FARE 3310 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Total Factor Productivity, Standard Deviation, Critical Path Method

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Operations management, fare*3310 - winter 2013: assignment 1. This assignment contains four questions, most of which has subparts. If you have to, make reasonable assumptions, but explain/justify any assumptions made in your answers. Please note that late assignment will be given a zero grade. Please answer your calculations to three decimal places (e. g. , 0. 002) Due date: monday, february 1, beginning of the class. This assignment makes up 6. 67% of your total mark. Trying to persuade locked-out workers in canada to accept a sharp cut in pay, caterpillar inc. is citing lower wages elsewhere. (wsj, jan. 2012). Caterpillar inc. management is considering whether it should keep its locomotive-assembly plant in london, ontario, or move to lagrang, illinois. The plant will produce 640 diesel- electric hybrid bulldozers per month. The price of a diesel-electric hybrid bulldozer is c,000. Suppose the fixed setup costs for both locations are identical. Assume that there are four weeks per month.