EMBRY RIDDLE MGMT651 ALL ASSIGNMENTS

Using the online databases available from the Hunt Library, locate and read one peer-reviewed journal article related to an aviation or aerospace application of one of the chapter themes:

• How to build a SIPOC diagram
• How to construct strategy maps
• Dimensions of competitive advantage
• Measuring and tracking productivity

Write a one page summary of the article. Provide a current APA-formatted reference to accompany the summary.

Review and reflect upon this module's text, discussion board postings, and journal article summaries. Write a two to three page paper discussing at least two practices presented in the module and relating how these could be applied to a real-world situation in your workplace, an aviation organization, or aerospace-related organization.

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1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)

Review and reflect upon this module's text, discussion board postings, and journal article summaries. Write a two to three page paper on one of the following:

• The benefits and challenges of ‘make to stock’ versus ‘make to order’
• Methods used to measure process performance

Refer to the course textbook and at least one additional reference in your paper.

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1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)

Write a three to four page paper that discusses the benefits of utilizing the quality tools that you constructed in Module 4. Discuss how utilizing internal consultants might add to the understanding of competitive advantage, supply chain performance, and controlling improvements.

Refer to the course textbook and at least one additional reference in your paper.

Format for Assignment:

1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)

Instructions:

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Answers to these questions are found in Chapters 15, 17, 18, 20, and 21

Chapter 15:

1. List five major reasons why a new electronic components manufacturing firm should move into your city or town.

2. How do facility location decisions differ for service facilities and manufacturing plants?

Chapter 17:

3. Explain how an ERP system can improve the evaluation and analysis of performance metrics.

4. What supply chain metric measures how many complete orders were filled and shipped on time?

Chapter 18:

5. It is a common saying that the only thing certain about a forecast is that it will be wrong. What is meant by this?

6. What sorts of risks do you see in reliance on the Internet in the use of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)?

Chapter 20:

7. Distinguish between dependent and independent demand in a McDonald’s restaurant, in an integrated manufacturer of personal copiers, and in a pharmaceutical supply house.

8. Which type of inventory system would you use in the following situations?

a. Supplying your kitchen with fresh food.

b. Obtaining a daily newspaper.

c. Buying gas for your car.

To which of these items do you impute the highest stockout cost?

Chapter 21:

9. Explain the need for time fences in the master production schedule.

10.Why is the MRP process referred to as an “explosion”?

Write and submit a three to four page paper on the benefits of translating, and how to translate, business plans into labor and production output plans to minimize the cost of resources.

Refer to the course textbook and at least one additional reference in your paper.

Format for Assignment:

1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)

Instructions:

Format for Problem Set:

1. Title page

2. Write Questions and Answers

3. Reference page (if needed and add citations for every reference)

Answers to these questions are found in Chapters 19, 22, and 23

Chapter 19:

1. Major operations and supply planning activities can be grouped into categories based on the relevant time range of the activity. Into what time range category does sales and operations planning fit?

2. In the agriculture industry, migrant workers are commonly employed to pick crops ready for harvest. They are hired as needed and are laid off once the crops are picked. The realities of the industry make this approach necessary. Which production planning strategy best describes this approach?

3. Which of the four costs relevant to aggregate production planning is the most difficult to accurately measure?

Chapter 22:

4. What are the objectives of workcenter scheduling?

5. Why does batching cause so much trouble in workcenters?

6. Why is managing bottlenecks so important in workcenter scheduling?

Chapter 23:

7. State the global performance measurements and operational performance measurements and briefly define each of them. How do these differ from traditional accounting measurements?

8. Individually or in a small group, examine your own experiences either working in a company or as a customer of a company. Describe an instance where TOC was successfully applied to improve a process, or where you saw the potential for TOC to improve the process.

9. Compare and contrast JIT, MRP, and synchronized manufacturing, stating their main features, such as where each is or might be used, amounts of raw materials and work-in-process inventories, production lead times and cycle times, and methods for control.

10. Discuss what is meant by forward loading and backward loading.

Write a three to five page paper that evaluates what you have mastered in this course. Develop and include a plan for future personal and professional improvement in the areas of production and procurement in the aviation and/or aerospace industries.

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1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)

Write a two to three page paper illustrating how you would apply subject matter knowledge (i.e., those areas that you have mastered in this course) to real world situations and scenarios.

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1. Title Page
2. Write Questions and Answers
3. Reference Page (If needed/add citations for every reference)