Questions from General Operations Management


Q: What is the overall reliability that bank loans will be processed accurately

What is the overall reliability that bank loans will be processed accurately if each of the five clerks shown in the chart has the reliability shown? Hint: The three paths are done in parallel, follow...

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Q: Merrill Kim Sharp has a system composed of three components in parallel

Merrill Kim Sharp has a system composed of three components in parallel. The components have the following reliabilities: R1 = 0.90, R2 = 0.95, R3 = 0.85 What is the reliability of the system?

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Q: A medical control system has three components in series with individual reliabilities

A medical control system has three components in series with individual reliabilities (R1, R2, R3) as shown: What is the reliability of the system?

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Q: On any given day, Celebrity Cruises, Inc. has tens

On any given day, Celebrity Cruises, Inc. has tens of thousands of passengers at sea on more than a dozen spectacular ships, spanning 7 continents and 75 countries. With this level of capital investme...

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Q: Darden Restaurants, owner of popular brands such as Olive Garden and

Darden Restaurants, owner of popular brands such as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, requires unique supply chains to serve more than 300 million meals annually. Darden’s strategy is operations e...

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Q: Given the following conditional value table, determine the appropriate decision under

Given the following conditional value table, determine the appropriate decision under uncertainty using: a) Maximax b) Maximin c) Equally likely

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Q: Consider the following decision table, which Joe Blackburn has developed for

Consider the following decision table, which Joe Blackburn has developed for Vanderbilt Enterprises: Which decision alternative maximizes the expected value of the payoff?

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Q: A news vendor wants to decide on the number of magazines to

A news vendor wants to decide on the number of magazines to order for the next day. Based on his experience, he believes that demand for the magazine would range from 400–900 based o...

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Q: Palmer Jam Company is a small manufacturer of several different jam products

Palmer Jam Company is a small manufacturer of several different jam products. One product is an organic jam that has no preservatives, sold to retail outlets. Susan Palmer must decide how many cases o...

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Q: The organizing company of the famous rapper Sean Paul’s concert in Dubai

The organizing company of the famous rapper Sean Paul’s concert in Dubai has decided to print shirts to be sold in the event. The company decision is to either print 5,000, 10,000, o...

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