BUS 644 Operations Management
Week 1
BUS 644 Week 1 Midas
Midas. Read the “Midas” case study in Chapter 2 of your
text. Answer questions 1through 4 in a two- to- four page paper in accordance
with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your paper
should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported
with
the concepts outlined in your text. Provide at least two
scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library or other external
sources, excluding the textbook. Do not include the original questions of the
assignment in the paper.
What are the anticipated impacts upon operating efficiency?
How would you attempt to minimize the negative impacts?
Should some operating practices be changed to accommodate
the tune-ups?
Should input be gathered from the shop owners? If so, what?
If Midas decides to launch this new program, how should it
begin?
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1
Ethical Issues and Operations. Ethical behavior is a
corporate issue that affects the company’s bottom line. How do ethical issues
impact organizations and operations? Include an example seen in the workplace,
in the news, etc. that relates to real-life situations. Your initial post
should be
at least 200-250 words.
BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2
Business Processes. Why are the following business processes
important? Which process do you feel is most important? Explain your reasoning.
Strategy development
Product development
Systems to produce goods and services
Order fulfillment
Your initial post should include real life situations and be
at least 200-250 words.
Week 2
BUS 644 Week 2 Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital. Read the “Memorial Hospital” case study
in Chapter 4 of your text. Answer questions 1- 4 in a two- to- four (2-4) page
paper in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet
points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your
text. Provide at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford University
Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook. Do not include the
original questions of the assignment in the paper.
Discuss some ways that a hospital might measure quality.
What are the potential costs of quality for Memorial
Hospital? How could the value of a human life be included?
Are there any ideas or techniques from TQM that Janice could
use to help Memorial focus on providing quality health care?
What measures could Memorial use to assess the quality of
health care it is providing?
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment
BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1
Productivity. Many
times trade-offs are necessary to increase productivity. What are important
trades-offs involving the inputs to productivity? Your initial post should
include real life situations and be at least 200-250 words.
BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 2
Product Design and Quality. What important organizational
activities enable a firm to build quality into its products? Explain each of
these along with its benefits. Your initial post should include examples and be
at least 200-250 words.
Week 3
BUS 644 Week 3
Outsourcing
Outsourcing. Outsourcing, especially to low labor-cost
countries, has grown substantially. What are the advantages and disadvantages
of outsourcing? Include and describe a product or service of a specific low
labor-cost country as an example. Include a recommendation/conclusion based on
the research. Answer the question in a two to four (2-4)
page in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. Provide at least two (2) scholarly sources from the Ashford Library or
other external sources, excluding the textbook. Your paper should be in
paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and
supported with the concepts outlined in your text. Do not include the original
questions of the assignment in the paper.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1
Suppliers. Should a firm attempt to have fewer or more
suppliers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach? Your
initial post should be 200-250 words.
BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 2
Forecasting Methods. Read Problem 6 in Chapter 6 of your
textbook. Calculate and answer parts a through d. Include all calculations and
spreadsheets in your post. Explain why the moving average method was used
instead of another forecasting method. What might be another forecasting
method that could prove to be just as useful? Your initial
post should be 200-250 words.
Week 4
BUS 644 Week 4 Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity
Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity. Read the “Beck
Manufacturing” case study in Chapter 8 of your text. Answer questions one
through three in a two- to- four page paper in accordance with APA guidelines
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Calculate the capacity of each machine center and the
capacity of the system.
If Beck wants to expand capacity, where should he focus the
company’s efforts? How much extra capacity can he get without causing another
operation to become the bottleneck?
How may Mr. Beck expand capacity without purchasing new
equipment? Be specific.
Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of
bullet points), and supported with any formulas, calculations, and concepts
outlined in your text. Do not include the original questions of the assignment
in the paper.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 1
Process Selection: Product Design and Capacity. How is
process selection related to product design and capacity determination? Your initial
post should be 200-250 words.
BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 2
Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity. Read Problem
6: The “Monique Food Processing Company” in Chapter 8 of your text.
