Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Using the project information listed in the table below: a

Using the project information listed in the table below: a) Draw the AON network for the construction activity. b) Draw the AOA for the construction activity.

Q: What are the implications for operations management with respect to the following

What are the implications for operations management with respect to the following organizational strategies: (1) low price, (2) good quality, (3) response, (4) innovation, (5) variety, and (6) sustain...

Q: A project has the following activities, precedence relationships, and activity

A project has the following activities, precedence relationships, and activity durations. Draw the AOA project network. How long would it take to complete this project? What is the length of the criti...

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of product layout?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of product layout?

Q: What are the main requirements of work cells?

What are the main requirements of work cells?

Q: How would you define a good quality of work life?

How would you define a good quality of work life?

Q: What are some of the uses to which labor standards are put

What are some of the uses to which labor standards are put?

Q: The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at

The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital. With more than 13,000 births in a hospital that was designed for a capacity of 6,500...

Q: Identify the category— “personal”, “fatigue”, or “

Identify the category— “personal”, “fatigue”, or “delay”—in which the following job elements belong: a) A hair-dresser takes the phone to confirm a booking in the middle of a client haircut. b) A do...

Q: How do you classify the time for a drill press operator who

How do you classify the time for a drill press operator who is idle for a few minutes at the beginning of every job waiting for the setup person to complete the setup? Some of the setup time is used i...