Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Rapido Burrito is a small, regional chain of quick service restaurants

Rapido Burrito is a small, regional chain of quick service restaurants. Rather than wait in a cafeteria-style line, customers check boxes for their choice of ingredients, sauce, and so on paper menus...

Q: Rocker Industries (RI) produces recreational in-line skates (

Rocker Industries (RI) produces recreational in-line skates (see Exhibit 14.36). Demand is seasonal, peaking in the summer months, with a smaller peak demand during December. For one of their more pop...

Q: Define the principal criteria that might be used for locating each of

Define the principal criteria that might be used for locating each of the following facilities: • hospital • chemical factory • fire station • coffee shop • regional automobile parts

Q: Select a firm such as Taco Bell (www.tacobell.

Select a firm such as Taco Bell (www.tacobell.com), Bank of America (www.bankofamerica.com), Walmart (www.walmart.com), or another service-providing organization of interest to you and write a short a...

Q: How can satellite-based global positioning systems improve the performance of

How can satellite-based global positioning systems improve the performance of supply chains in the following industries: (a) trucking, (b) farming and food distribution, (c) manufacturing, and (d)...

Q: Find an article describing the application of optimization models in supply chain

Find an article describing the application of optimization models in supply chain design and summarize how the models are used and the benefits that resulted from them. A good journal to search is In...

Q: What type of process—project, job shop, flow shop

What type of process—project, job shop, flow shop, and continuous flow—would most likely be used to produce the following? Explain your reasoning. a. Personal computers b. Weddings c. Paper d. Paper b...

Q: What type of process – project, job shop, flow shop

What type of process – project, job shop, flow shop, and continuous flow – would most likely be used to produce the following? a. Gasoline b. Air-conditioners c. Specialized machine tools d. Ships e....

Q: List some common processes that you perform as a student. How

List some common processes that you perform as a student. How can you use the knowledge from this chapter, such as identifying bottlenecks, to improve them?

Q: Use the product-process matrix to explain the implications for Boeing

Use the product-process matrix to explain the implications for Boeing in changing from a project focus to more of a flow shop process as explained in the box "Rethinking Airplane Manufacturing Process...