...Chapter 1 Production and Operations Management (POM): An Introduction 0 Overview • • • • • Introduction Historical Milestones in POM Factors Affecting POM Today Different Ways of Studying POM Wrap-Up: What World-Class Producers Do 1 Introduction • Production and operations management (POM) is the management of an organization’s production system. • A production system takes inputs and converts them into outputs. • The conversion process is the predominant activity of a production system. • The primary concern of an operations manager is the activities of the conversion process. 2 Organizational Model Finance Sales HRM POM Marketing QA Engineering MIS Accounting 3 Organization Chart-Major Elements Manufacturing Organization Operations Finance/Accounting Disbursements & Credits Funds Management Capital Requirements Marketing Sales Promotion Advertising Sales Market Research Facilities Production & Inventory ontrol Quality Assurance & Control Procurement Engineering Design Industrial Engineering Process Engineering Entry-Level Jobs in POM • Purchasing planner/buyer • Production (or operations) supervisor • Production (or operations) scheduler/controller • Production (or operations) analyst • Inventory analyst • Quality specialist 5 Historical Milestones in POM • • • • • • The Industrial Revolution Post-Civil War Period Scientific Management Human Relations and Behaviorism Operations Research The Service Revolution 6 The...
Words: 1065 - Pages: 5
...Case 1: POM+ Project* EM 480—Project Management 30 October 2014 By Adam Ribeiro, Ben Paprocki, Stephen Pietsch, Nicholas Miller Part 1 Based on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the POM+ Project will take 142 working days to complete. With a project start date of January 3, 2012 the project is estimated to be complete July 26, 2012. To compensate for over-allocation of resources and project constraints, the POM+ Project WBS includes leveling efforts to enhance the project scope and stay within budget. The POM+ Project team capitalized on the total slack within the project's schedule to optimize project resource management. The POM+ Project initially had 50 days of total slack to select distributors. Based on the initial WBS and critical path network diagram, Marketing, Research and Development, Engineering, and Production resources were over allocated. Through redesigning the WBS, the select distributors’ task now has six days of total slack allowing the marketing team members to focus their attention on other critical tasks. ID | Task Name | Duration | Start | Finish | Total Slack | Free Slack | Late Start | Late Finish | 1 | POM+ Project | 135 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Thu 7/12/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Thu 7/12/12 | 2 | R & D Product Development | 45 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 3 | Need Survey | 20 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 1/31/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 1/31/12 | 4 | Set...
Words: 1309 - Pages: 6
...This set of photographs was shot in collaboration with my friend Rachel Wong for her portfolio interview at UAL. It is one of my three initial ideas for the Human Condition project – dystopia. Both the garment and the headpiece are hand made by me using various materials including yarns, pom poms, fabrics and cotton. The hat is based on a simple black cap, which I bought at a vintage market; I then painted it over with a thick layer of white acrylic and decorated it with some pompoms to create the cloud like silhouette. The sleeves of the top is designed to look much longer than a normal sleeve, aimed to cover the hands completely. The long tubes of padded quilting fold together to form the upper part of the traditional Chinese character “無” meaning “nothing” or “no”. The inspiration of this piece of garment comes from the subtheme dystopia, the strict definition of dystopia is : where everything is as bad as it can be. Dystopia can be hugely linked to Human Condition. The clouds symbolize the utopian world outside of prison and the knitwear symbolizes being in prison. The extra long sleeve that cover the hands show that there is no way of getting out of this restricted world. It can also link with the inevitability of death or suicidal because a dystopian environment such as the prison can be too restricted that people would think dying is a form of freedom. The understanding of 'nothing' varies widely between cultures, especially between Western and Eastern cultures and...
Words: 576 - Pages: 3
...IT Project Management MS Project Assignment The POM+ Project Part 1 7. Based on this schedule, submit a memo that answers the following questions: a. When is the project estimated to be completed? How many working days will it take? Project is estimated to be completed by 07/13/2016 within 135 working days b. What is the critical path? 1- Need survey => Set product specs => Shelf life report => Secure fruit suppliers => Production Trials => Quality Trials => Quality Metrics => Quality Training => Prepare product Launch 2- Need survey => Set product specs => Equipment Rehab => Production Trials => Quality Trials => Quality Metrics => Quality Training => Prepare product Launch c. Which activity has the most total slack? Select distributors (50 days) d. How sensitive is this network? The project has more than one critical path (2). e. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choice. * Set products specs : it is a burst activity, 3 new activities are created after the completion of this activity : activities 5, 6 and 9 * Production Trials – It is a merged activity, it is precedent of 2 activities (7 and 9) Part 2 Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: 1. Which if any of the resources are over allocated? Marketing Staff, R&D and Legal Staff are over allocated without levering. 2. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve...
