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Operations Management - Examination 1 | MG 423, Exams of Production and Operations Management

Material Type: Exam; Class: Operations Management; Subject: Management; University: Emporia State University; Term: Summer 2007;

Typology: Exams

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Download Operations Management - Examination 1 | MG 423 and more Exams Production and Operations Management in PDF only on Docsity! MG 423, Operations Management Study Guide Chapters 1-5 and Chapter 10, Summer 2007 All formulas are provided for the test 1. Understand the importance of productivity to an organization and how organizations improve productivity. 2. Understand how an organization develops a strategic plan to help them gain a competitive advantage. 3. Understand how organizations compete and what could cause them to perform poorly or fail. 4. Understand the three functions of project management. 5. Understand the skills a project manager should possess. 6. Understand how to set up a project network using the AON method—determine paths, critical path, ES, EF, LS, LF, and slack, and probability of completion. Problem 7. Understand how to calculate the expected time, variance, probability of completion and critical path using PERT. Problem 8. Understand how to crash a project and determine the cost for crashing. Problem 9. Understand the importance of the forecasting process. 10. Understand the steps and elements to consider in the development of a good forecast. 11. Understand how to determine a forecast using naïve, moving average, weighted moving average, and exponential smoothing and the concept of measuring forecast error. Problem 12. Understand how to determine a forecast using linear trend and seasonality. Problem 13. Understand how to calculate and use linear regression, coefficient of correlation, and coefficient of determination. Problem 14. Understand the importance of manufacturability, value engineering, robust design, and modular design. 15. Understand the techniques and factors organizations use in the design of services. 16. Understand how organizations develop new ideas for products and services and then how they decide which ideas to pursue 17. Understand the importance and guidelines of creating ethical and environmentally friendly designs. 18. Understand the relationship and importance of ergonomics and job design. 19. Understand the objective of human resource strategy and the various considerations to achieve an effective HR strategy.
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