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Operations Management and Technology's Impact

manufacturing environment, the operations manager will have the greatest degree of influence and impact in this arena (Obringer, ...

Technology and Its Impact Upon Management and Production Operations

the risk manager concerning the high rate of assembly accidents, some of which have been quite serious. The number of accidents h...

Small Business and Systems Problem Resolution

information technology to create strategic business advantages. It would use an outside IT company to come in and evaluate their ...

Marketing Small Businesses

long-term is and will be that the company differentiate its products on terms other than price. It will seek to serve the middle ...

BMW's Leadership

from in decision making appearing to take on the guise of institutionalised stake holding. First indication of this co-ope...

Operations Management Concepts

cost leader in either the industry, or just the relevant segment of the industry. In each industry or segment only one company may...

Concessions and Sports Management

also deals with the hospitality industry as well (so its important not to confuse this solely with sports management). 2.What pri...

Penske and Database Use

meeting their changing needs, Levitt (1986) argues that the future of the railroad industry could have been much different. It, a...

3 Technology Questions

has strong a weak forms (Cross et al, 1974). Question 2 The open source software movement may be seen in relation to the way th...

Introduction to Operations Management Approaches

used is JIT. The Just-in-Time (JIT) philosophy that emerged in the 1970s has been shown to be an effective strategy to minimize ...

Research Recommendations for Portugal's Small to Medium Sized Businesses

with a background understanding of existing influences that more specific SMEs concerns may be addressed. This will also help to c...

Harley-Davidson's Financial Comeback

so in the 1960s and 1970s that the common saying about Harley-Davidson motorcycles was that a five-mile trip consisted of riding f...

Disposable Hospital Glove Stocking

is a delicate balance between cost, supply, usage and contingency measures. Though the hospital needs to carry adequate supplies ...

Automotive Industry and the Management of Spare Parts Stock

given by the company that they will use a minimum level of goods and the level of the stock is kept within a minimum and maximum l...

Poor Systems of Waste Management and the Effects on Socioeconomics and the Environment

structures that support appropriate waste management. There is no way that the country can continue to ignore the problems they a...

Wilkerson, Inc. Operations Management

(2002) reports on another company that faces the same kinds of problems as Wilkerson, where the sales function also has led the co...

Small Business Creation Plan

course, not all small businesses make it big. However, the examples of small businesses that just survive, or do okay, are not as ...

New Systems Development and a Literature Review of Operations Management

costs of another part of the supply chain (Mintzberg et al, 1998). In this there is a guideline to the areas where efficiency may ...

Business Process Management and Softer Business Process Reengineering Approaches

culture. The need here is for the changes to be focused on the entire process and not the component tasks of that process (Silvest...

Large Companies, Small Businesses, and the Necessity of Succession Planning

management be transferred (Hackman and Rex, 2005). If these considerations are undertaken prior to the events the result ca...

Operations Management and Quality

course, everything has its price and quality control does cost money. At the same time, in the long run, most agree that attention...

Prisons, Management, and Leadership

In twelve pages leadership and management are considered within the context of prison operations. Six sources are cited in the bi...

Phases of Project Management

In eight pages Definition, Analysis, Design, Program, System Test, Acceptance, and Operation phases of project management are cons...

Management Theory and the Five Essential Functions

This six page paper reviews what is considered the five essential functions in management. These functions are delineated as to t...

Meena and Pearl Dock's Small Business Purchasing

In five pages this paper examines purchasing decisions that need to be made in a consideration of imports and risk factors as they...

Technology's Impact upon Operations and Production Management

In five pages this paper discusses operations and production management in an assessment of how each has been affected by technolo...

Appraisal System of Eastern Hemisphere Black and Decker

In five pages this essay presents a case study for a Black and Decker appraisal system for the Eastern Hemisphere with background ...

General Motors' Labor Relations and Management

In five pages this paper discusses how unions impact upon General Motors' operations in this consideration of management and labor...

Operating a Department in Marketing Communications

In ten pages this paper addresses student questions and various comments regarding marketing communications' departmental operatio...

Internet Small Business Marketing

In nine pages this paper considers Internet marketing of a small company and the benefits it offers. Nine sources are cited in th...