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    This document is a final exam for an Operations Management course. It contains instructions for the exam as well as 6 discussion questions covering topics like operations strategy, job design, location selection factors, plant layout principles and types, capacity planning and control, and production planning and control for a fast food restaurant. Students are asked to answer the questions in order without rearranging and submit their responses via email by the specified deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.

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    MBA Regular-2020 Arsi

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    ARSI UNIVERSITY

    COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS


    Department of MANAGEMENT (MBA Program)

    OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT(MBA 632) FINAL EXAM


    Set by: Dr.Yehualashet Demeke
    Date September 21, 2020 Time Allowed 2:00hrs Worth: 60%
    Start Time: 4 Local Time Submission through email: 6: 20 local time
    Name:________________________________________________________
    ID.No.________________________ ADD ( )
     Late Delivery will be Rejected instantly!
    Instruction: Answer the following Questions as it appears on the sheet without
    interchanging order of questions. You can use computer typed form or can write
    your answer on Clear paper and email me the picture if you have smart phone. I
    only accept answer through Email not other platforms.
    Discussion Questions
    1. Define Operations strategy in your own way? How can we demarcate
    operations strategy from operational excellence? What is the difference between
    a ‘top-down’ and a ‘bottom-up’ view of operations strategy? What is the
    difference between a ‘market requirements’ and an ‘operations resource’ view
    of operations strategy?
    Operations strategy is the means by which operations implements the firm’s corporate strategy
    and helps to build a customer-driven firm. It links long-term and short-term operations decisions
    to corporate strategy. It is the core of managing processes and value chains.

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    2. What is job design? What are the key elements of job design? How do we go
    about designing jobs and organizing work? Substantiate your answer with
    appropriate examples?
    3. Discuss different operations strategies in case of location choice for existing
    organization and also explain factors to be considered while selecting the location
    for the new organization? What objectives we can achieve through good plant
    layout and what principles of layout we should follow?
    4. How should each basic layout type be designed in detail? Support your
    discussion with example?
    5. Why is "quality of life" an element of intangible costs associated with location
    decisions? Provide an example as part of your discussion?
    6. What is capacity planning and control? How is capacity measured? What are the
    ways of coping with demand fluctuation? How can operations plan and control
    their capacity level?
    7. Assume you are consulting owner of fast food restaurant regarding production
    planning and control. How you may go about concerning the following:
    1. Overall production planning and production control activities?
    2. Planning for the demand fluctuation?
    3. Items are prepared to order or with forecast and why?
    4. Procedures to manufacture a given item?
    5. Scheduling the orders?

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    Good Luck!!!!

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