Task1. This assignment must be completed individually. 2. You must use the Harvard referencing system. 3. Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for...
Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes1: Critically review options appropriate for the context and formulate a logistics system implementation project.2: Select and critically apply appropriate analytical tools to solve problems in facility location and fleet composition and sizing.3: Evaluate and apply appropriate analytical tools to solve problems in warehousing and distribution route planning.4: Critically review options appropriate for the conte...
Task:Your next challenge in COMM1133 is to plan and to write another micro-research essay article or blog post with citations in APA format (in-text and end-text) of 1-2 pages double spaced â approximately 600 words. You will not be completing your own research for this short article as the focus is on writing, as well as in-text and end-text citations. In this submission, you must master and apply PARAPHRASES instead of di...
Instructions for the taskThis PIP (Process Improvement Project) provides an opportunity for each student to customize the course content to his/her specific needs. Select a problem (from work, home, school, etc.) to demonstrate that you can use problem solving tools to find root causes and generate solutions to the problem. Your topic should be different than any of the topics on the list on the list provided earlier in this module...
MethodologyIn conjunction with the first assignment, this assignment forms your complete research proposal. This will serve as a guide to your dissertation next year, and should contain the following sections: Methodology1.Research Philosophy. In which philosophical paradigm are you rooting your dissertation? 2.Data Collection Methods. How are you getting your data and which tools for data collection are you using? 3.Data Analysis Techn...
General RequirementsAssessment Description Qualitative analysis software can assist with the analysis of data. In this assignment, you will use MAXQDA analysis software, which is used for qualitative data analysis, as well as some specialized quantitative analysis such as quantitative content analysis. This software can be used to analyze interview and focus group transcripts, documents, photographs, videos, and artifacts by inductively coding...
Case 1: Material Requirements PlanCase 1The procurement team needs to plan for the purchase of parts and based on assembly. The purchase lead time for any order is one workday, except metal plates have 2 days lead time. Also, the company has some inventory of parts from previous purchases: 20 top boards, 160 legs, 40 metal plate, and 90 metal screws. The procurement team knows top board, leg, and metal plate are purchased in lot-for-lot, metal...
Improvement ActivityTerm Paper Guideline Your term paper should follow the guidelines and include the following sections: 1.Introduction: (suggested number of pages: 1): This section should introduce the background information of the quality improvement activity you are describing. You should provide sufficient information and a clear logic flow of your thoughts/arguments/concerns that allows readers to understand what triggered the improvem...
Background InformationCongratulations on your appointment as manager of operations for Trans-Global Corporation, a provincially-regulated corporation with head offices in Vancouver, British Columbia. As you settle into your new office, your assistant tells you that there are is a problematic file on your desk that you might want to look through sooner rather than later. You discover that Trans-Global has some issues with special metal tubing t...
RequirementsThis assignment will require your group to conduct a comprehensive Operations Management (OM) analysis of an organization of your choice.Requirements:1. Your group will select an actual company of your choice. Select a business that you are familiar with, is of interest to you, and where one of the members of your group currently works. Having access to managers and other personnel will be of benefit when doing your topic analysis. A...
Preparing a Plan for Your Research TopicThis assignment presumes that you already have a research topic that has proved irresistible to you (if not research funders) and focuses on development of a plan for the completion of that research. This applies to all students, including those who are not taking a research degree. Based on what you have learned so far in the course, prepare a plan for your research topic. Break down your overall progr...
Task: Using the materials learned each week throughout this course, in your groups create an Operations plan for the selected scenario provided by your instructor – Mark Bukata. The written report must be completed to a highly professional level. Clarity, appearance, content, spelling and grammar are all important aspects within the report.Where information is not provided your Group may make assumptions based upon some business logic. The...
QuestionThis assignment carries 95 marks. An online quiz based on the module lectures will carry 5 marks.To complete the assignment please use the content of the lectures and course notes from Autumn 2021, the references given plus any other research you deem appropriate. Please justify your statements; justification is as important as being correct. Please submit your assignment to the appropriate CPE61022 Turnitin submission point preferabl...
Basic Description and Identifying Challenging DecisionYour role is that of a consultant to the airport you have selected. The airport should be facing a âchallenging decisionâ about its future that you have been asked to provide recommendations on. Examples of decisions could be:⢠Shutting down the airport⢠Adding/closing new runway / terminal / cargo facility / utilities&...
Task: The purpose of this case is to provide students an opportunity to further develop their communication skills, whether it is oral and/or written.(a) Experiment with the different forecasting methods discussed in class (moving average, weighted moving average, Exponential smoothing, Seasonal variation in data, Exponential smoothing with trend (Holts method) Trend projection) to come up with “the best” forecast for the daily pas...