Words: 775 - Pages: 4
...OLIVAREZ COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL MBA PROGRAM Course Production Operations Management Professor: Dr. Antonio O. Yu, CPA INSTRUCTION: Using the principle concepts and knowledge learned in your course on POM, Answer all the questions below. 1. Management wants to design an assembly line that will turn out 800 videotapes per day. There will be eight working hours in each day. The industrial engineering staff has assembled the information below: A. Determine the maximum and minimum cycle times. B. Determine the optimum cycle time. C. What is the minimum number of stations needed? D. Draw the precedence diagram. E. Assign tasks to stations in order of most following tasks first 2. The production planner for Fine Coffees, Inc. produces two coffee blends: American (A) and British (B). Two of his resources are constrained: Columbia beans, of which he can get at most 300 pounds (4,800 ounces) per week; and Dominican beans, of which he can get at most 200 pounds (3,200 ounces) per week. Each pound of American blend coffee requires 12 ounces of Colombian beans and 4 ounces of Dominican beans, while a pound of British blend coffee uses 8 ounces of each type of bean. Profits for the American blend are $2.00 per pound, and profits for the British blend are $1.00 per pound. A. What is the objective function? B. What is the Columbia bean constraint? C. What is...
Words: 1007 - Pages: 5
...The Lebanese population is young, with a relatively high life expectancy at birth (72 years), reflecting a good access to health care and a full access to safe water and sanitation. Most of the health indicators have improved in the past decade. The country’s economy has been growing steadily since the end of the civil war in 1990, particularly due to the development of the service sector. The current poverty rate is not documented due to the absence of a recent household income and expenditure survey, but previous data and qualitative information suggest high poverty rates are still prevalent in some areas. The general improvement in the standard of living over the last decades has increased households’ access to affordable traditional varied and energy-dense local foods as well as to a “westernized” type of diet, including fat and salt-rich processed foods. According to some studies among adults, the high intake of fruit and vegetables, a unique feature of the Lebanese diet, goes together with an increase in fat intake which is currently at the higher limit of recommendations. These trends in dietary intake associated with a sedentary lifestyle are the major causes of the emergence of an obesity epidemic. The nutritional status of the Lebanese population is characterized by a nutrition transition with the persistence of micronutrient deficiencies and chronic malnutrition in young children (stunting), especially in the rural areas, and the emergence of a high prevalence of...
Words: 1472 - Pages: 6
...Homework 3 14-10 Why is a computer necessary in conducting a realworld simulation? Answer It is important because there are many different types of outcomes that comes in with simulation. Computers are used in daily life activities and it is necessary. 14-11 What is operational gaming? What is systems simulation? Give examples of how each may be applied. Answer Operational gaming is the use of simulation in competitive situations such as military games and business or management. System simulation ls that deal with the dynamics of large organizational or governmental systems. Validation The process of comparing a model to the real system that it represents to make sure that it is accurate. 14-17 (a) Resimulate the number of stockouts incurred over a 20-week period (assuming Higgins maintains a constant supply of 8 heaters). (b) Conduct this 20-week simulation two more times and compare your answers with those in part (a). Did they change significantly? Why or why not? (c) What is the new expected number of sales per week? Answer A. The number of stockouts incurred over a 20 week period is HOT WATER NUMBER OF HEATER SALES WEEKS THIS PER WEEK NUMBER WAS SOLD 3 2 4 9 5 10 6 15 7 25 8 12 9 12 10 10 B, Two more times would give us the value of a multiplied by 2. c. 25 14-18 A. 15 days of barge uploadings and average number of barges delayed B, They both are probabilistic simulations. Chapter 5 HW 5-14...
