Understanding business 8th by mcchugh nickels chapter 09

• Economic Growth Rate: 7%• Financial/Commercial Capital: Mumbai... to the demands of the customer at a scheduled delivery timepossible cost... * • Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc., Monticello,

Goods and

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Texas Michiga

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• Rely on the Internet

• New production techniques

• GM – 33.19 hours

• Honda – 32.51 hours

• Toyota – 29.4 hours

• Nissan – 28.46 hours

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From Production to Operations Management

• Production

• Production Management

• Operations Management

• Economic Growth Rate: 7%

• Financial/Commercial Capital: Mumbai

to the demands of the customer at a scheduled delivery time

possible cost

• LifeSavers 5 Flavor Roll – 100 rolls a minute

• Jell-O Gelatin Boxes – 764 a minute

• Chips Ahoy! – 4,000 a minute

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• Flexible Manufacturing

• Lean Manufacturing

• Mass Customization

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• Sunny Fresh Foods, Inc.,

Monticello, MN (Manufacturing)

• DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations,

New Orleans, LA (Service)

• Park Place Lexus,

Plano, TX (Small Business)

• Richland College,

Dallas, TX (Education)

• Jenks Public Schools,

Jenks, OK (Education)

• Bronson Methodist Hospital,

Kalamazoo, MI, (Health care)

Source: NIST News Release, November 22, 2005

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total of certificates:

• ISO 9000 – 670,000 in 154 countries

• ISO 14000 – 90,000 in 127 countries

3. Drawing a PERT network illustrating the

information from steps 1 and 2

4. Identifying the critical path

• A bar graph that clearly

shows what projects are

being worked on and how

much has been

completed at any given

time

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• Formalize forums for analyzing failure

• Move the goalposts

• Share personal stories

• Bring in outsiders

• Prove yourself wrong, not right

• Celebrate smart failures