Questions from General Operations Management


Q: A large catalog retailer of fashion apparel reported $100,000

A large catalog retailer of fashion apparel reported $100,000,000 in revenues over the last year. On average, over the same year, the company had $5,000,000 worth of inventory in their warehouses. Ass...

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Q: OPIM Bus Inc. offers low-cost bus transportation between Philadelphia

OPIM Bus Inc. offers low-cost bus transportation between Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr. The invested capital is $500,000, corresponding to the investment in the two vehicles it owns. Each of the two buse...

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Q: John is a newly minted quality engineer at MakeStuff Inc. His

John is a newly minted quality engineer at MakeStuff Inc. His boss, intending to promote higher quality in the company, tells him to increase the process capability index of their main product. John d...

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Q: For a key joint, a precision machining process has a lower

For a key joint, a precision machining process has a lower specification limit of a width of 0.99 mm and an upper specification limit of 1.01 mm. The standard deviation is 0.005 mm and the mean is 1 m...

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Q: Vetro Inc. is a glass manufacturer that produces glasses of every

Vetro Inc. is a glass manufacturer that produces glasses of every shape and type. Recently it signed a contract to supply round glasses to Switch, a Swiss watch manufacturer. The specifications requir...

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Q: A company making tires for bikes is concerned about the exact width

A company making tires for bikes is concerned about the exact width of their cyclocross tires. The company has a lower specification limit of 22.8 mm and an upper specification limit of 23.2 mm. The s...

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Q: Once the raw materials are collected, a single flow unit manufacturing

Once the raw materials are collected, a single flow unit manufacturing process comprises three sequential steps: ∙ Step 1 consumes large amounts of an expensive paint ∙ Step 2 is the bottleneck ∙ Step...

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Q: An employee in a restaurant spends his time on the following:

An employee in a restaurant spends his time on the following: waiting for a customer order, taking the order, forwarding the order to the kitchen, waiting for the kitchen to confirm the order, bringin...

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Q: A production process has two machines. The first machine has a

A production process has two machines. The first machine has a capacity of 100 units per hour and the second machine has a capacity of 60 units per hour. Demand for the process is 100 units per hour....

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Q: Consider a worker-paced line with three process steps, each

Consider a worker-paced line with three process steps, each of which is staffed with one worker. The sequence of the three steps does not matter for the completion of the product. Currently, the three...

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