Questions from General Operations Management


Q: A general rule of designing hospital layouts is to separate patient/

A general rule of designing hospital layouts is to separate patient/visitor flow from what?

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Q: Live Trap Corporation received the data below for its rodent cage production

Live Trap Corporation received the data below for its rodent cage production unit. Find the total productivity?

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Q: Two types of cars (Deluxe and Limited) were produced by

Two types of cars (Deluxe and Limited) were produced by a car manufacturer last year. Quantities sold, price per unit, and labor hours follow. What is the labor productivity for each car? Explain the...

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Q: An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company

An electronics company makes communications devices for military contracts. The company just completed two contracts. The navy contract was for 2,300 devices and took 25 workers two weeks (40 hours pe...

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Q: Sarah’s Muffler Shop has one standard muffler that fits a large variety

Sarah’s Muffler Shop has one standard muffler that fits a large variety of cars. Sarah wishes to establish a reorder point system to manage inventory of this standard muffler. Use th...

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Q: Jack Simpson, contract negotiator for Nebula Airframe Company, is currently

Jack Simpson, contract negotiator for Nebula Airframe Company, is currently involved in bidding on a follow-up government contract. In gathering cost data from the first three units, which Nebula prod...

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Q: A retail store had sales of $45,000 in April

A retail store had sales of $45,000 in April and $56,000 in May. The store employs eight full-time workers who work a 40-hour week. In April the store also had seven part-time workers at 10 hours per...

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Q: A parcel delivery company delivered 103,000 packages last year,

A parcel delivery company delivered 103,000 packages last year, when its average employment was 84 drivers. This year the firm handled 112,000 deliveries with 96 drivers. What was the percentage change...

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Q: The following table represents a plan for a project:

The following table represents a plan for a project: Construct the appropriate network diagram. Indicate the critical path. What is the expected completion time for the project? You can accomplish a...

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Q: A fast-food restaurant serves hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and chicken

A fast-food restaurant serves hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and chicken sandwiches. The restaurant counts a cheeseburger as equivalent to 1.25 hamburgers and chicken sandwiches as 0.8 hamburger. Current...

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