# 3 Production and Operation Management Presented to Dr. Terry Dowdy By Calvin J. Gaiter August 7, 2011 Explain one possible option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process. One likely option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process is to restructure how the production and operations managers manage the every day work of the people and machinery. Marathon uses an analytic production system,
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Case Study: Hazel Introduction to Operations Management Jao, Arold Mikko A. Kaw, Seleena Marie H. EXPRODU XOC Mr. Joey Accuña View Point: Hazel Time Context:Present Objective:To prevent depletion of her financial resources by having a continuous source of income, which would preferably continue to increase proportionately with the number of years, for support of her basic needs. Statement of the Problem:Hazel is to choose from the most income generating method to have continuous
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Using Teams in Production and Operation Management Brystal Stanfield Ransom Dr. Calvin Fogle BUS 508 Contemporary Business May 17, 2012 Using Teams in Production and Operations Management The Retail industry is a driving force in today’s local and global economy. Retail sales are so important because the sales are an important economic indicator. Consumer spending drives mush of our economy. When consumers are spending money, the economy thrives positively. The retail stores cannot keep
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Marathon is among the top five crude oil refineries in the United States. It’s an integrated international energy company engaged in exploration and production of oil, sand mining, integrated gas, refining, marketing, and transportation operation. Marathon needs to upgrade a few of their refineries and pipelines in order to increase the production process of heavy crude oils, (marathon.com). For example, once the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project is completed, the refinery crude capacity will
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The internet gives your business that global reach from where you can increase your customer base. In addition, you might choose to sell products online, build a store online and track your inventory and much more. But, whatever you put up on your website will need to be marketed and targeted at the right customer audience. The Internet is the most widely used facilitator of information transfer. These computer networks have already changed the way people live and communicate on a business and
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implementing employee empowerment. Problem description and analysis Dow Chemical Company had encountered an issue, the lack of product storage and loading infrastructure to meet the rise of consumers demand in product line where the plant production had to produce large amount of products (Buss and Ivey, 2001). The product storage and loading infrastructure will have to be enlarged at the manufacturing site but there are no excess spaces as the site was packed with railcars (Buss and Ivey,
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Plastic key chains are being produced in a company named Hot Shot Plastics. The plastic material is first molded and then trimmed to the required shape. The current curetimes (which is the time for plastic to cool) during the molding process affect the edge quality of the key-chains produced. The aim is to achieve statistical control of the curetimes using Xbar and R-charts Curetime data of 25 samples, each of size 4 have been taken when the process is assumed to be in control. These are shown below
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Sony Corporation is a multinational company whose headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the world’s biggest media company with revenue of about US$40 billion(2011) and branches worldwide with over 200,000 employees. It is one of the largest manufacturers of video game consoles, electronics, communications, video and information technology products products. Its products are both for professional and consumer markets. The name Sony originates from the word Sonus, which refers to the
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A Study of Production and Operation Management Of McDonald's Submitted to: Prof. Vivek Raina Submitted by: Mahesh Kumar Meena (M00220) Ajay Patel (M00226) McDonald's Himalaya Mall Location Gurukul › Ground Floor, Himalaya Mall, Gurukul, Ahmedabad Cuisines Fast Food Opening hours 10 AM to 12 Midnight World's largest chain of fast food restaurants. The Golden Arches—the corporate emblem, symbolized pleasant, fast service and tasty, inexpensive food. Serve around 68 million customers
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