Operation and Chain Management Problem

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BUS 305 Examples and solutions for Class Work 10-1-2014 and 10-6-2014 Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3 Solution 1. Cyprus Citrus Cooperative has many alternatives. Below is the existing layout with the steps in the process numbered. Students will identify many possible alternatives. Assuming that no jobs are combined, the following is a possibly: This layout allows an efficient “U” shaped flow through the department. Problem 4 (83) Problem 5 (72) Problem 6(71) Problem 7: Strategy Recall that operations management is responsible for managing the transformation of many inputs into outputs, such as products or services. A measure of how efficiently inputs are being converted into outputs is called productivity. Productivity measures how well resources are used. It is computed as a ratio of outputs (goods and services) to inputs (e.g., labor and materials). The more efficiently a company uses its resources, the more productive it is: Productivity _ output/input (2-1) We can use this equation to measure the productivity of one worker or many, as well as the productivity of a machine, a department, the whole firm, or even a nation. The possibilities are shown in Table 2-2. When we compute productivity for all inputs, such as labor, machines, and capital, we are measuring total productivity. Total productivity describes the productivity of an entire organization. For example, let’s say that the weekly dollar value of a company’s output, such as finished goods and work in progress, is $8,600 and that the value of its inputs, such as labor, materials, and capital is $10,200. The company’s total productivity would be computed as follows: Often it is much more useful to measure the productivity of one input variable at a time in order to identify how efficiently each is being used. When we compute productivity as the

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