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An analyst has timed a metal-cutting operation for 50 cycles. The average time per cycle was 10.7 minutes, and the standard deviation was 1.20 minutes
Balfour's is considering building a plant in one of three possible locations. They have estimated parameters for each location
Round Tree Manor is a hotel that provides two types of rooms with three rental classes: Super Saver, Deluxe, and Business.
Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition, which one you believe is the most critical in the global economy. Why?
Compute the multifactor productivity measure for each of the weeks shown for production of chocolate bars.
A firm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. The manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $9 each
A computer manufacturer is developing a production schedule for the next five months (say March -- July).
A commercial bakery has recorded sales (in dozens) for three products, as shown below:
Twelve tasks, with times and precedence requirements as shown in the following table, are to be assigned to workstations that have a fixed machine cycle time
Kimberly Clark in Neenah, WI manufactures paper towels and sells them for $1.00 per roll. The company's variable cost is $0.20 per roll.
A production line is to be designed to produce modems. The production tasks, their times, and their precedence requirements are shown in the table below
She uses the following equation to estimate the trend component of monthly demand: Ft = 80 + 4t, where t = 0 in June of last year
The air conditioning unit of the Home State Insurance Company's new office wing is not functioning.
A property title search firm is contemplating using online software to increase its search productivity.
In a production cell dedicated to the production of a product family, the following data corresponding to 10 working days have been obtained
Determine the cash flow and accumulated cash flow for the company.
The manager of a crew that installs carpeting has tracked the crew's output over the past several weeks, obtaining these figures:
A small firm intends to increase the capacity of a bottleneck operation by adding a new machine.
A production line has three machines A, B, and C, with reliabilities of .97, .87, and .88, respectively.
Amalgamated Fenderdenter's sales are $10 million. The company spends $3.5 million for purchase of direct materials and $2.5 million for direct labor
If the land is rezoned, the contractor must decide whether to build a shopping center or 1,400 apartments that the tentative plan shows would be possible
Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same?
If the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal?
A manufacturer has decided to locate a new factory in northwestern United States to serve growing demand in that market.