DISCUSS HOW SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT FOCUS AS COMPANIES STRIVE TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. P

23 Jun DISCUSS HOW SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT FOCUS AS COMPANIES STRIVE TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. P

Question 1
1.

Discuss how supply chain management is an important focus as companies strive
to be as efficient as possible. Provide some examples.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2

1.

Describe how OSCM provides a systematic means of observing organizational
processes.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3

1.

Provide and explain an example that supports this statement: “Service
operations strategy is the final strategic frontier.”

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4

1.

The United States economy cannot support itself solely on its service
industry. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Defend your position.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5

1.

Discuss how operations and supply chain management has evolved as a field.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 6

1.

Explain the economic analysis of the various activities associated with
developing a new product.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit II Assessment
Question 1

1.

Explain Little’s Law and how it can be used.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2
1.

Explain why the need to focus capacity on a fairly limited set of production
objectives is the key to successful production.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3

1.

Provide examples of how process throughput time can be reduced.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4
1.

Discuss the objective of strategic capacity planning.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5

1.

Explain how a firm determines its available capacity.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 6
1.

Work standards are the foundation of capacity and production planning. Do you
agree or disagree with this statement? Defend your response.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 7

1.

Define a process and basic process measures such as cycle time and
utilization.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit III assessment

Question 1
1.

How does the degree of customer contact relate to the kinds of skills needed
by service workers and the degree of training they require?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2

1.

Are customer arrivals drawn from finite and infinite populations analyzed
differently? Why, or why not?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3
1.

Assume that you are offered a new piece of equipment for $10,000. The
equipment will produce 10,000 units per year with a margin of $6.00 per unit.
Demand for the product being produced has been 2,000 units per year. Your
current equipment is fully depreciated and can produce the 2,000 units per
year at a margin of only $4.00 per unit. Should you purchase the new
equipment? Under what conditions?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4
1.

Is office layout more akin to retail service layout or to manufacturing
layout? Explain your answer.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5
1.

Describe the role of service guarantees from the marketing and the operations
perspective.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 6
1.

Contrast the “Personal Attention Approach” to service to the
“Production-Line Approach.” In your opinion, which is superior? Why?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit IV Assessment
Question 1
1.

Identify and describe the American Hospital Association’s four
classifications of hospitals.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use
at least your textbook as source material for your response

Question 2

1.

What are the underlying assumptions of minimum-cost scheduling? Are they
equally realistic?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3

1.

Identify the name given to the flow of work through a hospital. Describe the
characteristics of this flow of work.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4
2.

Identify and describe the application of the scientific method used to
evaluate alternative treatment methods and create guidelines for similar
clinical situations. Provide examples and search for more information.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5

1.

Identify and describe the principal element of the overall
layout of a hospital.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 6
1.

Identify and describe the trend in health care that uses electronic devices
for measuring blood pressure, heart rate, and blood oxygen levels. Search
for more information.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 7
1.

What are some reasons why project scheduling is not done well?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Unit V Assessment

Where
do opportunities reside in improving supply chain operations and how has VSM
helped to reveal these

Where do opportunities
reside in improving supply chain operations and how has VSM helped to reveal
these

Question 3
1.

List the type of stakeholders that would be considered in a payoff analysis.
What are benefits of using balanced scorecard, and process dashboards?
Question 4
1.

Which of the rules of reengineering do you feel would be the most difficult
to satisfy? Why?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5
1.

How do facility location decisions differ for service facilities and
manufacturing plants?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 6

1.

What motivations typically cause firms to initiate a facilities location or
relocation project?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Unit IV Assessment
Question 1
1.

Identify and describe the American Hospital Association’s four
classifications of hospitals.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2