MO 300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fajita, Uee, Quesadilla

• School: U of M
• Department: Management and Organizations
• Course: MO 300
• Professor: Mohammad Neill

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Describe the effect of increased system variability on the following operational measures. (1- Throughput rate: list 4 reasons for holding inventories. Reason 4: briefly compare the application of the om triangle in sport obermeyer and manzana insurance. Describe how each firm can (or does) use information to improve operational performance. Q2. (a) the new computer controlled ncx machine has replaced 3 older machines. Before the replacement, each part required two minutes of processing on the first machine, then eight minutes of processing on the second machine, and finally four minutes on the third. (each of these machines had a dedicated operator. ) The new ncx-10 machine can do all 3 steps in 10 minutes per part. As a result of the introduction of the ncx-10: a. flow time per part for this process has: (i) (ii) (iii) increased decreased not changed: capacity rate for this process has: (i) (ii) (iii) increased decreased not changed.