Questions from General Operations Management

Q: What is a contract manufacturer? Provide some examples of contract manufacturers

What is a contract manufacturer? Provide some examples of contract manufacturers used by Apple.

Q: What is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider?

What is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider? How does Amazon use 3PL providers?

Q: How can break-even analysis be used to help managers make

How can break-even analysis be used to help managers make outsourcing decisions?

Q: Define outsourcing, offshoring, and reshoring and explain how they differ

Define outsourcing, offshoring, and reshoring and explain how they differ.

Q: For the in-line skate example described in Problem 42,

For the in-line skate example described in Problem 42, design a production line to achieve an output rate of 90 per hour.

Q: Define custom, option, and standard goods and services and give

Define custom, option, and standard goods and services and give a new example of each. How does the type of goods and services affect process choice?

Q: What are the advantages of clearly defining the process boundaries?

What are the advantages of clearly defining the process boundaries?

Q: Interview an operations or logistics manager at a nearby manufacturing or service

Interview an operations or logistics manager at a nearby manufacturing or service company to find out about scheduling problems the company faces and how they are addressed.

Q: Explain the concept of the hierarchy of work. How is it

Explain the concept of the hierarchy of work. How is it useful in process design activities?

Q: What is the value stream? How does a value stream map

What is the value stream? How does a value stream map differ from an ordinary process map?