...Associate Level Material Appendix E Store Operations Messages Pair each audience with one of the three communication formats. Use one message format for each audience to explain the changes in operations. The three messages contain potentially negative information. Address the information presented in the scenario so your audience perceives it positively. You are a public relations manager called upon to present information regarding changes in retail store operations to three sets of stakeholders of a clothing store chain. The stakeholders include managers, employees, and the public. You must explain adjustments made to combat rising gas prices in an effort to save money on store operations while allowing employees to work fewer days a week. Stores are now closed on Sundays. Monday through Saturday, stores will open an hour later and close an hour earlier. Full-time employees, including managers, will have four-day, 10-hour workweeks and part-time employees will consolidate their hours into 1-, 2-, or 3-day workweeks, depending on how many hours a week they work. No stores are closing, but no new stores will open at this time. When constructing your messages, determine what audience characteristics must be considered for each stakeholder. Things to consider about each audience include appropriate communication methods and styles. Each message must be its own Microsoft® Word document, up to 200 words in length. Message length must be appropriate for the format...
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...Algebra 1: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Lesson Plan for week 2 Age/Grade level: 9th grade Algebra 1 # of students: 26 Subject: Algebra Major content: Algebraic Expressions Lesson Length: 2 periods of 45 min. each Unit Title: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of terms. Lesson #: Algebra1, Week 2 Context This lesson is an introduction to Algebra and its basic concepts. It introduces the familiar arithmetic operators of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in the formal context of Algebra. This lesson includes the simplification of monomial and polynomial expressions using the arithmetic operators. Because the computational methods of variable quantities follows from the computational methods of numeric quantities, then it should follow from an understanding of basic mathematical terminology including the arithmetic operators, fractions, radicals, exponents, absolute value, etc., which will be practiced extensively prior to this lesson. Objectives • Students will be able to identify basic algebraic concepts including: terms, expressions, monomial, polynomial, variable, evaluate, factor, product, quotient, etc. • Students will be able to simplify algebraic expressions using the four arithmetic operators. • Students will be able to construct and simplify algebraic expressions from given parameters. • Students will be able to evaluate algebraic expressions. • Students...
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...Name XCOM/285 Store Operations Messages - Memo to Employees Date MEMO To: All Employees From: Public Relations Date: 11/17/12 Re: New Store Hours Our company is always striving to better serve our customers and our employees alike. In an effort to be more fiscally efficient, we are restructuring our workweek. All full-time employees, including managers, will work 4 10-hour days each week and part-time employees will have their hours consolidated to 1-,2-, or 3-day workweeks depending on their workload. Our stores will be closed each Sunday and will open an hour later and close an hour earlier Monday-Saturday. These changes will keep your paycheck the same while maximizing your time to spend with family and friends. Name XCOM/285 Store Operations Messages - Letter to the Public Date Dear valued customers: Our company is always looking for better ways to serve you, our customer. While the recent turn in our economy has caused some of our competitors to close their doors we are pleased to inform you that none of our locations are shutting down. However, in an effort to be more fiscally efficient our current locations will no longer be open on Sunday. Also, our stores will open one hour later and close one hour earlier each day, Monday - Saturday. These changes will help us ensure that all of our locations can stay open to serve you, our valued customer, in the stores you have grown accustomed to. Name XCOM/285 Store Operations Messages - Email to...
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...Constructing Formulas for Mathematical Operations in Excel (Basic Tips and Techniques) Michelle A. Applequist Computer Information Systems (CIS105) Professor Hari Dhungana Strayer University September 1, 2009 Constructing Formulas for Mathematical Operations in Excel Microsoft Excel uses formulas to construct mathematical operations in a worksheet. After data have been entered into the worksheet, you can perform calculations, analyze data, and create charts. An Excel formula (calculations you create) and functions (formulas pre-existing in Excel) calculates the data entered in the worksheet. Formulas calculate numbers in a particular order. “Excel has one of the most comprehensive set of formulas, not only to perform calculations but also to manage data and records. It also has the ability to instantaneously re-calculate the results as the raw data changes” (Khoo, 2006-9, para. 2). To construct a formula after you have entered data, you must click in the cell that you want the results to appear in, and then type the formula. You can construct formulas by using the sum function, and editing numbers in a cell. It is stated that: Sum is an Excel function—a prewritten formula. Sum indicates the type of calculation that will take place (addition). When the sum function is activated, Excel looks above the active cell for a range of cells to sum. If there is no range above the cell, Excel will look to the left for a range of cells to...
