operations management

Question 1

what are operations management objectives

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Question 2

how and why are operations management objectives used by a business

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Question 3

what is the need for a business to have clear operations management objectives

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Question 4

what is the usefulness of operations management objectives to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 5

what is the importance of operations management objectives in the achievement of a business’ objectives

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Question 6

what is meant by added value

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Question 7

how can added value be calculated

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Question 8

what is the usefulness of added value to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 9

what is meant by innovation

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Question 10

what is meant by research and development

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Question 11

what are the reasons for innovation, research and development within a business and an industry

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Question 12

what is meant by product innovation

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Question 13

what is meant by process innovation

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Question 14

what is the process/cycle of innovation, research and development

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Question 15

what are the advantages of innovation, research and development to a business

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Question 16

what are the disadvantages of innovation, research and development to a business

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Question 17

what is the importance of innovation, research and development to a business, to the consumer, other stakeholders and the economy

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Question 18

what is job production

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Question 19

what is batch production

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Question 20

what is flow production

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Question 21

what is cell production

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Question 22

what is the impact and importance of the choice of production method to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 23

what are the reasons for the choice of production methods

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Question 24

what is meant by specialisation

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Question 25

what is meant by division of labour

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Question 26

what are the reasons for the introduction of specialisation and division of labour into a business

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Question 27

what is the impact and importance of specialisation and division of labour to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 28

what is the production process for the provision of services

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Question 29

what is meant by customer service in the context of the provision of services

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Question 30

what is the importance of high quality customer service to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 31

what is meant by project management

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Question 32

what are the reasons for using project management within a business

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Question 33

why do businesses use gantt charts

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Question 34

why do businesses use critical path analysis (CPA)

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Question 35

why do businesses use program evaluation and review technique (PERT)

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Question 36

what is the nature and purpose of gantt charts and network analysis diagrams

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Question 37

how do you calculate earliest start times (EST)

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Question 38

how do you calculate latest finish times (LFT)

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Question 39

how do you calculate total float

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Question 40

how do you calculate free float

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Question 41

how do you calculate optimistic time (O)

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Question 42

how do you calculate pessimistic time (P)

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Question 43

how do you calculate most likely time (M)

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Question 44

what is the impact and importance of quantitative methods of project management to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 45

what are the qualitative factors which might affect project management in a business

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Question 46

what is the usefulness of qualitative methods of project management to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 47

what is the usefulness of quantitative methods of project management to a business and its stakeholders

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Question 48

what is meant by productivity

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Question 49

what are measures of productivity

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