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Assignment:
PART 1
1. What is the difference between maximum capacity and best operating capacity (effective capacity)?
2. Explain the concept of economies of scale How can a university attain economies of scale? What impact might this have on quality and flexibility?
3. Which would require a larger amount of excess capacity, a hospital emergency room or a doctor's office? Why?
4. What capacity problems are encountered when a new drug is introduced to the market?
5. List some practical limits to economies of scale. In other words, when should a plant stop growing?
PART 2
1. What is meant by a process? Describe its important features.
2. What is a customer order decoupling point? Why is it important?
3. What is the product process matrix? What does it organize? Why is it useful?
PART 3
1. What is the service package of your college or university?
2. Can/should a manufacturer have a service guarantee in addition to a product guarantee?
3. At first glance, asking customers to provide their own service in the self-service approach may not seem very consumer friendly. What are some of the characteristics of self-service operations that have led to their acceptance and signiicant popularity?