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...Mathematical Operations of Numbers and Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Section A.: Mathematical Operations of Numbers 1.) 8+((12+5) x 4)/2= 8+(17x4)/2= 8+68/2= 8+34= 42 2.) ((3+4)²+4)-2= (7²+4)-2= (49+4)-2= 53-2= 51 3.) ((12+7)+(8/4)²) (19)+(2)² 19+4 23 4.) ½ + ¼ - ⅓= 6/12+3/12-4/12= 9/12-4/12= 5/12 5.) 2/3 x 3/5 = Multiply straight across 2/3 x 3/5 = 6/15 Find common denominator Reduce to lowest term 6/15 ÷ 3/3 = 2/5 6.) ⅓ ÷ ½ = Multiply by reciprocal ⅓ x 2/1= 2/3 7.) 3/2 ÷ ( 1/5 + 6/10) = 3/2 ÷ (2/10 + 6/10) = 3/2 ÷ 8/10 = Multiply by reciprocal 3/2 x 10/8 = 30/16 = 15/8 = 1 7/8 Section B.: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions 1.) 2x + 3x - 5x + x = 5x - 5x + x = 0 + x = x 2.) 2(6x + 5) = 2(6x) + (2x5) = 12x + 10 = 3.) (14x - 7) /7 = 14x - 7 ÷ 7 = 14x ÷ 7 = 2x -7 ÷ 7 = -1 2x - 1 4.) -(-15x) - 3x = 15x - 3x = 12x 5.) 5(3x+4) - 4 = 15x + 20 - 4 = 15x + 16 = 6.) 5(3x-2)+12x = 15x -10+12x = 27x - 10 = 7.) 4(2y-6)+3(5y+10) = 8y-24+15y+30 = 23y-24+30 = 23y+6= 8.) (x+1) (x-2) = Multiply the first 2, outside 2, inside 2, last 2 xx - 2x + 1x - 2 = xx - 2x + x - 2...
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...This week’s material is pretty easy to learn. My learning strategy stayed the same from last week; read the reading material, look at the optional video lectures, answer the discussion question, program the programming assignment, take the self-quiz, etc. … I appreciate learning about the for … each loop. I’m plenty familiar with the for loop, which iterates for a set number of loops, uses initialization, a continue condition, and updating at the top of its block; but, the for … each control structure is a alternative to for. The for .. each loop control structure does not have as complicated continue conditions, and iterates the length of the data structure. I want to master the for .. each loop because it processes a data structure better then the for loop. I interacted with people in the discussion forum. This week’s question asked students to detail the for , and for … each control structure, and include the enum data structure in the explanation. I posted a discussion post, complete with programming examples of each data structure, but there are not enough other student responses to assess. I’ll keep looking for other students to post their discussion assignment, as I need to assess three student discussion posts. This week, I feel it will be helpful to master the for .. each, while, and do … while control structures. Often, I use the for loop, and select case / switch, but the other loops escape my programming toolbox. This week, I learned how to program with while...
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...Aaron Sura June 2, 2014 Wiley plus exercise Question 1. (a). $181,500 (b). $41,200 (c). 38,000 (d). 19,200 (e). 9,500 (f). 63,400 Question 3. In its first month of operation, Maze Company purchased 100 units of inventory for $6, then 200 units for $7, and finally 150 units for $8. At the end of the month, 180 units remained. Compute the amount of phantom profit that would result if the company used FIFO rather than LIFO. The company uses the periodic method. FIFO: $1,410 150 units multiplied by $8 equals $1,200 30 units multiplied by $7 equals $210 $1,200 plus $210 equals $1,410 LIFO: $1,160 100 units multiplied by $6 equals $600 80 units multiplied by $7 equals $560 $600 plus $560 equals to $1,160 Therefore, the phantom profit would be $250 if the company were to use the FIFO rather than LIFO. Question 4. Compute the lower of cost or market valuation for O'Connor's inventory. 12,500(camera)+9,000(camcorders)+12,800(DVD’s)= $34,300 Question 5. Establishment of responsibilities: Only cashiers may operate registers. Segregation of duties: The duties of receiving cash, recording cash, and having custody of cash are assigned to different individuals. Independent and internal verifications: Daily cash counts are made by cashier department supervisors. Human resource control: All cashiers are bonded Physical controls: All over-the-counter receipts are registers. Question 6. Segregation of duties: 3 Establishment of responsibilities:...
