Task: Essay consists of Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion and References. Appropriate and meaningful subheadings are recommended to lay out your ideas. Tables, figures or time plots should be used to support discussion/argument.Should envisage a self-explanatory title (less than 8 words) for each essay, which should be stated at Title page.In-text citations, references, quotations, reference list, tables and figures are formatted and cited ...
Case ScenarioThe assignment focuses on the use of QFD, but is not primarily an assignment about QFD. The QFD process provides the focus for a procedure (and audit of that procedure). The assignment does not expect a QFD to be undertaken, nor detailed knowledge of QFD beyond what can be easily sourced online. The level of QFD required does not go beyond what was covered in the block course, and a zoom recording and lecture notes exists for that...
Section A: Statistical Process Control (SPC) TheoryDesign a quality improvement program, select and identify suitable tools and techniques. Discuss the importance of performance measurement and explain how performance measurement system, benchmarking, and other techniques can help a company achieve continuous improvement. Compare the different approaches to quality costing and evaluate the effectiveness of these methods. 1. Your proc...
Advantages of Drive-Thru Vaccination SitesQ-The supply of emergency authorized vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 is expected to surge in the next two months, definitely as the European Medicine Authority (EMA) is about to approve the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the middle of March. A big challenge for all EU governments is to ramp up vaccine injection capacity to have all adults vaccinated by the end of the summer; or at least, tho...
BackgroundThe business involving SMEs as well as the trend to mass customization in bigger companies often lead to manufacturing in low volumes, which requires a different approach and tools for Quality Management. The aim of the project is to identify and demonstrate quality management tools to be used in low volume production environment. •Evaluate different types of Quality control tools used in production. •Investigate...
Overview of Container OptionsThis project will give you a more extended problem-solving experience and provide the opportunity to explore applications more deeply. The project also gives you the experience of communicating your work in writing in a clear and logical form, an essential skill in the business world. You must submit your finished project on Blackboard. It is worth 15% of your final course grade. The project is graded out of ...
Walmart's Inventory Management and Replenishment PolicyAs a manager at Wal-Mart, you have just realized that the store frequently runs out of Nutella-spread jars. You are suspecting that there might be a problem with the replenishment policy. Thus, you have decided to gather more data. The demand for Nutella turns out to be normally distributed. The mean demand for one week is 200 jars and the standard deviation for the weekly de...
Factors Motivating Tesla's Internationalisation to GermanyTesla Inc.’s first European car plant planned for Gruenheide near Berlin is making progress despite minor setbacks related to the coronavirus disruptions. The U.S. carmaker should be able to start work on the foundation next month after having cleared trees at the factory site in the small town of Gruenheide and levelingthe ground for construction, Arne Christiani, the town&rsquo...
Competitive Priorities in Service Organization and the Role of Operations Manager1. Outline the similarities and differences between manufacturing and services in terms of operations management. &nb...
Course Learning OutcomesLO1. Identify operational issues and challenges relating to quality and performance within an entity. LO2. Consider and apply a range of techniques for continuous improvement. 1. This assessment must be your own work (no plagiarism). 2. All assessment tasks must be completed and achieve the prescribed level to pass this course. For more information on assessment levels/grades, review the Grade tab...
Problem 1students are reminded that submitted assignments must be typed (i.e. can NOT be hand written), neat, readable, and well-organized. However, it is ok to plot GRAPHS by hand and to SCAN/INCLUDE them within the PDF document file as long as they are large, legible, and properly labeled and that their calculations are typed within the rest of the assignment. Assignment marks will be adjusted for sloppiness, poor grammar, spelling mistakes,...
Every year the assignment for Systems Modelling and Simulation module has a different theme. For example, in the previous years the assignments had healthcare, banking services, manufacturing, and logistics themes. This year our assignment isabout airport operations management. All this variation allows you to appreciate howthis fundamental subject can be applied to different problems which fundamentally have similar performance indicators. En...
Questions: The project of establishing What is the project and why do you have chosen it? Opportunities and industry attractiveness What is the customers’ segment? Benefit sought, demographic, geography …etc. What is the total value proposition? Competitive advantage and other values. What are the main activities you need to do (operating model)? Logistics, production/operation, reaching customers, communicating with cust...
Assignment ProblemThe hospital administrator at Riverside General must appoint head nurses to four newly established departments: urology, cardiology, orthopedics, and obstetrics. In anticipation of this staffing problem, she had hired four nurses: Hopkins, Berry, Clooney, and Estephan. Believing in the decision modeling approach to problem solving (i.e., prescriptive analytics), the administrator has interviewed each nurse, considered his or he...
Setting Up ShopSK8 & Sons, a global manufacturer of sporting goods, plans to start a new skateboard factory, but is not sure about the feasibility of its business plan. SK8 decides to consult experts (you and your colleagues) to assess the plant capacity and the investments required for its setup. SK8 asks the group of experts to simulate the operation under push and pull production strategies. The skateboard factory will manufacture only...