for one of its motherboards is 200 units/day, while Zhong has a capacity of up to 1,000 motherboards/day. The...

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Q: Ritz Products’s materials manager, Tej Dhakar, must determine whether to

Ritz Products’s materials manager, Tej Dhakar, must determine whether to make or buy a new semiconductor for the wrist TV that the firm is about to produce. One million units are expected to be produc...

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Q: Sox Engineering designs and constructs air conditioning and heating systems for hospitals

Sox Engineering designs and constructs air conditioning and heating systems for hospitals and clinics. Currently, the company’s staff is overloaded with design work. There is a major...

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Q: Use the data in Solved Problem 5.1 to examine what

Use the data in Solved Problem 5.1 to examine what happens to the decision if Sarah King can increase all of Design B yields from 59,000 to 64,000 by applying an expensive phosphorus to the screen at...

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Q: How would you go about attempting to come up with the probability

How would you go about attempting to come up with the probability of a “super-event” or the probability of a “uniqueevent?” What factors would you consider?

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Q: Following the incident of a furnace fire in the semiconductor plant in

Following the incident of a furnace fire in the semiconductor plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wellington Company decided to change its single-sourcing strategy of major components to multi-sourcing....

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Q: Referring to Problem S11.2, Wellington Company re-estimated

Referring to Problem S11.2, Wellington Company re-estimated the probability of a “super-event” to 0.2% due to some heavy safety investment carried out in the Albuquerque plant. In addition, they repla...

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