Questions from General Operations Management


Q: Porter Investments needs to develop an investment portfolio for Mrs. Singh

Porter Investments needs to develop an investment portfolio for Mrs. Singh from the following list of possible investments: Mrs. Singh has a total of $60,000 to invest. The following conditions must b...

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Q: The Attaran Corporation manufactures two electrical products: portable air conditioners and

The Attaran Corporation manufactures two electrical products: portable air conditioners and portable heaters. The assembly process for each is similar in that both require a certain amount of wiring a...

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Q: The Chris Beehner Company manufactures two lines of designer yard gates,

The Chris Beehner Company manufactures two lines of designer yard gates, called model A and model B. Every gate requires blending a certain amount of steel and zinc; the company has available a total...

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Q: Green Vehicle Inc. manufactures electric cars and small delivery trucks.

Green Vehicle Inc. manufactures electric cars and small delivery trucks. It has just opened a new factory where the C1 car and the T1 truck can both be manufactured. To make either vehicle, processing...

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Q: The Lifang Wu Corporation manufactures two models of industrial robots, the

The Lifang Wu Corporation manufactures two models of industrial robots, the Alpha 1 and the Beta 2. The firm employs 5 technicians, working 160 hours each per month, on its assembly line. Management i...

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Q: Consider the following LP problem developed at Zafar Malik’s Carbondale, Illinois

Consider the following LP problem developed at Zafar Malik’s Carbondale, Illinois, optical scanning firm: a) What is the optimal solution to this problem? Solve it graphically. b) If...

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Q: Customers arrive at Rich Dunn’s Styling Shop at a rate of 3

Customers arrive at Rich Dunn’s Styling Shop at a rate of 3 per hour, distributed in a Poisson fashion. Rich’s service times follow a negative exponential distribution, and Rich can complete an averag...

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Q: Conduct an interview with a prospective purchaser of a new bicycle and

Conduct an interview with a prospective purchaser of a new bicycle and translate the customer’s wants into the specific hows of the firm.

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Q: Bill Youngdahl has been collecting data at the TU student grill.

Bill Youngdahl has been collecting data at the TU student grill. He has found that, between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., students arrive at the grill at a rate of 25 per hour (Poisson distributed) and ser...

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Q: Janson’s Department Store in Stark, Ohio, maintains a successful catalog

Janson’s Department Store in Stark, Ohio, maintains a successful catalog sales department in which a clerk takes orders by telephone. If the clerk is occupied on one line, incoming phone calls to the...

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