Questions from General Operations Management

Q: A company has just tested the skills of two applicants for the

A company has just tested the skills of two applicants for the same job. They found that applicant A had a higher learning rate than applicant B. Should they definitely higher applicant A?

Q: How do you determine the idle-time percentage from a given

How do you determine the idle-time percentage from a given assembly-line balance?

Q: A distributor of large appliances needs to determine the order quantities and

A distributor of large appliances needs to determine the order quantities and reorder points for the various products it carries. The following data refer to a specific refrigerator in its product lin...

Q: Santa Cruz Bottling is a manufacturer of organic soft drinks on the

Santa Cruz Bottling is a manufacturer of organic soft drinks on the coast of central California. Its products are enjoying a growing reputation and increased demand throughout the American Southwest....

Q: Distinguish between known mathematical distributions and empirical distributions.What information is

Distinguish between known mathematical distributions and empirical distributions.What information is needed to simulate using a known mathematical distribution?

Q: Think about the registration process at your university. Develop a flow

Think about the registration process at your university. Develop a flow chart to understand it. How would you radically redesign this process?

Q: Firm A typically sees a learning percentage of 85% in their

Firm A typically sees a learning percentage of 85% in their processes. Firm B has a learning percentage of 80%. Which firm has the faster learning rate?

Q: Company Z is just starting to make a brand new product they

Company Z is just starting to make a brand new product they have made before. They have completed two units so far. The first unit took 12 hours to complete and the next unit took 11 hours. Based o...

Q: Omega Technology is starting production of a new supercomputer for use in

Omega Technology is starting production of a new supercomputer for use in large research universities. They have just completed the first unit, which took 120 man-hours to produce. Based on their ex...

Q: Honda Motor Company has discovered a problem in the exhaust system of

Honda Motor Company has discovered a problem in the exhaust system of one of its automobile lines and has voluntarily agreed to make the necessary modifications to conform with gover...