Questions from General Operations Management

Q: Why is safety capacity important? Provide some examples of safety capacity

Why is safety capacity important? Provide some examples of safety capacity in manufacturing and service organizations.

Q: Explain how safety capacity and planned capacity are related.

Explain how safety capacity and planned capacity are related.

Q: Define a work order and provide examples in goods-producing and

Define a work order and provide examples in goods-producing and service-providing industries.

Q: What is setup time? Why is it important in determining capacity

What is setup time? Why is it important in determining capacity?

Q: How are total time, setup time, and processing time related

How are total time, setup time, and processing time related?

Q: Do an Internet search of “vehicle-routing software” and

Do an Internet search of “vehicle-routing software” and “vehicle routing.” Write a two-page report of the capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages of these vehicle-routing and dispatching systems....

Q: Define utilization and explain two ways computing resource utilization.

Define utilization and explain two ways computing resource utilization.

Q: What is queueing theory? Summarize the performance measures that are computed

What is queueing theory? Summarize the performance measures that are computed in queueing models.

Q: List the characteristics and assumptions of a single server queueing model.

List the characteristics and assumptions of a single server queueing model.

Q: List the characteristics and assumptions of a multiple server queueing model.

List the characteristics and assumptions of a multiple server queueing model.