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...yDylan Dissanayake Student ID : 15223568 Session 1 : Earth Buddy 10/01/12 Q1. How many Earth Buddies can Ben count on producing in one shift? How many if the factory works 2 shifts? Three shifts? How many if it operates three shifts a day, seven days a week? Which operation is the bottleneck? TASK | TIME | NUMBER OF OPERATORS | a.BUDDIES/HR | b.BUDDIES/SHIFT | c.BUDDIES/ "2" SHIFTS | d.BUDDIES/ "3" SHIFTS | e.BUDDIES/ "3" SHIFTS - 7 DAYS | FILLING | 1.5 | 6 | 240 | 1680 | 3360 | 5040 | 35280 | MOULDING | 1.6 | 3 | 225 | 1575 | 3150 | 4725 | 33075 | EYES | 1.2 | 2 | 300 | 2100 | 4200 | 6300 | 44100 | EYE GLASS | 1.2 | 1 | 300 | 2100 | 4200 | 6300 | 44100 | PAINTING | 1.5 | 1 | 240 | 1680 | 3360 | 5040 | 35280 | PACKING | 1.98 | 2 | 363 | 2541 | 5082 | 7623 | 53361 | a. Buddies/hr = 60minutes x Operators time/task b. Buddies/shift = 60minutes x Operators x Productive hrs time/task c. Buddies/ 2 shifts = 60minutes x Operators x Productive hrs x No. Of Shifts time/task d. Buddies/ 3 shifts = 60minutes x Operators x Productive hrs x No. Of Shifts time/task e. Buddies/ 3 shifts = 60minutes x Operators x Productive hrs x No. Of Shifts x Days 7 Days time/task Bottleneck = Lowest output (Moulding) Theoretical Capacity/hr = Operators x 60min ...
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...Running head: UNIT 1 Global Operations Management Unit 1 Global Operations Management Discussion Board MGMT 415-1103B-04 Instructor: Alfred Siu Christi Kerr AIU Online Unit 1 Global Operations Management Managing global operations have never been easy. However; managing global operations correctly shows in the bottom line in the company. There are many things that have changed global operations such as communications, transportation and cutting cost (Heizer 2012). The first example of a global operation that demonstrates a global management approach is the most familiar of all is Wal-Mart. They went international when they opened Sam’s Club near Mexico in 1991 and two years later Wal-Mart International was created. Wal-Mart has created stores with different formats and styles to fit their customers for each store in each country. Wherever Wal-Mart is located each store shares a common goal which is to save people money so they can live better. Today there are 5,236 stores and more than 730,000 associates in 14 countries outside the US (walmartinternationa.com). The second one is Hershey’s Chocolate Company and they are located in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Korea and Japan. Hershey’s is committed to dealing fairly and ethically with all parties and at all points of the value chain and work hard to ensure the responsible and sustainability sourcing of raw materials and the safest possible processing of those materials and they do this for each and every plant...
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...pp.86) All operation managers are designers of the products and operation management is an activity that manage resource which is devoted for production and delivery of products and services. Additionally (Slack et al, 2008) lecture notes of I G Perera. ‘It is about the way in which organisations produce goods and services.’ The below assignment will show how IKEA’ operations management has made IKEA to one of the most successful furniture retailer in the world. The assignment is divided into three parts. The first part will analyze the elements of IKEA and operation management. The second part will identify the main V’s used by IKEA and design process. The third part will identify how IKEA has met customer needs and will explain how the business objectives of IKEA is met. At the end, recommendations for IKEA will be provided and a conclusion is drawn. Every organization has a part for the operations functions as all organization produce products or services. Research has noted that most important element in IKEA furniture’s is that they are self-assembled. A view of the IKEA furniture is outlined in Why You Love That IKEA Table, Even If It’s Crooked, by Shankar Vedantan ( February 06, 2013) Most humans would want to say that I made it, it is my products, that is what IKEA has done. Further the furniture’s are made out of timber, in planet friendly manner, which would result in going to earth after the end of the life cycle in operations management. Operations strategy ...
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...CIS/207 October 17, 2011 Andrew Nash Database Analysis A group of logically related files that stores data and the association among them is called database. To be able to analysis these files, software must be provided. For an operation management major, they must be allowed to access organizational data to determine optimum inventory, knowledge of scheduling their employees, access to ordering product for the store needs, and access to reports to obtain labor and cost control (Rainer Jr. 2011). There are many organizations that use database to operate their business. Microsoft, Access, DB2, and Oracle are a few database applications available to effectively absorb data. Microsoft is user friendly. It provides the user with the necessary tools to run a successful business. One organization that uses Microsoft is Arby’s. The operational manager at Arby’s organization is responsible for many positions in this company. They must be able to make a schedule, order product, provide reports, and control operations. With Microsoft application, the operational manager is capable of performing his or her duties. Microsoft provide applications for Arby’s organization called menu link and aloha. Menu link is an application to help the operational manager provide cost and labor reports. The labor management uses POS data to store sales in order to make a schedule. The operation manager inputs the amount of sales use for each day to receive a guideline for how much labor to use for...
