Describe how the Taguchi loss function is used for designing manufactured goods.
> Balance the assembly line in Exhibit 8.16 for (a) a shift output of 40 pieces and (b) a shift output of 20 pieces. Assume an 8-hour shift and use the rule: choose the assignable task with the longest processing time. Compute the line efficiency for each
> Explain why appointments are necessary for many professional services. (Hint: How do services differ from goods as described in Chapter 1?) List and explain some key issues and decisions that must be addressed in designing appointment systems.
> Explain how actual resource utilization might be only 40 percent at a non-bottleneck workstation by applying the TOC.
> Explain the concept of normal time. How can an operations manager verify whether the time to perform a task is indeed “normal”?
> What are the objectives of facility and work design? How can it help support strategic directions?
> What is a process map? How is it used in process design?
> Explain the logic and use of the service-positioning matrix.
> Explain the differences between customer-routed services and provider-routed services and give an example of each.
> Define a pathway and give an example.
> Define a service encounter activity sequence and give three examples.
> Explain the logic and use of the product-process matrix.
> What is the (traditional) product life cycle? How does it relate to process design and selection? Explain how firms make money when their goods or services follow the traditional product life cycle.
> Describe the four types of processes used to produce goods and services.
> Write a one-page paper listing the advantages and disadvantages of using part-time employees to help meet demand.
> You have been asked to set up an assembly line to assemble a computer mouse. The precedence network is shown in Exhibit 8.15; task times in minutes are given in parentheses. There are 480 minutes of assembly time per shift and the company operates one
> Chris, we make the highest-quality grass seed and fertilizer in the world. Our brands are known everywhere!” stated Caroline Ebelhar, the vice president of manufacturing for The Lawn Care Company. “Yeah! But the custom
> What is reengineering? How does it differ from other approaches to process improvement?
> How can process maps be used for improvement?
> What are the possible objectives to improving a process?
> Describe the types of errors that service poka-yokes are designed to prevent.
> Why do people make inadvertent mistakes? How does poka-yoke help prevent such mistakes?
> Describe how to apply process and value stream mapping for process design.
> What is the value stream? How does a value stream map differ from an ordinary process map?
> Explain the concept of the hierarchy of work. How is it useful in process design activities?
> 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.
> What are the advantages of clearly defining the process boundaries?
> 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?
> For the in-line skate example described in Problem 42, design a production line to achieve an output rate of 90 per hour.
> Define outsourcing, offshoring, and reshoring and explain how they differ.
> How can break-even analysis be used to help managers make outsourcing decisions?
> What is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider? How does Amazon use 3PL providers?
> What is a contract manufacturer? Provide some examples of contract manufacturers used by Apple.
> Describe the ideas of vertical, forward, and backward integration.
> Define push and pull supply chains and explain how they differ.
> Define efficient and responsive supply chains and explain how they differ.
> Discuss scheduling and sequencing issues in municipal services such as garbage collection, school-bus routing, or snowplowing. What types of criteria and approaches might be used?
> Define operational structure and provide an example of centralized control and decentralized control.
> Explain supply chain optimization and how the transportation model can be used to help optimize costs in supply chains.
> Identify and explain the four EPIC dimensions to help location facilities around the world.
> For the in-line skate assembly example in this chapter, suppose the times for the individual operations are as follows: Assume that inspections cannot be performed by production personnel, but only by persons from quality control. Therefore, assembly ope
> Explain how the center of gravity method works.
> Explain the types of decisions required and criteria used to locate facilities in supply chains.
> Define multisite management and provide one example of a company that must handle this challenge.
> Describe how Inditex/Zara designs and operates its supply chain.
> Explain the concept of a global supply chain and describe the key design decisions.
> What is the rationale for product and process simplification?
> How does your college or university schedule classes? What criteria are used?
> Describe how design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for sustainability are used for designing manufactured goods.
