Make a list of potential reasons for a fixed overhead output volume variation.

Why is the Hayes and Wheelwright product-process matrix NOT used to analyze service delivery systems?   a. The relationship between volume and process is not found in many service businesses.   b. Services tend to have lower variety, so the variety element of Hayes & Wheelwright is not applicable.   c. Services cannot add capacity.   d. When services change processes to increase volume, they can still handle a wide variety of customer requests.

At Fraser engineering. Erix is trying to decide whether to purchase a certain part to to have it produced internally. Internal production could use either of two processes. One would entail a variable cost per unit of $17, and an annual fixed cost of $240,000. Three vendors are willing to provide the part. Vendor A has a price of $20 per-unit for any volume up to 30,000 units Vendor B has a price of $22 per-unit for demand of 1,000 units or less, and $18 per-unit for larger quantities. Vendor C offers a price of $21 per-unit for the first 1,000 units, and $19 for each additional unit. What is the correct formula to use to compare these options? Which options would be best for: I. 10,000 units? ii. 20,000 units? iii. 100,000 units? What is the value in considering these options across three very different demand values ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 units?

Knott's Industries manufactures standard and super premium backyard swing sets. Currently it has four identical swing-set-making machines, which are operated 275 days per year and 8 hours each day. A capacity cushion of 20 percent is desired. The following information is also known Annual Demand Standard Processing Time Average Lot Size Standard Setup Time per Lot a. Does Knott's have sufficient capacity to meet annual demand? Knott's does Standard Model 20,000 5min 50 30 min Super Premium Model 10,000 17 min 30 45 min have sufficient capacity to meet annual demand because 3 machines are needed. (Enter your response rounded up to the next whole number.) b. If Knott's was able to reduce the setup time for the Super Premium Model from 45 minutes to 30 minutes, would there be enough current capacity to produce 20,000 units of each type of swing set? If Knott's was able to reduce the setup time for the Super Premium Model from 45 minutes to 30 minutes, there would not be enough capacity to…

When a patient enters the Valley Health Clinical Laboratory to have his blood drawn and a Chemistry Panel and CBC run, he spends, on average 2 minutes at patient check-in, 45 minutes in the waiting area, 5 minutes having his medical history updated, and 8 minutes having his blood taken.  If the clinical laboratory has 3 full-time Lab Techs, operates 8 hours per day and demand is 75 patients per day, what is the takt time? Assume that the med techs take a 30 minute lunch. Please enter your response using this format: ## minutes

“If JIT (Just-In-Time) means both a technical solution to the scheduling task and a managerial approach to the complete operation”. What is it in meaning and important in Operations and Service management concept?