trident opm500 all modules discussions [ all 4 discussion and discussion reflection ]

Module 2 Discussions

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Inventory

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How is inventory like water flowing into and out of a bathtub? How do you relate the bathtub model to the inventory balancing equation [e.g., Ending Inventory = Beginning Inventory + Purchases (flow in) – Inventory Sold or Used (flow out)]? How do you measure how much inventory has been used during a specific time period—say, a year? Why is knowing Inventory Turns an important measure of the inventory asset? Be sure to make a good argument for your position.

First Post: Enter your original response to this question. Support your response with evidence from the readings or other resources. It is not necessary to provide formal citations, but you should give the sources of your information.

Subsequent Posts: Respond to at least two of your classmates' discussion posts. Further the discussion and make it interesting. Support your response with evidence and provide your sources, at least informally.

Module 3 Discussions

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Quality Management & Six Sigma

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What are different kinds of quality? How is customer satisfaction different from product quality? How can you measure customer satisfaction? How is product quality different from process quality? How do you measure product quality and process quality? What is process capability? Be sure to make a good argument for your position.

First Post: Enter your original response to this question. Support your response with evidence from the readings or other resources. It is not necessary to provide formal citations, but you should give the sources of your information.

Subsequent Posts: Respond to at least two of your classmates' discussion posts. Further the discussion and make it interesting. Support your response with evidence and provide your sources, at least informally.

Module 4 Discussions

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Complex Problems

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What are some common elements or aspects of the four Operations Management (OM) areas covered in this course: productivity, inventory, capacity, quality? Compare the relative importance of these OM areas in manufacturing (e.g., Excellent Mfg. Co.) to the importance in other kinds of business (e.g., the ones you have been INVENTING). Also, consider several other areas not covered in this course (e.g., facility layout and scheduling). Discuss how these compare in relative importance to the areas that were covered. Be sure to make a good argument for your position.

First Post: Enter your original response to this question. Support your response with evidence from the readings or other resources. It is not necessary to provide formal citations, but you should give the sources of your information.

Subsequent Posts: Respond to at least two of your classmates' discussion posts. Further the discussion and make it interesting. Support your response with evidence and provide your sources, at least informally.

Module 4 Reflective Discussion

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Reflective Discussion

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As our study draws to a close, it is important to step back and reflect on new levels of understanding, skills, and knowledge that you developed as a result of your efforts throughout this course.

Toward this end, please address each of the following items:

1. Describe how you improved your knowledge, skills, abilities, and yourself in this session through this course.
2. Evaluate your OPM500 class work during the session and explain ways you could have performed better.
3. Identify topics you did not understand or successfully implement and, if possible, suggest how to improve the course material on those topics.
4. Discuss ways you might measure the future effects of what you have learned in this course for your future progress/improvement.
5. State whether you achieved the course outcomes (listed in the “Learning Outcomes” section of the syllabus).