Strayer BUS430 Week 7 to 11 Discussion DQ 1& DQ 2

DQ 1
Week 7 Discussion 1
"Management of Inventories" Please respond to the following:

• From the first e-Activity, examine the best practices found in the video on inventory management.
• From the second e-Activity, choose two service companies that manage inventory and compare and contrast their inventory management systems.
• Based on your evaluation of both inventory management systems from Part 2 of this discussion, propose suggestions to management that would ultimately lead to improve operations.

Week 7 Discussion 2
"Resource Management" Please respond to the following:

• Select a goods-producing organization and a service-providing organization of your choice. Suggest ways each organization can make aggregate planning decisions using the variables described in Exhibit 13.3 (Chapter 13).
• Compare and contrast the operational and managerial impacts of the aggregate planning decisions in terms of customer satisfaction.

"Evaluate an Experience" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, analyze the importance of production planning and scheduling within an organization. Evaluate a bad experience you have had with an appointment from both perspectives of the customer (you) and the organization due to inefficient planning and scheduling.
• Analyze the experience you provided in Part 1 of this discussion from a technical perspective and an intangible perspective. Suggest ways the schedules could have been created more efficient and effective.

DQ 2

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"Balloons Aloha" Please respond to the following:

• From the case study, suggest short-term recommendations for the set of six jobs at the company. Support your recommendations.
• From the case study, evaluate the efficiency of Balloons Aloha’s sequencing system. Provide long-term recommendations with respect to sequencing jobs at the company. Support your recommendations.

DQ 2


Week 9 Discussion 2
"Quality Control Systems" Please respond to the following:

• Compare and contrast ISO900:2000 and Six Sigma in terms of their differences and similarities.
• From the e-Activity, select one organization that has achieved Six Sigma certification. Then, discuss the benefits and results that the organization has achieved as a result of following the quality standards inherent in Six Sigma certification. Explain how these standards help this organization pursue continuous improvement.

DQ 2
Week 10 Discussion 2
"Project Management" Please respond to the following:

• From the third e-Activity, provide at least two examples of companies that have used project management techniques such as CPM or PERT. Evaluate their success in operations.
• Determine at least two factors that impact the quality of project management. Suggest ways these factors can be mitigated without affecting project operations.

Week 11 Discussion 1
"Operations Management Applications" Please respond to the following:

• Evaluate different operations management principles and techniques that can make businesses more profitable today.
• Select one service company of your choice and discuss at least three operations management challenges the company is facing.
• Suggest ways to confront the challenges and provide suggestions that can untimely improve sustainability in its value chain.

DQ 2
Week 11 Discussion 2
"The Value Chain Concept" Please respond to the following:

• Describe a customer experience you have personally encountered where the goods or service or both were unsatisfactory (such as defective products, mistakes, poor service, and so on).
• Suggest ways for the organization to improve its goods / service. Determine the element(s) of operations management that must be reevaluated.