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• OPS 571 Entire Course

• OPS 571 Final Exam Guide

• OPS 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment Process
  Design Matrix and Summary
• OPS 571 Week 1 Quiz
• OPS 571 Week 1 DQ 1
• OPS 571 Week 1 DQ 2
• OPS 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Process
  Designs and Supply Chains Presentation
• OPS 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

• 1) __________ is when the activities in the stage
  must stop because there is no place to deposit
  the item just completed 
• A.   Buffering
• B.   Blocking
• C.   Starving
• D.   Pacing
• 2) According to your text, the most common
  process metric is 

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• OPS 571 Week 1 DQ 1

• OPS 571 Week 1 DQ 2

• What are process flow structures? What structure
  does your organization rely on the most? How
  effective has the structure been in achieving
  organizational goals?

• What are some factors that affect global business
  processes? How would these factors affect
  development of new processes? How are those
  factors different from those that affect local
  business process development?

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• OPS 571 Week 1 Individual Assignment

• OPS 571 Week 1 Quiz

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• Complete the Process Design Matrix.
• Write an executive summary identifying
  appropriate design approaches for a selected
  product and service. 
• Pick one service with which you are familiar. 
  Complete

• QUIZ 1
• 1)      Why is the planning phase often referred
  to as phase 0 (Zero) of the generic product
  development process?
• 2)      If an automotive service center has an
  issue with a car not being clean when retumed to
  a customer, the poka-yoke corrective action might
  include what?
• 3)      According to the Service-System Design
  Matrix, sales

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• OPS 571 Week 2 DQ 1

• OPS 571 Week 2 DQ 2

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• Week 2 Discussion Question 1
• What is the learning curve and how can it be
  applied? Would the learning curve be appropriate
  for your organization? Explain your answer.
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• Week 2 Discussion Question 2
• What is Six Sigma? What are the advantages and
  disadvantages for implementing Six Sigma in your
  organization? Analyze special considerations and
  possible constraints of implementing Six Sigma in
  an international business
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• OPS 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment

• OPS 571 Week 2 Learning Team Reflection

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• This is part one of a two part assignment
  starting with an introductory look at process
  design and supply chains.
• Identify a company with which you are familiar. 
  This could be your place of employment, a car
  wash, a yard service company, and .

• Select a manufacturing organization the team
  members are familiar with.
• Review the company's website and other available
  information and answer the following 
• What type of process design do they use Make to
  Order, Make to Stock, or Batch?

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• OPS 571 Week 2 Quiz

• OPS 571 Week 3 DQ 1

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• QUIZ 2
• 1)      Which of the following consulting tools
  are used in the cost impact and payoff analysis
  stage in the operations consulting process?
• 2)      Which of the following is a situation
  that likely will yield economies of scale?

• Week 3 Discussion Question 1
• What is a safety stock and when should it be
  used? How have safety stocks been used in a
  global organization with which you are familiar?
  Were they relied upon appropriately?

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• OPS 571 Week 3 DQ 2

• OPS 571 Week 3 Individual Assignment Process
  Designs

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• Week 3 Discussion Question 2
• TOC advocates exploiting process bottlenecks.
  What does this mean? Provide at least two
  examples in business where this can be done
  effectively.
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• Create an MS PowerPoint Presentation in which you
  evaluate the current state of the process you
  selected in Week Two and summarize the proposed
  future state. 
• Required Elements
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the
  process selected in Week Two using the data
  collected.

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• OPS 571 Week 3 Learning Team Reflection

• OPS 571 Week 3 Quiz

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• Discuss the following 
• What is the chase strategy? 
• Identify 2-3 companies that might use the chase
  strategy
• What are some of the challenges associated with
  using the chase strategy and why? 

• QUIZ 3
• 1)      The text mentions several common
  approaches to use when developing strategy to
  close a capacity gap (where utilization of a
  resource exceeds capacity available). Which of
  the following is among the common approaches
  mentioned?
• 2)      Which of the following

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• OPS 571 Week 4 DQ 1

• OPS 571 Week 4 Quiz

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• Week 4 Discussion Question 1
• How does capacity planning differ in service and
  manufacturing organizations?
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• QUIZ 4
• 1)  The vertical axis on a Gantt chart is usually
  which of the following?
• 2) Consulting firms typically use which of the
  following techniques to plan and monitor the
  engagements of the firm or specific projects?
• 3) Which of the following identifies a key
  principle of reengineering?
• of subdividing

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• OPS 571 Week 4 Team Assignment

• OPS 571 Week 5 DQ 2

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• Review the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual
  Organization.  
• Write a paper of no more than 1,400-words that
  includes the following 
• Determine Riordan's manufacturing strategy
  (chase, level, or combination) and explain its
  benefits
• Create a process flow diagram for the electric
  fan supply chain

• Week 5 Discussion Question 2
• What role does competitive intelligence play in
  international business forecasting? Which
  qualitative techniques are most affected by
  international differences?  
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• OPS 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment

• OPS 571 Week 5 Learning Team Reflection

•  Review the Project Management email. 
• Write an email response in which you address the
  following points 
• Determine which project might be implemented and
  why (e.g. feasibility study, breakeven analysis,
  etc).
• Describe the five phases of a project
• Describe the key deliverables associated with the
  selected

• Discuss the following
• What are TQM and ISO?
• How might TQM and ISO be used to improve an
  organization?
• What are the benefits and challenges each?

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• OPS 571 Week 5 Quiz

• OPS 571 Week 6 DQ 1

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• QUIZ  5
• 1)      What is one analytical tool common to all
  quality improvement programs?
• 2)      A fishbone diagram might be found in
  which DMAIC category?
• 3)      What is the international quality
  management standard for quality

• Week 6 Discussion Question 1
• What criteria must be used when considering where
  to locate a facility in the global business
  environment? What criteria does your organization
  consider when deciding the location of a facility?

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• OPS 571 Week 6 DQ 2

• OPS 571 Week 6 Quiz

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• Week 6 Discussion Question 2
• What are the factors that affect international
  logistics? Which factor is the most important in
  your current industry and why?  
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• QUIZ 6
• 1)      According to Goldratt, which of the
  following is defined as any resource whose
  capacity is less than the demand placed on it?
• 2)      A bottleneck in a manufacturing process
  may be targeted and eliminated by employing which
  of the following?

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• OPS 571 Week 6 Team Assignment

• Week 5 Discussion Question 1

•  Create an 8-10 slide MS PowerPoint presentation
  with detailed speaker notes. Include the
  following
•  Identify which ISO standards apply to Riordan
  Manufacturing
• Using the Six Sigma DMAIC process, develop a new
  process design for the production of the Riordan
  electric fans.

• Week 5 Discussion Question 1
• Does your organization use an enterprise resource
  planning (ERP) systems? If so does your
  organization rely on it and what influence does
  globalization have on your ERP? If not choose an
  ERP system and discuss why you believe this
  system can help your organization to improve
  efficiency and performance.  
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• OPS 571 Week 5 Individual Assignment
  Organizational

• OPS 571 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment

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• This Tutorial contains 2 different Papers
• Write a 700-word response to the following
  questions
• How would you identify and characterize the roles
  of incentives, training, and education in
  promoting innovation in your organization?
• What is the role of leadership in creating,
  managing, and sustaining

• This tutorial contains 2 Presentationeach based
  on Riordan Manufacturing (virtual organization)
  and Comcast (real organization) 
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• Use the same Virtual Organization your team
  selected in the previous weeks assignments.

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