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...A SYSTEM SIMULATION STUDY ON THE THREE FAST MOVING PRODUCTS (MARLBORO, C2, VIVA) OF THE COLLEGE VARIETY SHOPPE USING THE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study shows how the selected three fast moving products (Marlboro cigarettes, C2, Viva mineral water) move from the current Inventory Management technique of the College Variety Shoppe from its distributors to its warehouse storage to the end user or customer. An excel program and a simulation model was made to observed its current performance. After the observation, the group performs an experimentation that will improve the current technique of the College Variety Shoppe. After simulating the experimentation, the group then give conclusions and recommendations on how to improve the College Variety Shoppe’s current Inventory Management. TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page ........................................................ 1 Executive Summary ........................................................ 2 Table of Contents ........................................................ 3 Introduction ........................................................ 4 Methodology ........................................................ 6 Model Development ........................................................ 7 Model Validation ........................................................ 11 Experimentation, Results .......
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...Applications of Operations Research planning, routing, scheduling, forecasting, process analysis and decision analysis. OR is also contributing greatly to healthcare services such as surgical and bed scheduling, portering operations, emergency transport, accident trend analysis and treatment optimization. In the service sector, OR techniques have been found especially helpful when dealing with variability in service delivery such as call centres, queues for service and medical wait times. A sampler of typical OR applications includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • Optimization of LTL trucking (Yellow Freight) Optimal package designs (Domtar Packaging, Ltd) Manpower planning models (Treasury Board Secretariat) Aircraft operations (Delta Airlines) Surgical bed optimization (Fraser Health Authority) Pre-board passenger screening (Vancouver International Airport ) Switching network studies (Bell-Northern Research, Ltd) Maintenance Strategies for the US Coast Guard Revenue Management (American Airlines) Resource allocation in a mental health hospital (Douglas Hospital) Routing of Waste Trucks (Waste Management Inc.) Rail Car Optimization (CP Rail) Successful OR applications can be found in a broad array of industries dealing with challenges such as OR has been applied in many industry sectors including the following: Transport and Travel. OR techniques are used by airlines and rail companies to offer varying fares and make higher revenues by filling more seats at different prices - an...
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...Running Head: GUILLERMO FURNITURE STORE RECOMMENDATION Guillermo Furniture Store Recommendation Name: Course; Institution: Instructor: Introduction Guillermo Navallez has for many years operated from Sonara, a city in Mexico making furniture. One of the main reasons for maintaining his operations in this location has been the good supply of quality timber. However, a new competitor entered the market offering the same quality products at a fraction of the price Guillermo was charging. This was possible because of the heavy reliance on high-tech mechanization that the new supplier employed. To further complicate things for Guillermo was the entry into the city of a large retailer, a sudden explosion of workers resulting in a substantial increase in the cost of labor. All things had a negative effect on Guillermo’s bottom line. Discussion: The essence of any business operation is to maximize profits. This is only achieved when the business is able to meet its recurring costs and have a surplus available for reinvestment or payment as dividends to the owners. Guillermo’s case requires a critical investigation into the business operations to determine available to him. Given the current situation, Guillermo has three very viable options to consider. He could either maintain the present business model and continue operations as currently constituted, or adopt a new business model by embracing high technology and thus investing in highly automated machines...
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...Executive Summary ISCOM/471 December 9, 2013 Jose Aguaylo Executive Summary Introduction Capacity Management. This is a strategically important aspect of operations management for any organization, particularly those engaged in the fabrication and distribution of a product such as Starbucks. Capacity management refers to the design and control of an organization’s processes such that it can meet demand in a timely manner. Capacity management includes proper sizing and allocation of resources including workers, raw materials, inventory, equipment, space, and technology. Inefficient capacity management can have substantial impact on a business, either because it will not be able to meet demand, or because there would be too much idle inventory, raw materials and other resources. Effective capacity management requires good demand forecasting for proper planning on the aggregate (Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano, 2006). In the case of the new Starbucks yogurt and ice cream products, the company needs good forecasting on daily, weekly and seasonal demand for these products. Each store needs to be supplied with the required equipment and receive sufficient raw materials to meet daily demand. Just-In-Time. Just-in-time (JIT) is a production model to meet demand without incurring in unnecessary surplus or inventory build-up. The purpose of JIT is to reduce the expense associated with excess inventories and overproduction. JIT requires a predictable forecast of product...
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