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MGMT 344
Please answer the following seven questions.
1. (Long Essay) (a) Describe the meaning of productivity and explain the three typesof productivity measures. (b) What do we mean when we say productivity is a relative measure?(c) What can lead to increases in productivity?
2. (Long Essay) Discuss the requirements from an operations perspective ofcompeting on (a) quality, (b) cost, (c) flexibility, and (d) delivery. Give examples ofmanufacturing or service firms that successfully compete on each of the criteria listed.
3. (Long Essay) (a) Explain how simplification and standardization can improvedesigns. (b) How does modular design differ from standardization?
4. (Long Essay) (a) Describe a cellular layout and its objectives. (b) What are theadvantages and disadvantages of a cellular layout? (c) Describe a fixed-position layout. Give anexample of a fixed-position layout for producing a product.
5. (Long Essay) Describe each of the following traditional manufacturing systems anddiscuss their impact on automation, manufacturing lead time, product mix, machine type, laborskills, inventory levels, and production planning and scheduling, etc. What are the major basiccapabilities and the primary management concerns associated with each type? Give an exampleof each type.(a) Job Shop(b) Assembly Line
6. (Short Essay) What is meant by triple-bottom-line strategy? Give an example of acompany that has adopted this type of strategy.
7. (Short Essay) What is the difference between an order winner and an orderqualifier? Tell how you have used the two concepts in a purchasing decision