> Describe how reliability is used for designing manufactured goods.
> Describe the goal-post view of conforming to specifications.
> To make one particular model of a personal digital assistant (PDA) on an assembly line, the work content is defined by the ten tasks below. a. Draw the precedence diagram for this assembly line. b. What is the cycle time if you want to produce 4,500 PDAs
> Explain the concept and application of quality function deployment.
> What is prototype testing? Why is it used?
> What are the six major steps in designing goods and services?
> Explain how goods and service design concepts are integrated at LensCrafters.
> Define a service upset and provide one example from your personal experiences.
> Discuss how you decide to schedule your school assignments. Do your informal scheduling rules correspond to any of those in this chapter?
> Define a service guarantee and provide one example.
> Describe the four elements of service-encounter design.
> Define high- and low-contact systems and provide examples of each.
> What is customer contact?
> Explain the five elements of service-delivery system design.
> For the assembly line described in problem 39, how would the line be balanced by choosing the assignable task having the shortest task time first?
> Explain the importance of new product design and development.
> Explain the concept of scalability. Identify one low and one highly scalable organization and explain why you categorize them as such.
> Explain the benefits and challenges of using technology.
> What types of technology might a major hotel chain use to enhance the customer experience?
> How should managers choose an appropriate lot-sizing rule? Should they be chosen strictly on an economic basis, or should intangible factors be considered. Why?
> What is CRM? How does it help OM do its job?
> Explain how manufacturing and service technology strengthen the value chain.
> What is 3-D printing? Provide two examples.
> What is CAD/CAE? Provide one non-textbook example.
> Define hard and soft technology and give an example.
> How can break-even analysis help managers make decisions? Explain how the break-even point is found.
> A small assembly line for the assembly of power steering pumps needs to be balanced. Exhibit 8.14 is the precedence diagram. The cycle time is determined to be 1.5 minutes. How would the line be balanced by choosing the assignable task having the longes
> How can decision analysis be used in making technology decisions?
> Describe different types of technology and their role in manufacturing and service operations
> Define strategy. Explain how corporate, business, and functional strategies support overall strategy.
> I think the waiter wrote in an extra $25 tip on my Sun- shine Café bill after I received and signed my credit card receipt,” Mark Otter said to the restaurant manager, Brad Gladiolus. “Mr. Otter, mail me a
> What is innovation? Provide two examples from well-known companies.
> Define mass customization and provide two examples.
> What are the five competitive priorities? Cite an example of an organization that demonstrates the competitive priority.
> Describe how customers evaluate goods and services.
> Define search, experience, and credence attributes, and provide an example of each.
> Explain approaches for understanding customer wants and needs.
> Define order qualifiers and order winners.
> In problem 37, suppose the line is balanced using 14 workstations and a finished product can be produced every 4.5 minutes. a. What is the production rate in units per day? b. What is the assembly line efficiency?
> Provide three examples of McDonald’s management making choices on sustainability. (See Exhibit 1.13 in Chapter 1.)
> How would you rank McDonald’s competitive priorities in Exhibit 3.6?
> How do the concepts of master production scheduling and material requirements planning translate to a service organization? Provide an example.
> How does Dr. Hill’s strategy framework tie corporate strategy to marketing and operations strategy?
> Describe Hill’s framework for operations strategy.
> Explain the role of OM, sustainability, and operations in strategic planning.
> What is operations strategy? How can it support competitive priorities?
> Provide some examples of core competencies, and explain the value to an organization of understanding its core competencies.
> Explain how organizations seek to gain competitive advantage.
> Define innovation and learning.
> Define goods and service design flexibility and volume flexibility.
> An assembly line with 30 activities is to be balanced. The total amount of time to complete all 30 activities is 60 minutes. The longest activity takes 2.4 minutes and the shortest takes 0.3 minutes. The line will operate for 480 minutes per day. a. What
> The performance measure “time” relates to what two performance dimensions?
