Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Who needs to be involved in assessing the cost of customers waiting

Who needs to be involved in assessing the cost of customers waiting for service if the customers are (a) the general public (b) employees of the organization?

Q: Should additional laminate be purchased and, if so, how much

Should additional laminate be purchased and, if so, how much?

Q: Should additional wood be purchased and, if so, how much

Should additional wood be purchased and, if so, how much?

Q: Should there be additional overtime and, if so, how much

Should there be additional overtime and, if so, how much?

Q: What is meant by the term feasible solution space? What determines

What is meant by the term feasible solution space? What determines this region?

Q: Explain the term redundant constraint.

Explain the term redundant constraint.

Q: What is an is0-cost line? An iso-profit

What is an iso-cost line? An iso-profit line?  

Q: What does sliding an objective function line toward the origin represent?

What does sliding an objective function line toward the origin represent? Away from the origin?

Q: What is a possible qualitative issue that may very well influence productivity

What is a possible qualitative issue that may very well influence productivity levels that the productivity ratios fail to take into account?

Q: How would you formulate the constraint for material A if it was

How would you formulate the constraint for material A if it was determined that there is a 5 percent waste factor for material A and equal quantities of each product are required?