Words: 648 - Pages: 3
...The object I chose to describe is pompom. Pompom is an item used in cheerleading or cheerdancing. Pompoms are the decorative balls of handheld streamers thet cheerleaders often use as visual props. It gives visual effects in dances and even in other part of the routine. It is made up of cellophane or sometimes just a plain colored paper. It was first used back in 1930`s and at that time pompoms were all handmade from papers. Back in 1953, Lawrence Herkimer founded the cheerleading supply and started manufacturing pompoms. And in 1965 Fred Gastoff invented the first vinyl made pompom. Pom poms are also known as pompoms, poms, pom pons, pompons. All the spelling ending in “n” is the original names and all the spelling ending in “m” are the modernized names. I chose pompoms because it plays a great role in my passion which is cheerleading. In this time we don’t usually use pompoms but when I started as a cheerleader way back in high school, pompoms is the only symbol or mark that makes them recognize me as a cheerleader. Of course I don’t bring the pompoms all the time but whenever they see me holding one I am proud to say that I am a cheerleader. As time passed by I continue gaining knowledge and skills as a cheerleader. I became known in most of the college squads. We even won the National Cheerleading Competition and became top 1 in the country when I was in 3rd year high school. And now I have this scholarship here in Letran College because of everything skills I gained...
Words: 291 - Pages: 2
...When cheering for your school all you do is stand on the sidelines and wave your pom poms. In school cheerleading you do more than just wave your pom poms, you tumble out on the court, you’re part of the fall sports team, and more. School cheerleading is a sport no matter what anyone says, for games you travel on the bus with the football or basketball players, cheerleaders are apart of the team. Each type of cheerleading is a sport, even if you’re not on the mat, raising flyers up in the air, cheerleading is a physical activity and...
Words: 416 - Pages: 2
...My early nine o’clock appointment was at the Children’s Center in Fairfield, I entered through the rear of the building, because I found parking close by. I see children in their rooms it was a quiet walk from the laundry area down the hallway towards the Front Desk, but occasionally I will hear a child scream. Everything seemed clean and organized. The staff at the front desk was courteous, very helpful and friendly. I signed in and they gave me batch to wear while I am there. I chose a twenty-nine month old little boy named Mario, he was the oldest and the tallest of the other four, age ranging from a year to two years. “By the time a child reaches the age of two their weight increase by seventy-five percent, their head circumference increases from fourteen to nineteen inches”. Mario weight about thirty to thirty-five pounds, he has a full head of hair, so his head size to me is equivalent to his body size and weight. “Emotional regulation and impulse control continue to develop…[the] first cognition of exiting, social interactions and later cognitions of more abstract thoughts” Berger, Grossman (2013). Mario is quite a character, he speaks and teaches the little ones with authority. “In Biosocial growth, a caregiver enables babies to grow, to move and learn” (p. 129) 9:00 a.m. The three caregivers were joining in play time of how to change baby’s diapers. Mario was holding three play baby bottles for a doll wearing a green outfit. The caregiver respond to Mario’s request...
Words: 1888 - Pages: 8
...Position Paper “What do we call a Sport?” Each year we see arguments on different teams or news station you hear about a team have a member hurt or a team trying to hurt the other team intentionally. Well for years we have said that cheerleading is not a sport can we actually say that? By looking at all the statistics now a day technically it is a sport. We see this by the performance, physical requirements and dedication that cheerleaders show. Cheerleaders work their best each and every day to put on a performance for the crowd or judges. There are many rules and regulations in the competitions for cheerleaders even in the performances in a football game. From not going to high on a group stunt to not being able to do stunt on the basketball floor. They also have to time things just right because it could lead to disqualification. A wrong move or not enough practice can cause injuries that can put a person in a wheelchair or even death. So everything has to be looked at to assure safety. Like other sports, cheerleaders have to watch their weight and maintain a certain standard as well. So workout have to be keeping up to maintain their weight like football the line has to protect their Quarterback. Well if they choose to not keep up their training and there weight could get them kick off the team even lead to serious injuries to a teammate. So with doing more risky thing there is more of a demand for physical exertion. Muscle memory even plays a big part...
