Questions from General Operations Management

Q: For each of the following variables, explain the differences (in

For each of the following variables, explain the differences (in general) as one moves from a work center to an assembly line environment. a. Throughput time (time to convert raw material into product...

Q: What are the underlying assumptions of minimum-cost scheduling? Are

What are the underlying assumptions of minimum-cost scheduling? Are they equally realistic?

Q: What is the term used to refer to the physical surroundings in

What is the term used to refer to the physical surroundings in which service operations occur and how these surroundings affect customers and employees?

Q: What are the three general factors that determine the fit of a

What are the three general factors that determine the fit of a new or revised service process?

Q: Here is a network with the activity times shown in days:

Here is a network with the activity times shown in days: a. Find the critical path. b. The following table shows the normal times and the crash times, along with the associated costs for each activit...

Q: An engineering firm retains a technical specialist to assist four design engineers

An engineering firm retains a technical specialist to assist four design engineers working on a project. The help that the specialist gives engineers ranges widely in time consumption. The specialist...

Q: Retrieving money from a mechanical slot machine is referred to

Retrieving money from a mechanical slot machine is referred to as the drop process. The drop process begins with a security officer and the slot drop team leader obtaining the slot cabinet keys from...

Q: State in your own words what Little's Law means. Think of

State in your own words what Little's Law means. Think of an example that you have observed where Little's Law applies.

Q: Explain how having more work-in-process inventory can improve

Explain how having more work-in-process inventory can improve the efficiency of a process? How can this ever be bad?

Q: Recently some Operations Management experts have begun insisting that simple maximizing process

Recently some Operations Management experts have begun insisting that simple maximizing process velocity, which actually means minimizing the time that it takes to process something through the system...