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1. ASHFORD BUS 644 Entire Course (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 Assignment Home Style Cookies (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Why Productivity Matters (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Benefits of Forecasting (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 2 Assignment Design of Work Systems (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1 Plant Capacity (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 Assignment Wal-Mart (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1 Quality improvement (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 2 Inspection of Toys (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 Assignment Inventory Control (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 1 Planning for Service Operations (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 2 Production Strategies (Old)

2. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 Assignment Setup Times (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 1 Lean System (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 2 Preventive Maintenance (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 Final (Stickley Furniture) (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1 Critical Path (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 2 Waiting Lines (Old) ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 Assignment Home Style Cookies (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com . Home-Style Cookies. Read the “Home-style Cookies” case study below. Answer questions 1-7 in a two to four (2-4) page APA style paper. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text. The Company The Baking Company is located in a small town in New York State. The bakery is run by two brothers. The company employs fewer than 200 people, mainly blue-collar workers, and the atmosphere is informal.

3. The Product The company's only product is soft cookies, of which it makes over 50 varieties. Larger companies, such as Nabisco, Sunshine, and Keebler, have traditionally produced biscuit cookies, in which most of the water has been baked out, resulting in crisp cookies. The cookies have no additives or preservatives. The high quality of the cookies has enabled the company to develop a strong market niche for its product. The Customers The cookies are sold in convenience stores and supermarkets throughout New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The company markets its cookies as "good food"- no additives or preservatives - and this appeals to a health-conscious segment of the market. Many customers are over 45 years of age, and prefer a cookie that is soft and not too sweet. Parents with young children also buy the cookies. 5. As a consumer, what things do you consider in judging the quality of cookies you buy in a supermarket? 6. What advantages and what limitations stem from the company‟s not using preservatives in cookies? 7. Briefly describe the company‟s strategy. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Why Productivity Matters (Old)

4. For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Why Productivity Matters. It is sometimes easy to overlook the importance of productivity. National figures are often reported in the media. They may seem to be ho-hum; there‟s nothing glamorous about them to get our attention. But make no mistake; they are key economic indicators—barometer, if you will, that affect everybody. How? High productivity and high standard of living go hand-in-hand. If a country becomes more service-based, as the United States has become, some (but not all) high- productivity manufacturing jobs are replaced by lower-productivity service jobs. That makes it more difficult to support a high standard of living. Productivity levels are also important for industries and companies. For companies, a higher productivity relative to their competitors gives them a competitive advantage in the marketplace. With a higher productivity, they can afford to undercut competitors‟ prices to gain market share, or charge the same prices but realized greater profits? For an industry, higher relative productivity means it is less likely to be supplanted by foreign industry.

5. 1. Why is high productivity important for a nation? 2. Why do you suppose that service jobs have lower productivity than manufacturing jobs? 3. How can a company gain a competitive advantage by having higher productivity than its competitors have? Answer questions 1 to 3 in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Benefits of Forecasting (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Read the M & L Manufacturing case on page 130 in your text. Prepare a weekly forecast clearly labeling your calculations. Explain the benefits of a more formalized approach to forecasting using course related principles in 200 words. You must respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings to receive full credit.

6. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 2 Assignment Design of Work Systems (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Design of Work Systems. Read the “Making Hotplates” case. Answer questions 1-4 in a two to four (2-4) page APA style paper. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1 Plant Capacity (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Plant Capacity. A small building contractor has recently experienced two successive years in which work opportunities exceeded the firm‟s capacity. The contractor must now make a decision on capacity for next year. Estimated profits under each of

7. the two possible states of nature are as shown in the table below. Which alternative should be selected if the decision criteria is: a. Maximax b. Maximin a. Laplace b. Minimax regret Indicate and incorporate recommendations to management in 200 words. You must respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. Next Year's Demand Alternative Low High Do nothing

8. $50* $60* Expand 20 80 Subcontract 40 70 ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 Assignment Wal-Mart (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com

9. Wal-Mart. Read the “Hello, Wal-Mart?” case. Answer questions 1- 2 in a two to four (2-4) page APA style paper. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1 Quality improvement (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Quality Improvement. Read “Chick-n-Gravy Dinner Line” on page 414 in your text. Explain your analysis using course related principles in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 2 Inspection of Toys (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com

10. Inspection of Toys. Read “Toys, Inc.” on page 460 in your text. Indicate your recommendations using course related principles in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 Assignment Inventory Control (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Inventory Control. Read the case study below “Harvey Industries”. Provide reasoning for the current financial distress of the company and make recommendations for improvements to the new company president. Include at least one specific recommendation for both Supply Chain Management (chapter 15) and Inventory Management (chapter 13), as well as any other recommendations you deem necessary from your reading. Provide your recommendations in a 2-4 page APA style paper. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 1 Planning for Service Operations (Old) For more course tutorials visit

11. www.tutorialrank.com Planning for Service Operations. Service operations often face more difficulty in planning than their manufacturing counterparts. However, service does have certain advantages that manufacturing often does not. Explain service planning difficulty, and the advantages and disadvantages. Give your recommendations to management using course related principles in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 2 Production Strategies (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Production Strategies. Read “Eight Glasses a Day (EGAD)” on page 507 in your text. Answer questions 1 and 2. Explain your analysis using course related principles in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 Assignment Setup Times (Old)

