BUS 644 Operations Management Complete Course
BUS 644 Operations Management Complete
Course
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.
1.
What are the
anticipated impacts upon operating efficiency? How would you attempt to
minimize the negative impacts?
2.
Should some operating
practices be changed to accommodate the tune-ups?
3.
Should input be
gathered from the shop owners? If so, what?
4.
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.
1.
Strategy development
2.
Product development
3.
Systems to produce
goods and services
4.
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.
1.
Discuss some ways that
a hospital might measure quality.
2.
What are the potential
costs of quality for Memorial Hospital? How could the value of a human life be
included?
3.
Are there any ideas or
techniques from TQM that Janice could use to help Memorial focus on providing
quality health care?
4.
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.
1.
Calculate the capacity
of each machine center and the capacity of the system.
2.
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?
3.
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.
1.
What information may
help Alliance reduce costs while providing better service?
2.
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.
1.
What options are open
to Coral to address this problem?
2.
How would reducing the
minimum quantity of subassemblies help?
3.
What are the costs of
carrying excess items in inventory at each stage?
4.
What is the trade-off
between overtime costs and inventory costs?
5.
Which type(s) of
production processing – job shop, batch, repetitive, or continuous – is the
primary mode of operation? Explain.
6.
In what ways could management
keep track of job status and location during production?
7.
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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