Questions from General Operations Management

Q: How do you know when an optimal solution has been reached?

How do you know when an optimal solution has been reached?

Q: Which starting technique generally gives a better initial solution, and why

Which starting technique generally gives a better initial solution, and why?

Q: The more sources and destinations there are for a transportation problem,

The more sources and destinations there are for a transportation problem, the smaller the percentage of all cells that will be used in the optimal solution. Explain.

Q: All of the transportation examples appear to apply to long distances.

All of the transportation examples appear to apply to long distances. Is it possible for the transportation model to apply on a much smaller scale, for example, within the departments of a store or th...

Q: Develop a northeast-corner rule and explain how it would work

Develop a northeast-corner rule and explain how it would work. Set up an initial solution for the Arizona Plumbing problem analysed in Example C1. Data from Example C1: The Northwest-Corner Rule: Ari...

Q: What is meant by an unbalanced transportation problem, and how would

What is meant by an unbalanced transportation problem, and how would you balance it?

Q: What are some of the limitations of learning curves?

What are some of the limitations of learning curves?

Q: Identify three applications of the learning curve.

Identify three applications of the learning curve.

Q: What are the approaches to solving learning-curve problems?

What are the approaches to solving learning-curve problems?

Q: Refer to Example E2. What are the implications for Great Lakes

Refer to Example E2. What are the implications for Great Lakes, Inc., if the engineering department wants to change the engine in the third and subsequent tugboats that the firm purchases? Data from...