Questions from General Operations Management

Q: A firm has redesigned its production process so that it now takes

A firm has redesigned its production process so that it now takes 10 hours for a unit to be made. Using the old process, it took 15 hours to make a unit. If the process makes one unit each hour, on av...

Q: What are the four basic techniques for measuring work and setting time

What are the four basic techniques for measuring work and setting time standards?

Q: Which work measurement technique is most appropriate for tasks that are infrequent

Which work measurement technique is most appropriate for tasks that are infrequent or have a long cycle time?

Q: A quoting department for a custom publishing house can complete 4 quotes

A quoting department for a custom publishing house can complete 4 quotes per day, and there are 20 quotes in various stages in the department. Applying Little’s law, the current lead time for a quote...

Q: Why is it important to use expected value management (EVM)

Why is it important to use expected value management (EVM) in the overall management of projects? Compare to the use of baseline and current schedules only.

Q: A small barber shop has a single chair and an area for

A small barber shop has a single chair and an area for waiting, where only one person can be in the chair at a time, and no one leaves without getting their hair cut. So the system is roughly: Entranc...

Q: A manufacturing company has a small production line dedicated to the production

A manufacturing company has a small production line dedicated to the production of a particular product. The line has four stations in serial. Inputs arrive at station 1 and the output from station...

Q: In a flowchart, what is used to represent a storage activity

In a flowchart, what is used to represent a storage activity in the process?

Q: For the network shown: / a.

For the network shown: a. Determine the critical path and the early completion time in weeks for the project. b. For the data shown, reduce the project completion time by three weeks. Assume a linea...

Q: A process is part of an organization that takes _________________, turns them

A process is part of an organization that takes _________________, turns them into _______________, and adds ___________________ while doing so.