Questions from General Operations Management


Q: A painter is considering using a new high-tech paint roller

A painter is considering using a new high-tech paint roller. Yesterday he was able to paint three walls in 45 minutes using his old method. Today he painted two walls of the same size in 20 minutes. I...

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Q: Joe, the owner of Genuine Reproductions (GR), a company

Joe, the owner of Genuine Reproductions (GR), a company that manufactures reproduction furniture, is interested in measuring inventory effectiveness. Last year the cost of goods sold at GR was $3,000,...

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Q: A quality control inspector at the Beautiful Shampoo Company has taken three

A quality control inspector at the Beautiful Shampoo Company has taken three samples with four observations each of the volume of shampoo bottles filled. The data collected by the inspector and the co...

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Q: A quality control inspector has taken four samples with five observations each

A quality control inspector has taken four samples with five observations each at the Beautiful Shampoo Company, measuring the volume of shampoo per bottle. If the average range for the four samples i...

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Q: Ten samples with five observations each have been taken from the Beautiful

Ten samples with five observations each have been taken from the Beautiful Shampoo Company plant in order to test for volume dispersion in the shampoo bottle-filling process. The average sample range...

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Q: A production manager at a Contour Manufacturing plant has inspected the number

A production manager at a Contour Manufacturing plant has inspected the number of defective plastic molds in 5 random samples of 20 observations each. Following are the number of defective molds found...

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Q: U-learn University uses a c-chart to monitor student

U-learn University uses a c-chart to monitor student complaints per week. Complaints have been recorded over the past ten weeks. Develop 3-sigma control limits using the following data: Sample Number...

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Q: University Hospital has been concerned with the number of errors found in

University Hospital has been concerned with the number of errors found in its billing statements to patients. An audit of 100 bills per week over the past 12 weeks revealed the following number of err...

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Q: Three ice-cream packing machines at the Creamy Treat Company are

Three ice-cream packing machines at the Creamy Treat Company are being evaluated for their capability. The following data are recorded: Packing Machine Standard Deviation  A 0.2  B 0.3  C 0....

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Q: Compute the Cpk measure of process capability for the following machine and

Compute the Cpk measure of process capability for the following machine and interpret the findings. What value would you have obtained with the CP measure? Machine data: USL = 100 LSL = 70 Process σ...

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