Words: 498 - Pages: 2
...Asdf’a AsdfasdfasJoin There are ABSOLUTELY no membership fees at TermPaperWarehouse.com. TermPaperWarehouse.com is completely free! Simply donate one essay to the site to create your account. It only takes five minutes to create an account and you'll have instant access to the site. ------------------------------------------------- 窗体顶端 User Information 1. Email Address: 2. Username: Available 3. Password: 4. Birth Date: 5. Sex: Male Female Paper Information 1. Select submission method:Upload Copy & Paste Your Paper 2. Title: 3. Category: 4. Tags: Add tags separated by commas (,) 5. Paper and Bibliography: ------------------------------------------------- No file was uploaded 6. I agree to TermPaperWarehouse.com's Terms and Conditions. 窗体底端 dfaJoin There are ABSOLUTELY no membership fees at TermPaperWarehouse.com. TermPaperWarehouse.com is completely free! Simply donate one essay to the site to create your account. It only takes five minutes to create an account and you'll have instant access to the site. ------------------------------------------------- 窗体顶端 User Information 1. Email Address: 2. Username: Available 3. Password: 4. Birth Date: ...
Words: 280 - Pages: 2
...1. In what ways could the Ritz-Carlton monitor its success in achieving quality? Quality is the ability to meet the target operational goals. Any measurement of quality should therefore be defined in the way it is able to satisfy the expressed and the implicit need of the process. There are many ways that the hotel can use to measure quality aspects of its operations. One of such way would be through the assessment of the external quality which in this case refers to customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction can be assessed through various means using the financial and non-financial attributes. The overall satisfaction of the consumer is expressed in their reaction towards the product or services offered. A simple survey using a questionnaire can be used to collect data about the satisfaction of the customer. The increase or decrease in the number of customer served can also be sued to assess the satisfaction of customer and therefore the improvement in quality (Drucker, 2004). The other way can be through the assessment of the internal quality marked by the efficiency of the internal operation of the hotel. This can be assessed by the way in which hotel function in scheduling of jobs, reduction in internal conflicts, reduced complains from the customers. These are some of the way that can be used to assess internal quality improvement. But the generally the delivery of services to customers will be the best way that will be used to assess improvement in quality of...
Words: 254 - Pages: 2
...Review and Discussion Questions What is the difference between OM and OR/MS? Between OM and IE? Operations management is the design, operation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firms primary products and services. Operations research and management science is the application of quantitative methods to decision making in all fields. Operations managers use operations research in their decision making and deal with the same issues as Industrial Engineers. OR/MS is applied mathematics while IE is a discipline of engineering. What factors account for the resurgence of interest in OM today? * Effectively consolidating the operations resulting from mergers. * Developing flexible supply chains to enable mass customization of products and services * Managing global supplier, production, and distribution networks. * Increased commodization of suppliers * Achieving the service factory * Enhancing value-added services * Making efficient use of internet technology * Achieving good service from service firms. Can a factory be fast, dependable, and flexible; produce high quality products and still provide poor customer service from a customer’s perspective? Yes, although the company may be producing a fast, flexible high quality product the factory from the customer’s perspective can still provide poor customer service because they are not meeting the customers’ demands or the customers’ demands are not driving strategy development...
Words: 555 - Pages: 3
...Devonique Lujan November 4, 2012 Intro. To Grammar Is Cheerleading a Sport? Black eyes, busted lips and just plain pain, may you ask from what? You may not believe it, but yes this is from the sport cheerleading. I did not go one day at cheerleading practice without getting hurt. Practice after practice to make sure that we got everything we needed to be done, done. There are many arguments made regarding whether or not cheerleading is a sport. In addition, many people distinguish between a “yell” leader, versus a cheerleader who does stunting versus the competitive all-star cheerleader. You can say that some cheerleading is a sport while other cheerleading is not? That all depends on who you ask, and their definition of sports. Some say cheerleading is not a sport but experience tells me that cheerleading is the most dangerous sport out there. In general, one definition of sports is that they require some type of physical ability or skill that has to be learned and practiced. While no one would argue that cheerleaders practice, it can be argued that cheerleading, when it simply yelling into the crowds, does not require a great deal of skill. Anyone can learn routines and yell into the crowd as long as they smile and do their job. The sport of cheerleading is more than just pompoms and smiles. In my opinion cheerleading is a sport because it requires strength, balance, and coordination. There are many magazines and articles that claim that cheerleading...
Words: 1006 - Pages: 5
