Questions from General Operations Management


Q: Define the concept of value.

Define the concept of value.

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Q: We know the following data for Albert's fabricating production area:

We know the following data for Albert's fabricating production area: Number of machines = 5 Number of working days in year = 340 Processing time per unit = 60 minutes a. What is the annual capacity wi...

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Q: Given the following data for Alice’s assembly shop: Number of

Given the following data for Alice’s assembly shop: Number of machines = 6 Number of working days in year = 340 Processing time per unit = 40 minutes a. What is the annual capacity with a single eight...

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Q: Worthington Hills grocery store has five regular checkout lines and one express

Worthington Hills grocery store has five regular checkout lines and one express line (12 items or less). Based on a sampling study, it takes 11 minutes on the average for a customer to go through the...

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Q: Tony’s Income Tax Service is determining its staffing requirements for the next

Tony’s Income Tax Service is determining its staffing requirements for the next income tax season. Income tax preparers work 50 hours per week from January 15 through April 15 (assume four weeks per m...

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Q: A state department of transportation district is responsible for 300 miles of

A state department of transportation district is responsible for 300 miles of highway. During a winter storm, salt trucks spread an average of 400 pounds of salt per mile and travel at an average spee...

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Q: A 30,000-seat college football stadium is used 18

A 30,000-seat college football stadium is used 18 times for games, concerts, and graduation ceremonies. Each event averages six hours and assumes the stadium is full for each event. The stadium is ava...

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Q: As the assistant manager of a restaurant, how many servers will

As the assistant manager of a restaurant, how many servers will you need given the following information for Saturday night’s dinner menu: • Demand (dinners served) 5 100 dinners per hour • Server tar...

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Q: An automobile-emissions center tests 50 autos per hour. Each

An automobile-emissions center tests 50 autos per hour. Each inspector can inspect one auto every four minutes. If the center wanted a target utilization of 90 percent, how many inspectors would they...

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Q: Jack Bracket, the CEO of Bracket International (BI), has

Jack Bracket, the CEO of Bracket International (BI), has grown his business to sales last year of $78 million, with a cost of goods sold of $61 million. Average inventory levels are about $14 million....

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