Questions from General Operations Management


Q: Howard Weiss, Inc., is considering building a sensitive new radiation

Howard Weiss, Inc., is considering building a sensitive new radiation scanning device. His managers believe that there is a probability of 0.4 that the ATR Co. will come out with a competitive product...

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Q: The Adam Smith Trading Company wants to increase its markets and conduct

The Adam Smith Trading Company wants to increase its markets and conduct business in more countries. It has done a pre-study about costs for opening new offices and approximate yearly profits (all num...

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Q: The following payoff table provides profits based on various possible decision alternatives

The following payoff table provides profits based on various possible decision alternatives and various levels of demand at Robert Klassan’s print shop: The probability of low demand...

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Q: Leah Johnson, director of Urgent Care of Brookline, wants to

Leah Johnson, director of Urgent Care of Brookline, wants to increase capacity to provide low-cost flu shots but must decide whether to do so by hiring another full-time nurse or by using part-time nu...

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Q: Zhu Manufacturing is considering the introduction of a family of new products

Zhu Manufacturing is considering the introduction of a family of new products. Long-term demand for the product group is somewhat predictable, so the manufacturer must be concerned with the risk of ch...

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Q: Find an initial solution to the following transportation problem. /

Find an initial solution to the following transportation problem. a) Use the northwest-corner method. What is its total cost? b) Use the intuitive lowest-cost approach. What is its total cost? c) Usin...

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Q: Randa’s Bakery, Egypt, is considering adding a fourth plant to

Randa’s Bakery, Egypt, is considering adding a fourth plant to its three existing facilities in 6th of October, 10th of Ramadan, and Obour. Both Giza and Mokatam are being considered...

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Q: Zhou Bicycle Company (ZBC), located in Seattle, is a

Zhou Bicycle Company (ZBC), located in Seattle, is a wholesale distributor of bicycles and bicycle parts. Formed in 1981 by University of Washington Professor Yong-Pin Zhou, the firm’...

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Q: Using the data from Problem C.10 and the unit production

Using the data from Problem C.10 and the unit production costs listed in the following table, show which locations yield the lowest cost.

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Q: A juice manufacturer produces juice at plants in Cairo, Alexandria,

A juice manufacturer produces juice at plants in Cairo, Alexandria, and Aswan. These are sent to regional distributors in Giza, Tanta, and Sohag. The shipping costs vary, and the company would like to...

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