Monique Food Processing Company produces light snacks that
can be heated in a microwave. The following steps are included in the process:
Steps
Description
Capacity (Units/Hour)
1
Prepare food
200
2
Measure and place in plastic pouch
175
3
Prepare cardboard box
200
4
Insert pouch into box
300
5
Shrink-wrap box
200
BUS 644 Week 5 Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale (POS)
systems
Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems. Read
the “Alliance Supermarket” case study in Chapter 10 of your text. In a two- to-
four page paper, answer questions 1 & 2 in accordance with APA guidelines
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Alliance Supermarkets
Alliance Supermarkets has been using a point-of-sale (POS)
system for some time to track its inventory. The system uses a laser scanner to
read the universal product code (UPC) on each item at the checkout container.
The UPC is a number that uniquely identifies the product on which it
appears. Currently, Alliance is using the UPC information to
update inventory records for each item. Although the system has greatly
improved the company’s ability to replenish inventory promptly, the company
still has some problems. For example, sudden changes in demand for a
particular item can catch the company by surprise as it
bases inventory replenishment on historical demand patterns. Further, demand
patterns and preferences may vary from one store to another depending on the
customers served by each, but the inventory system groups all demand
information together and treat each store equally. Finally,
the manufacturers that make the products stocked by Alliance Supermarkets are
always pressuring Alliance to help them target appropriate customers for
special promotions and sales.
The chief information officer (CIO) of Alliance realizes
that much more could probably be done with the data collected from its POS
system. For example, the company could analyze the relationship between each
product’s sales and weather patterns. It is even possible to analyze an
individual customer’s buying habits and identify instances
when a customer may be persuaded to try a different brand of a certain product.
Suppose you have been asked to study this situation and
suggest possible new and innovative uses for the information generated by the
POS system. Ideally, these ideas should help Alliance better serve its
customers by ensuring that adequate quantities of each item are available, that
costs are
kept low, and that customers are made aware of new products
that may interest them.
What information may help Alliance reduce costs while
providing better service?
If purchase information can be obtained on individual
customers, what new approach could be used by Alliance?
Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of
bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text. Do not
include the original questions of the assignment in the paper.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that
will be used to evaluate your assignment.
BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 1
Materials Requirements (MRP) Inventory and Customer Service.
Explain how MRP can decrease a company’s inventory while improving its customer
service level. Include a real-life example. Your initial post should be 200-250
words.
BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 2
Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory Systems. Describe the
perpetual and the periodic inventory systems. How are they different? Are there
circumstances in which one system is better than the other? Include real-life
examples. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.
Week 6
BUS 644 Week 6 Final Paper
Focus of the Final Paper
Read the “Space Age Furniture Company” case study in Chapter
9 of your text. Answer the following questions: and include any MRP
calculations.
What options are open to Coral to address this problem?
How would reducing the minimum quantity of subassemblies
help?
What are the costs of carrying excess items in inventory at
each stage?
What is the trade-off between overtime costs and inventory
costs?
Which type(s) of production processing – job shop, batch,
repetitive, or continuous – is the primary mode of operation? Explain.
In what ways could management keep track of job status and
location during production?
Can you suggest any changes that might be beneficial to the
company or add value for the customer? What are they?
The purpose of the Final Case is for you to culminate the
learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and
application of knowledge in the field of operations management. The paper
should integrate Readings and Resources and class discussions into work and
life
experiences. It may include explanation and examples from
previous events as well as implications for future applications.
Guidelines for Writing the Final Paper
Readdress the concept and the experience with critical
thought. That is, what is your response to the content, either positive or
negative, and then defend your position. If multiple
options/alternatives/positions are present and are being rejected you must also
defend the reasons for
rejecting an option.
BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1
Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories. Choose companies or
industries for which JIT would be totally inappropriate? Explain your reasoning
with examples in 200-250 words.
BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 2
Scheduling Procedures. Categorize different scheduling
procedures for various types of service operations, such as restaurants,
hospitals, and airlines. Your initial post should include explanations and
examples and be 200-250 words.
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