Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Define scheduling and sequencing. Provide examples from your experiences.

Define scheduling and sequencing. Provide examples from your experiences.

Q: What is a Gantt chart and why is it important?

What is a Gantt chart and why is it important?

Q: Why must schedules be closely monitored and often revised?

Why must schedules be closely monitored and often revised?

Q: What are the objectives of vehicle routing and scheduling?

What are the objectives of vehicle routing and scheduling?

Q: How do you think that quality management concepts can support sustainability efforts

How do you think that quality management concepts can support sustainability efforts? Find some sources or examples to support your beliefs.

Q: Explain how scheduling affects customer service and costs. Provide an example

Explain how scheduling affects customer service and costs. Provide an example.

Q: What are the four major decisions made by staff scheduling?

What are the four major decisions made by staff scheduling?

Q: Why are appointment systems used? What decisions are necessary to design

Why are appointment systems used? What decisions are necessary to design an appointment system?

Q: The consumer loan division of a major bank wants to determine the

The consumer loan division of a major bank wants to determine the size of the staff it would need to process up to 200 loan applications per day. It estimated that each loan officer can process a loan...

Q: Describe some practical examples of the single- resource sequencing problem.

Describe some practical examples of the single- resource sequencing problem.