Questions from General Operations Management

Q: 1. Research the parts of the diamond value chain and then

1. Research the parts of the diamond value chain and then answer the following question: How would you describe the type of process used for (a) exploration, (b) diamond mining, (c) sorting and gradin...

Q: The Naples Newspaper completes production of its daily edition by 5 a

The Naples Newspaper completes production of its daily edition by 5 a.m. A truck picks up pallets loaded with newspapers and delivers them to five neighbor sites, where carriers sort and fold the pape...

Q: Leatherlike Manufacturing Company makes an artificial leather-like product for the

Leatherlike Manufacturing Company makes an artificial leather-like product for the fashion accessory market. The material is made in sheets and has the appearance of a thin rug. Each sheet is 36 inche...

Q: Wellplace Insurance Company processes insurance policy applications in batches of 50.

Wellplace Insurance Company processes insurance policy applications in batches of 50. One day, they had ten batches to process and, after inspection, it was found that four batches had nonconforming p...

Q: Nighthawk Airlines measured their numbers of lost bags in one month and

Nighthawk Airlines measured their numbers of lost bags in one month and found that they had lost 35 bags for 10,000 customers. If the average number of bags per customer is 1.2, how many errors per mi...

Q: Boardwalk Electronics manufactures 300,000 circuit boards per month. A

Boardwalk Electronics manufactures 300,000 circuit boards per month. A random sample of 3,000 boards is inspected every week for five characteristics. During a recent week, three defects were found fo...

Q: Analyze the cost data below. What implications do these data suggest

Analyze the cost data below. What implications do these data suggest to managers?

Q: Given the cost elements in the table below, deter- mine

Given the cost elements in the table below, deter- mine the total percentage in each of the four major quality-cost categories.

Q: Classify the cost elements shown below for the Impressive Printing Company into

Classify the cost elements shown below for the Impressive Printing Company into the proper quality cost categories and find the total quality cost by category and percentage of total quality cost by c...

Q: Reship Solutions, Inc. has a distribution center in Cincinnati,

Reship Solutions, Inc. has a distribution center in Cincinnati, where it receives and breaks down bulk orders from suppliers’ factories and ships out products to retail customers. Th...