Questions from General Operations Management


Q: Consider the following tasks that must be assigned to four workers on

Consider the following tasks that must be assigned to four workers on a conveyor-paced assembly line (i.e., a machine-paced line flow). Each worker must perform at least one task. There is unlimited d...

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Q: The Geneva Watch Corporation manufactures watches on a conveyor belt with six

The Geneva Watch Corporation manufactures watches on a conveyor belt with six stations. One worker stands at each station and performs the following tasks: These six workers begin their workday at 8:0...

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Q: A small, privately owned Asian company is producing a private-

A small, privately owned Asian company is producing a private-label soft drink, Yoggo. A machine-paced line puts the soft drinks into plastic bottles and then packages the bottles into boxes holding 1...

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Q: Atlas Inc. is a toy bicycle manufacturing company producing a five

Atlas Inc. is a toy bicycle manufacturing company producing a five-inch small version of the bike that Lance Armstrong rode to win his first Tour de France. The assembly line at Atlas Inc. consists of...

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Q: A manufacturer of women’s designer gloves has employed a team of students

A manufacturer of women’s designer gloves has employed a team of students to redesign her manufacturing unit. They gathered the following information. The manufacturing process consi...

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Q: The accompanying diagram depicts a five-step, worker-paced

The accompanying diagram depicts a five-step, worker-paced headphone manufacturing plant. The headphones are meant to be used with iPods and DVD players. Step 1 involves a worker bending a metal strip...

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Q: Millennium Liquors is a wholesaler of sparkling wines. Their most popular

Millennium Liquors is a wholesaler of sparkling wines. Their most popular product is the French Bete Noire. Weekly demand is for 45 cases. Assume demand occurs over 50 weeks per year. The wine is ship...

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Q: Powered by Koffee (PBK) is a new campus coffee store

Powered by Koffee (PBK) is a new campus coffee store. PBK uses 50 bags of whole bean coffee every month, and you may assume that demand is perfectly steady throughout the year. PBK has signed a year-l...

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Q: Consider the following two-step process: / Step

Consider the following two-step process: Step A has a processing time of 1 minute per unit, but no setup is required. Step B has a processing time of 0.1 minute per unit, but a setup time of 9 minutes...

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Q: A manufacturing company producing medical devices reported $60,000,

A manufacturing company producing medical devices reported $60,000,000 in sales over the last year. At the end of the same year, the company had $20,000,000 worth of inventory of ready-to-ship devices...

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