Discussion 1 (finance 101 )
Apple's Jobs Takes Leave as Weight Loss Said to Continue; Cook Takes Over
Lead Story-Dateline: Satariano, Adam, Peter Burrows, and Joseph Galante,
"Apple's Jobs Takes Leave as Weight Loss Said to Continue; Cook Takes Over," Bloomberg.com,
Summary: Key Points in the Article
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs announced he was taking a leave of absence for health reasons. Jobs has been fighting cancer and also recently underwent a liver transplant. Even though the...
Q1. What is the scope of Productıon / Operations
Management? Explain.
Q2. Is there any difference between Production Mgmt. and
Operations Mgmt.? Explain.
Q3. Why are Competitiveness, Productivity, Strategy and
Flexibility crucial ( very important) for Organizations and
Businesses? Explain.
Q4. What are the benefits of applying Production Management
concepts for organizations? Explain.
There are decisions that need to be taken by a financial
manager. If you are a financial manager in a manufacturing firm
that sells biscuits, please elaborate on what kind of decisions you
will have to take in the company and give specific examples of the
decisions
Given an opportunity to align business decisions with operations
functions, apply a sales and operations plan (S&OP) to increase
in supply chains.
Analyze the relevant costs in creating an aggregate plan.
Compare and contrast the different types of aggregate production
strategies.
Develop aggregate production plans for both service and
manufacturing companies
Forecasts drive many Operations Management decisions, create a
list of business decisions that require some sort of forecast. In
your opinion, which of the Decision Makings Tools presented in
Module A is the most useful? Please state your reasons.
**Please state sources.Thank you**
Explain the meaning of the "capital budgeting" decisions
and compare them with the "financing decisions" of a firm. Who is
typically in charge of each type of decision responsibility within
the firm?
The planning committee of a bank makes
monthly decisions on the amount of funds to allocate to loans and
to government securities. Some of the loans are secured (backed by
collateral such as a home or automobile), and some are unsecured. A
list of the various types of loans and their annual rates of return
as shown below:
Type of Investment
Annual Rate of Return
Secured loans:
Residential morgage
(x1)
11
Commercial morgage
(x2)
12
Automoble (x3)...