Questions from General Operations Management


Q: List some possible causes of assignable variation.

List some possible causes of assignable variation.

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Q: Explain how a person using 2-sigma control charts will more

Explain how a person using 2-sigma control charts will more easily find samples “out of bounds” than 3-sigma control charts. What are some possible consequences of this fact?

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Q: When is the desired mean, , used in establishing the centreline

When is the desired mean, , used in establishing the centreline of a control chart instead of x?

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Q: Why is a process termed “out of control” if it

Why is a process termed “out of control” if it temporarily produces less defectives?

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Q: Distinguish between design capacity and effective capacity.

Distinguish between design capacity and effective capacity.

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Q: Under what conditions would a firm want its capacity to lag demand

Under what conditions would a firm want its capacity to lag demand? to lead demand?

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Q: Explain how net present value is an appropriate tool for comparing investments

Explain how net present value is an appropriate tool for comparing investments.

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Q: Darden Restaurants, the $6.3 billion owner of such

Darden Restaurants, the $6.3 billion owner of such popular brands as Olive Garden, Seasons 52, and Bahama Breeze, serves more than 320 million meals annually in its 1,500 restaurants across the U.S. a...

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Q: Describe the five-step process that serves as the basis of

Describe the five-step process that serves as the basis of the theory of constraints.

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Q: What are the techniques available to operations managers to deal with a

What are the techniques available to operations managers to deal with a bottleneck operation? Which of these does not decrease throughput time?

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