Running head: Management

Management 8

Management

1. Define operations management (OM) and describe its scope. What are the three issues that are at the core of OM?

OM is planning, organizing, systematizing, and controlling the resources required to produce its goods and services. Product selection and design, process selection and planning, location facilities are the operations management scopes. The core issues are efficiency creating output and cost of operations.

2. Explain the concept of a customer benefit package (CBP). Also, differentiate a primary good or service from a peripheral interest or service

It is a set of physical goods, and untouchable features that a consumer recognizes, pays for, and experiences. The primary goods are goods for customers basic needs. Peripheral goods or services supplement primary goods

3. Define a process. Also, differentiate among a core process, a support process, and a general management process.

A sequence of activities intended to produce an inevitable result is a process. The core process deals with producing primary goods that create value for consumers. In contrast, the support process deals with the support core process, while the general management process includes the human resource and accounting.

4. Provide examples of economic and noneconomic issues to be considered when making offshore decisions.

Economic issues that may arise include low labor costs, low importation fees. Noneconomic topics include learning about foreign markets and cultures.

5. Summarize three key issues that managers face with global value chains compared to domestic value chains. What must an organization do to address these issues?

The main issue would be transportation; global purchasing is difficult due to the suppliers and government initiatives change. The final key point is worldwide purchasing can lead to disputes and legal challenges.

6. Explain the concept of interlinking and its significance.

The measurable model of cause and effect relationships between the internal and external presentation criteria is known as the interlinking concept. The model helps managers make internal decisions of the organization.

7. List and describe the four models of organizational performance.

The goal approach is the first model that figures out the companys objectives. The system resource approach pays attention to the input gained. The transformational process in the organization is determined using the process approach. The strategic constituency approach deals with its effect on its primary stakeholders.

8. Under which perspective of the balanced scorecard would you classify each of the following measurements:

On-time delivery to customers- The customer perspective

Time to develop the next generation of products-Innovation and learning perspective

Manufacturing yield-internal perspective

Quarterly sales growth-financial perspective

Cash flow-Financial perspective

Increase in market share-Financial perspective

9. Select a business with which you are familiar, and identify examples of order qualifiers and winners. You might also look up the company on the Internet for information

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Its service winners include a 24/7 shopping experience and shop all you need under one shop. Service qualifiers include online writing, big parking lots for accessibility.

10. What is the difference between corporate, business, and functional strategy? Explain Professor Hills strategy development framework, and list the key elements of operations strategy within this framework

The corporate strategy sets a whole companys strategic goals. The functional approach sets improve corporate goals; business strategy improves business as a unit. Professor Hill designed goods-producing organizations. The frameworks key elements are operation design and building the right infrastructure.

11. Explain the concept of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

Resource planning involves the continuous planning to use resources to develop proper uses of resources. It helps identify the resources present in various regions of the country and reduces wastage of resources.

12. A critical factor that affects technology decisions is scalability. Define scalability.

Scalability is related to computer systems and businesses changes as they adapt...

…expertise of people who develop forecasts, while statistical methods get based on data analysis at a particular time. Delphi method has three decision-makers and respondents.

30. Describe some of the issues that managers must consider in applying forecasting methods in practice.

They should check the presence or absence of trends and seasonality, several data points available, length of forecast time, and forecaster experience.

31. Summarize the characteristics of the inventory environment that management considers when developing an inventory management system.

The characteristics include the number of items, the nature of the demand, number and duration of time, lead time, and stock-outs.

32. Define the economic order quantity (EOQ) model and explain its significant assumptions.

A company purchases EOQ to minimize costs; assumptions include: The demand rate for the year is known and spread evenly throughout the year; a time gap does not exist between placing an order and receiving the supply.

33. Explain the difference between a fixed-quantity system and a fixed-period system.

The fixed order quantity system inventory gets checked regularly, while the fixed period system has no regular check-ups.

34. Explain the three levels of resource planning.

Level one is the development resource plan. Level 2 deals are translating objectives to short-term goals. Level 3 deals with the execution of the goals.

35. Define material requirements planning (MRP) and benefit an organization.

Material requirement planning is a system that calculated the materials and constituents required for the production of a product. It ensures that the right registry is available for the production process, the requirements, and the lowest cost.

36. Explain the three lot sizing methods, and under what circumstances does each method work the best?

Lot for the lot is an ordering schedule that covers each weeks requirements, fixed order quantity uses fixes order size for every order, and periodic order quantity orders a similar amount to gross requirements for a certain…