Learning Readiness Exercise #2

The purpose of this LRE is to assess your current knowledge of aspects of operations management and thus to determine who might benefit from extra help during the OM portions of the seminar.  It is a required assignment.  It is marked only PASS/FAIL, albeit with comments from your TA, and thus does not count toward your seminar GPA.

This LRE was developed and will be assessed by our AMBA 640 / AMBA 640 Hybrid Teaching Assistants: Christine Bailey, Bryan Berthot, Mike Blanford, Darrell Bratton, Gina DiMaggio, Phillip Foust, Ross Kooiman, Bob Neumeister, Manny Singh, and Richard Wagner. 

The references for the operations management instruction in AMBA 640 / AMBA 640 Hybrid are as found in our syllabus and eReserves.  In addition, you will find specific helps for each OM assignment posted in your section classroom. 

Assignment:

Kindly answer the following questions, posting your answers to your assignments folder.  Include your name within your file, which per our syllabus, should be in pdf format.

1.  Your OM experience

a I have prior experience in operations management. Yes/No

b I have managed operations managers. Yes/No

c I have used OM software. Yes/No

2.  Operations management is sometimes also known as p___________ management and/or s________ c_______ management and/or management s________.

3.  Examples of important OM methods and techniques include:

a G___d   A______s

b D_______n  T______s

c S___  S______a

4.  Linear Programming is a mathematical technique used to allocate limited resources among competing demands in an optimal way. For instance, it might be used to maximize profit or to minimize cost.  True/False/Don’t Know