Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Research and write a short paper (two pages maximum) on

Research and write a short paper (two pages maximum) on two examples of revenue management applications not in the text and explain how they help organizations.

Q: What types of jobs are best suited to apply learning curves?

What types of jobs are best suited to apply learning curves? How would you determine this?

Q: Identify one example of a resource with a very low average utilization

Identify one example of a resource with a very low average utilization rate and a second example with a very high average utilization rate. Consider both service and manufacturing organizations. Write...

Q: Select a service process and draw the flowchart using no more than

Select a service process and draw the flowchart using no more than 10 process steps. The service process can be based on your work experience, such as in accounting or human resource management, or a...

Q: What are the analogies between Little’s Law and a single server queueing

What are the analogies between Little’s Law and a single server queueing model?

Q: In what queueing situations might you apply only analytical models? Only

In what queueing situations might you apply only analytical models? Only simulation models? Can you think of a situation where you might apply both types of models to a real-world problem?

Q: Identify and describe a queueing system of interest to you. Draw

Identify and describe a queueing system of interest to you. Draw a picture of the system.

Q: Find, describe, and draw an organization’s sup- ply chain

Find, describe, and draw an organization’s sup- ply chain and identify the types of inventory in it and, if possible, their purpose and how they are monitored and controlled. (The example could be a p...

Q: Community Medical Associates (CMA) is a large health care system

Community Medical Associates (CMA) is a large health care system with 2 hospitals, 25 satellite health centers, and 56 outpatient clinics. CMA had 1.5 million outpatient visits and 60,000 inpatient ad...

Q: Bloomberg Businessweek published an article titled “This Economic Model Organized Asia

Bloomberg Businessweek published an article titled “This Economic Model Organized Asia for Decades. Now It’s Broken” (June 21, 2017; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-21/this-economic-m...