National Cranberry Cooperative case (HBS
case # 9-675-014)
Questions:
1. Draw a detailed process ow map of the
current process at Receiving Plant # 1. What
is the capacity of each operation in the process?
2. What is the maximum long-term achievable throu
Val dOpim is a legendary village for winter sports in the French Alps. Given its
enormous popularity among French, Swiss, German, Austrian, and Italian skiers, the
1,200 beds in the village are always booked in the winter season. On average, skiers stay
i
Chao Yuan OPRE 6302 502: OPERATION MANAGEMENTAssignment 1
1.
10000/50*30=600
There are average 600 claims are in process throughout the year.
2.
2010 2009 2008
inventories
33,160 34,511
cost of sales 304,657 304,056 284,137
Inventory turnover in 2009:
304
OPRE 6302 Sample Test with Solutions
1. Which of the following statements about the Kanban System are accurate?
I.
Deploying the Kanban system leads to pulling work through the system instead of
pushing work.
Deploying the Kanban system leads to pushing w
HP Case Report
Each team should prepare a two-page report (double spacing) for the case HP
DeskJet Printer Supply Chain (a).
Suggested guidelines for writing up the case report:
1. Try to draw the supply chain (processes) of the HP DeskJet Printer. (Just
Course Syllabus
Operations Management (OPRE 6302)
School of Management
The University of Texas at Dallas
Course Information
Course
Course Number/Section
Course Title
OPRE 6302
Operations Management
Professor Contact Information
Professor
Jun Zhang
Office
OPRE6302 Operations Management
In-Class Case Analysis
Kristens Cookies (Part 1)
You and your roommate are preparing to launch Kristens Cookie Company in your
on-campus apartment. The company will provide fresh cookies to hungry students late at
night. You
OPRE 6302 Homework-2 Chao Yuan
Questions on The Goal
1. There would be delays on the existing schedule, which may result more overdue
orders- a vicious cycle.
2. The increase in the welding department increases only the efficiency of one
department, while
2010 AnnuAl RepoRt
We save people money so they can live better.
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year Ended January 31, (In billions, except per share data)
2010
$405.0 1.0%
2009
$401.1 7.3% $ 22.8 $ 3.35 $ 0.95
2008
$373.8 8.4% $ 22.0 $ 3.16 $ 0.88
2007
$344
OPRE 6302 CASE-3
Zhan
Chao Yuan, Yi-Ning Feng, Hen Hsuen Su, Mengyun
Deviation from Toyota Production System (TPS) (Question 1)
When handling seat defects, Toyota Motor Manufacturing deviated from the TPS
principle of jidoka. Instead of building in qualit
OPRE 6302
CASE 4 Yi-Ning Feng, Hen Hsuen Su, Mengyun Zhan, Chao Yuan
2. Hewlett-Packard faced serious problems in inventory levels for its Deskjet Printer product
line in the early 1990s. The Deskjet printer was produced in HPs Vancouver facility. Once
co
Introduction to Operations Management
Slide 1
Agenda
The instructor/TA
Course logistics (syllabus)
o Grading
o Problem sets
o Exams
o Class attendance
o Record keeping
o Course materials
Introduction to Operations Management
Slide 2
Instructor
Jun Zhang
O
Impact of Variability on Process
Performance: Throughput Losses
Slide 1
Learning Objectives
Understand how in-process variability affects throughput rate,
inventory, and throughput time
Understand how to deal with variability with buffer and seru
manufact
The Toyota Production
System
Slide 1
Toyota History
1894 - Sakichi Toyoda, a tinkerer and inventor, begins making
manual looms.
1926 Toyoda opens Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. He later
invents looms that stop automatically when thread breaks ( jidoka).
193
Variability and Its Impact on Process
Performance: Waiting Times
Slide 1
Learning Objectives
Inter-arrival and service iimes and their variability
Obtaining the average time spent in the queue
Psychology of waiting lines
Slide 2
Waiting in our life
Slid
Academic Calendar Spring 2013
Note: All offices are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. All transactions must occur online.
All email correspondence will be sent to UTD email address
Classes Begin
Last Day of Classes (Not including final exams)
Full-term ses
Official Academic Calendar Fall 2012
Note: All offices are closed on Saturdays and Sundays. All transactions must occur online.
All email correspondence will be sent to UTD email address
Classes Begin
Last Day of Classes (Not including final exams)
Full-t
Tech Broiler
Apple's secret iPad advantage: The supply
chain
By Jason Perlow | February 7, 2011, 2:51pm PST
Summary: How is it that Apple is able to beat every single tablet vendor on price?
Their secret sauce: The supply chain.
How is it that Apple is ab
OPRE6302 Operations Management
Prof. Jun Zhang
Assignment 1
1. The Travelers Insurance Company processes 10,000 claims per year. The
average processing time is 3 weeks. Assuming 50 weeks in a year, what
is the average number of claims "in process"?
2. You
OPRE6302 Operations Management
Prof. Jun Zhang
Assignment 2
Questions on The Goal
1. When a customer calls and wants an overdue order expedited, what are some of
the negative impacts that this could have on the existing schedule in effect on the
shop floo
CRU Computer Rental
Richard Sarkis, General Manager for CRU Computer Rentals, was studying the sales
and financial figures for the first quarter of 1997 and was at a loss to explain the
numbers. After a period of declining sales towards the end of 1996, s
Toyota Case Report
Each team should prepare a two-page report (double spacing) for the case
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc., Harvard Business School, Case No.
9-693-019. Guidelines for the report:
a. Does the current routine of handling defective
OPRE 6302.502 Professor. Jun Zhang
Executive Summary
The National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) has seen a dramatic recent change in the performance
of its Receiving Plant 1 (RCP1) resulting primarily from a shift from dry product harvesting to
wet product
Process View of the Organization
Slide 1
Learning Objectives
Performance measures: Inventory, Flow rate, Flow time
Littles Law
Capacity analysis (through Kristens cookies)
Slide 2
Processes performance measures
Inventory/Work in process: Number (amount) o
Batching as a Flow Interruption
Slide 1
Agenda
CRU case discussion
Kristens cookies case discussion (cotninued)
Impacts of set up times and batches on capacity
Economic Order Quantity
Impacts of set up costs on batch sizes
Slide 2
Case CRU: Synopsis
Sli
The Goal Discussion
Slide 1
Overview
The goal of a firm
Financial measures
Operational measures
Theory of constraints in boy scout hike
Theory of constraints for process improvement in Alexs plants
Using theory of constraints for production planning
Sli
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