Response to the following:
Question 1: What is operations management? Why is it important? Is a good knowledge of operations management more important in service or manufacturing industries? Explain your answer.
Question 2: Discuss the use of PERT/CPM techniques for managing projects. Describe what PERT/CPM does. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of using it. What other techniques might you choose to manage your project?
Question 3: What are economies of scale in a manufacturing plant? Do they continue forever? What are diseconomies of scale? How might you decide the optimal size of a plant?
Question 4: What, in your opinion, are the three most important issues in supply chain management? Discuss why you think these are the key issues.
Question 5: Discuss why (or if) inventories are necessary. What are the benefits of inventories? What are the disadvantages of holding inventories?
- APA format
- 1.5 pages, cover page and reference page are not counted
- At lease 2 academicals references.