12. For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com It was a little past 9:00 on a Monday morning when Jeff Baker walked into your office with a box of donuts. “I‟ve been talking with Anne about a problem we have with short- term capacity in our pad printing operation. You know, that‟s where we print the logo on the Custom lines of yo-yos. We have received more orders than usual for July, and I want to release the orders to pad printing in a way that will enable us to meet our due date commitments in the best way possible. Would you have time to look at the order list (attached) and see what kind of schedule we should follow to do that? By the way, you have established quite a reputation in your short stay here. You have a talent for really explaining why your recommendation are the best approach in a way that all of „over-the-hill‟ managers can understand. Please be sure to do that for me too. I want to understand why your recommendation is the best schedule and what the tradeoffs are for other possible schedules—and none of that philosophical college mumbo-jumbo. Remember, I came up through the ranks. I don‟t have one of those sheepskins on my wall.” He says with a laugh.

13. Since your schedule was back to normal after that MRP report you did for Anne, you agreed to look at the information. After that compliment, how could you say no? “Try to get back to me within a couple of days,” Jeff said as he left your office. After a few minutes with your old operations management text, you call the production control office to confirm the pad printing schedule. They confirm that pad printing runs one eight-hour shift per day. They tell you that due to a make-up day for flooding in June, pad printing will be running 23 days in July, beginning Friday, July1 (they will work three Saturdays on July 9,16, and 23, and take a one-day holiday for July 4). You thank them for the information and then you begin to develop you plan. Even though Jeff lacks a college degree, from what you seen, he is very smart. And obviously he knows good work when he sees it since he liked, and apparently understood, your past work. You resolve to cover all the bases but in a way that is as clear as possible. Note: Setup time is to set up the pad printer at the start of the job. Setup includes thoroughly cleaning the printing heads and ink reservoirs, installing the new pad(s) and ink supply, and carefully aligning the machine. Setup at the beginning of a new day with the same job is insignificant.

14. Examine the following rules and write a report to Jeff Baker summarizing your findings and advise him on which rule to use. Rules: First Come First Serve, Shortest Processing Time, Earliest Due Date, Critical Ratio PAD PRINTING ORDER LIST Job Date Order Received Set-up Time Production Time Due Date A 6/4

15. 2 hrs. 6 days 11 July B 6/7 4 hrs. 2 days 8 July C 6/12

16. 2 hrs. 8 days 25 July D 6/14 4 hrs. 3 days 19 July E 6/15 4 hrs.

17. 9 days 29 July ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 1 Lean System (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Lean System. 1) What trade-offs are involved in shifting from a traditional operations system to a lean system for: A) A manufacturing firm? B) A service firm? 2) Who in the organization is affected by a decision to shift from a traditional operations system to a lean system? 3) To what extent has technology had an impact on lean systems? Explain your analysis using course related principles in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 2 Preventive Maintenance (Old) For more course tutorials visit

18. www.tutorialrank.com Preventive Maintenance. Determine the optimum preventive maintenance frequency for each of the pieces of equipment if breakdown time is normally distributed: Clearly label your calculations and describe using course related principles in 200 words. Equipment Avg Time (days)between breakdowns Standard Deviation Equipment Preventive Maintenance Cost Breakdown Cost A201

19. 20 2 A201 $300 $2300 B400 30 3 B400 $200

20. $3500 C850 40 4 C850 $530 $4800 ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1 Critical Path (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1 Critical Path

21. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 2 Waiting Lines (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Waiting Lines. Trucks are required to pass through a weighing station so that they can be checked for weight violations. Trucks arrive at the station at the rate of 40 an hour between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Currently two inspectors are on duty during those hours, each of whom can inspect 25 trucks an hour. a. How many trucks would you expect to see at the weighing station, including those being inspected? b. If a truck was just arriving at the station, about how many minutes could the driver expect to be at the station? c. What is the probability that both inspectors would be busy at the same time? d. How many minutes, on average, would a truck that is not immediately inspected have to wait?

22. e. What condition would exist if there was only one inspector? f. What is the maximum line length for a probability of .97? Respond to at least two of your classmates‟ postings. ASHFORD BUS 644 Week 6 Final (Stickley Furniture) (Old) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Focus of the Final Paper Read "Stickley Furniture" on pages 550-552 in your text. Answer questions 1-5. The final case study should demonstrate understanding of the reading as well as the implications of new knowledge. The paper should integrate readings and class discussions into work and life experiences. It may include explanation and examples from previous events as well as implications for future applications

23. Writing the Final Paper The Final Paper: 1. Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 2. Must include a title page with the following: a. Title of paper b. Student‟s name c. Course name and number d. Instructor‟s name e. Date submitted

24. 3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement. 4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought. If possible, provide a context of a first-person experience where you saw this academic concept in operation. Do not simulate third- party statements of experience. Readdress the concept and the experience with critical thought. That is, what is your response to the content, either positive or negative, and then defend your position. If multiple options/alternatives/positions are present and are being rejected you must also defend the reasons for rejecting an option. 5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis. 6. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 7. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.