Questions from General Operations Management


Q: The Stylish Hair Salon has three stylists who provide services to women

The Stylish Hair Salon has three stylists who provide services to women. After checking in with the receptionist, which takes an average of 1 minute, the customer’s hair is washed, dried, and styled,...

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

Palin’s Muffler Shop has one standard muffler that fits a large variety of cars. The shop wishes to establish a periodic review system to manage inventory of this standard muffler. U...

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Q: Why did the concepts, principles, and techniques of lean emerge

Why did the concepts, principles, and techniques of lean emerge and evolve in Japan, not in the Western countries?

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Q: For a particular operation, the setup time is 10 minutes and

For a particular operation, the setup time is 10 minutes and the run time is 50 minutes to produce a standard lot of 40 parts. It takes three additional hours to circulate a container of parts after p...

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Q: Product A has an MTBF of 30 hours and an MTTR of

Product A has an MTBF of 30 hours and an MTTR of 5 hours. Product B has an MTBF of 40 hours and an MTTR of 2 hours. a. Which product has higher reliability? b. Which product has better maintainability...

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Q: For the following situations, comment on whether inspection by variables or

For the following situations, comment on whether inspection by variables or by attributes might be more appropriate: a. Filling packaged food containers to the proper weight. b. Inspecting for defects...

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Q: Qualitative forecasting methods should be used only as a last resort.

Qualitative forecasting methods should be used only as a last resort. Agree or disagree? Comment.

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Q: The ABC Floral Shop sold the following number of geraniums during the

The ABC Floral Shop sold the following number of geraniums during the last two weeks: Develop a spreadsheet for the following. a. Calculate forecasts using a three- and five-period moving average. b....

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Q: A school district has forecast student enrollment for several years into the

A school district has forecast student enrollment for several years into the future and predicts excess capacity for 2000 students. The school board has said that the only alternative is to close a sc...

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Q: A barbershop has the following demand for haircuts on Saturday, which

A barbershop has the following demand for haircuts on Saturday, which is its busiest day of the week. Number of Haircuts Probability 20 ……………………………………0.1 25 ……………………………………0.3 30 …………………………………..0.4 35...

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