Expected demands for next 5 weeks for Plant A are given as:

      Week:                    1                      2                      3                      4                      5

      Demand:               12000              7000                9500                11000              8000 (units)

      Desired capacity of Plant A is 10000 units/week. Plant manager wants that the average

      inventory must be less than 500 (units) and the average utilization of plant is above 80%.

      The beginning inventory is 2000. (8 points)

      a) Complete the following MPS with given information. (4 points)

      Week:                    1                      2                      3                      4                     5

      --------                    -------            ---------            ---------           ---------            --------

      Master Schedule: 10000              _____             10000              10000              8000

      Demand:               12000              7000                9500                11000              8000

      Ending Inventory: _____             500                  _____              0                      _____

            b) Does this schedule satisfy the manager's objective? Why?

What subcultures do you see operating at work and/or school and how do they affect your relationships and daily events. What diversity issues have you experienced and how would you as a manager deal with them. For example, if you see discrimination against women being practiced at your job or at school, what would you do as a manager or Dean? please answer in at least 500 words

21.       In a restaurant, which of the following is most likely to be an internal customer of the kitchen staff?

            a. The manager who orders kitchen supplies.

            b. Customers who eat at the restaurant

            c. Food critics who write reviews about the restaurant

            d. The servers at the restaurant

22.      Which of the following is a potential risk associated with a reduction of hierarchy in an organization:

            a. Frontline workers empowerment

            b. Impact on morale

            c. Inefficient communication

            d. Fewer layers of middle management

1.         Based on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, a pharmaceutical company that requires that the quality control manager of a supplier report directly to the top leadership of that organization rather than the VP in charge of manufacturing or marketing is an example of which factor affecting work organization of that supplier?

            a. Financial stability

            b. Diversity and complexity of product line

            c. Company size

            d. Customer influences

2.         Which of the following is most likely a problem with a functional organizational structure?

            a. It separates employees from customers

            b. Makes quality everyone’s job

            c. It adapts to changes with ease

            d. It recognizes internal customers

3.         Processes that drive the creation of products and services, are critical to customer satisfaction, and have a large impact on the strategic goals of an organization are generally considered _____ processes.

1. critical to quality
2. value-creation
3. customer-driven
4. strategic

4.         _____ processes are those that are most important to an organization’s value creation processes, employees, and daily operations, but generally do not add value directly to the product or service.

1. Non-core
2. Support
3. Supplementary
4. Non value-added

Explain how Scrum can be used in the synthesis of a medical billing system. Your answer must have at least 250 words and a neat diagram describing the use of scrum for the scenario mentioned. The answer must also identify individual sprints for the overall process.

9.         The following are benefits of “flipping” the organization chart and putting the external customer first:

1. separates employees from customers
2. middle management and top leadership support employees closest to the customers
3. establishes middle management as internal customers
4. inhibits process development

10.       Providing production employees with statistical process control data for the production equipment they use and allowing them to schedule maintenance based on this information is an example of:

1. job rotation
2. creating a team-based organization
3. making quality everyone’s job
4. using leadership teams

11.       The painting department that received the stamped steel parts from the stamping department in the same manufacturing process is the stamping department’s:

1. functional partner
2. internal customer
3. operational process
4. support process

12.       A worker on the assembly line in a typical large functional organization perceives the “customer” to be:

1. the person or business that purchases the finished product
2. the supervisor or manager
3. the quality control department
4. the person that receives his or her work output

Organizational best practices in preparing expatriate candidates and their families for international work assignments, including cultural, social and business aspects should be assessed. Discuss best practices in preparing for an expatriate assignment. What considerations should be made when adapting to an expatriate assignment?

Contracting with supplier partners in other countries can offer challenges compared with dealing with onshore partners. what issues do you believe should be addressed when ordering from suppliers overseas? should you order online or offline?

Explain when an employer can be held liable for the wrongful acts of an employee.

How is the core value of excellence involved in decision making? I have to come up with 250 words.

Identify and classify the major retail stores (department and specialty stores) in your community according to their estimation of the social class of their target market. Explain how the marketing strategy is different for each of the stores profiled.

Directions: Choose the most grammatically correct sentence from each of the following groups.

1.

Being naturally gifted in math, I have never experienced fear in any of my classes.

Being naturally gifted in math, my classes have never caused me to feel fear.

Being naturally gifted in math, fear has never been an issue in any of my classes.

Being naturally gifted in math, none of my classes have ever caused fear.

2.

However, many students find the subject to be more scariest than any other; this is called math anxiety.

However, many students find the subject to be scariest than any other; this is called math anxiety.

However, many students find the subject to be scarier than any other; this is called math anxiety.

However, many students find the subject to be more scarier than any other; this is called math anxiety.

3.

Two hundred and sixteen identical twins and 298 fraternal twins headed up a study on math anxiety of the same gender and were observed by Zhe Wang.

Two hundred and sixteen identical twins and 298 fraternal twins of the same gender headed up a study on math anxiety and were observed by Zhe Wang.

Heading up a study on math anxiety, 216 identical twins and 298 fraternal twins of the same gender were observed by Zhe Wang.

Heading up a study on math anxiety, Zhe Wang observed 216 identical twins and 298 fraternal twins of the same gender.

4.

Wang discovered that about 40 percent of the differences that the twins experienced with math anxiety could be linked to genetics; similarly, the remaining factors were likely environmental.

Wang discovered that about 40 percent of the differences that the twins experienced with math anxiety could be linked to genetics; therefore, the remaining factors were likely environmental.

Wang discovered that about 40 percent of the differences that the twins experienced with math anxiety could be linked to genetics; nevertheless, the remaining factors were likely environmental.

Wang discovered that about 40 percent of the differences that the twins experienced with math anxiety could be linked to genetics; fortunately, the remaining factors were likely environmental.

5.

The issue of math anxiety is not necessarily related to skill or ability; twins who had the highest levels of general anxiety tended to perform most poorly in math classes.

The issue of math anxiety is not necessarily related to skill or ability; twins who had the more higher levels of general anxiety tended to perform most poorly in math classes.

The issue of math anxiety is not necessarily related to skill or ability; twins who had the most highest levels of general anxiety tended to perform most poorliest in math classes.

The issue of math anxiety is not necessarily related to skill or ability; twins who had the most highest levels of general anxiety tended to perform most poorly in math classes.

Plan

E​:

Keep the current​ workforce, which is producing

1 comma 6001,600

units per​ month, and subcontract to meet the rest of the demand. Subcontract cost is

​$7575

per unit. Subcontracting capacity is limited to

500500

units per month. The warehouse and overtime constraints from Plan D do not apply to this plan.

The total subcontracting cost= $nothing (Enter your response as a whole number)

The total inventory holding cost for January through August = $nothing

The total cost excluding normal time labour costs, Plan E= $nothing

Using a product and country of your choice, determine what would be the best method of entry for an exporter interested in that market. Justify your decision using the guidelines provided in the chapter.

1.Choose a specific service product you are familiar with (e.g., Starbuck’s) and identify its core product and supplementary services.

2. After a service failure, companies consider compensation as part of their service recovery strategies. Discuss the general guideline for compensation.

subject is service marketing.