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BUS 644 Entire Course (Ash Course)
BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations
BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes BUS 644
Week 1 Midas Case Study BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1
Productivity BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 2 Product Design
and Quality BUS 644 Week 2 Memorial Hospital
Case Study BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1 Suppliers BUS
644 Week 3 DQ 2 Forecasting Methods BUS 644 Week
3 Outsourcing
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BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations
Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations Ethical
Issues and Operations. Ethical behavior is a
corporate issue that affects the companys bottom
line. How do ethical issues impact organizations
and operations? Include an example seen in the
workplace, in the news, etc. that relates to
real-life situations. Your initial post should be
at least 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes
Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes Business
Processes. Why are the following business
processes important? Which process do you feel is
most important? Explain your reasoning. a.
Strategy development b. Product development c.
Systems to produce goods and services d. Order
fulfillment Your initial post should include real
life situations and be at least 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 1 Midas Case Study
Week 1 Midas Midas. Read the Midas case study
in Chapter 2 of your text. Answer questions
1through 4 in a two- to- four page paper in
accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center. Your paper should be in
paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points),
and supported with the concepts outlined in your
text. Provide at least two scholarly sources from
the Ashford University Library or other external
sources, excluding the textbook. Do not include
the original questions of the assignment in the
paper. a. What are the anticipated impacts upon
operating efficiency? How would you attempt to
minimize the negative impacts?
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BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1 Productivity
Week 2 DQ 1 Productivity Productivity. Many times
trade-offs are necessary to increase
productivity. What are important trades-offs
involving the inputs to productivity? Your
initial post should include real life situations
and be at least 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 2 Product Design and Quality
Week 2 DQ 2 Product Design and Quality Product
Design and Quality. What important organizational
activities enable a firm to build quality into
its products? Explain each of these along with
its benefits. Your initial post should include
examples and be at least 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 2 Memorial Hospital Case Study
Week 2 Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital. Read
the Memorial Hospital case study in Chapter 4
of your text. Answer questions 1- 4 in a two- to-
four (2-4) page paper in accordance with APA
guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. Your paper should be in paragraph form
(avoid the use of bullet points), and supported
with the concepts outlined in your text. Provide
at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford
University Library or other external sources,
excluding the textbook. Do not include the
original questions of the assignment in the paper.
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BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1 Suppliers
Week 3 DQ 1 Suppliers Suppliers. Should a firm
attempt to have fewer or more suppliers? What are
the advantages and disadvantages of each
approach? Your initial post should be 200-250
words.
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BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 2 Forecasting Methods
Week 3 DQ 2 Forecasting Methods Forecasting
Methods. Read Problem 6 in Chapter 6 of your
textbook. Calculate and answer parts a through d.
Include all calculations and spreadsheets in your
post. Explain why the moving average method was
used instead of another forecasting method. What
might be another forecasting method that could
prove to be just as useful? Your initial post
should be 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 3 Outsourcing
Week 3 Outsourcing Outsourcing. Outsourcing,
especially to low labor-cost countries, has grown
substantially. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of outsourcing? Include and
describe a product or service of a specific low
labor-cost country as an example. Include a
recommendation/conclusion based on the research.
Answer the question in a two to four (2-4) page
in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in
the Ashford Writing Center.
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BUS 644 Week 4 Beck Manufacturing and Plant
Capacity
Week 4 Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity Beck
Manufacturing and Plant Capacity. Read the Beck
Manufacturing case study in Chapter 8 of your
text. Answer questions one through three in a
two- to- four page paper in accordance with APA
guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. a. Calculate the capacity of each machine
center and the capacity of the system. b. If Beck
wants to expand capacity, where should he focus
the companys efforts? How much extra capacity
can he get without causing another operation to
become the bottleneck?
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BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 1 Process Selection Product
Design and Capacity
Week 4 DQ 1 Process Selection Product Design and
Capacity Process Selection Product Design and
Capacity. How is process selection related to
product design and capacity determination? Your
initial post should be 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 2 Monique Food Processing
Company and Capacity
Week 4 DQ 2 Monique Food Processing Company and
Capacity Monique Food Processing Company and
Capacity. Read Problem 6 The Monique Food
Processing Company in Chapter 8 of your
text. Monique Food Processing Company produces
light snacks that can be heated in a microwave.
The following steps are included in the
process Steps Description Capacity
(Units/Hour) 1 Prepare food 200 2 Measure and
place in plastic pouch
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BUS 644 Week 5 Alliance Supermarket and
Point-of-Sale (POS) systems
Week 5 Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale
(POS) systems Alliance Supermarket and
Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems. Read the Alliance
Supermarket case study in Chapter 10 of your
text. In a two- to- four page paper, answer
questions 1 2 in accordance with APA guidelines
as outlined in the Ashford Writing
Center. Alliance Supermarkets Alliance
Supermarkets has been using a point-of-sale (POS)
system for some time to track its inventory. The
system uses a laser scanner to read the universal
product code (UPC) on each item at the checkout
container. The UPC is a number that uniquely
identifies the product on which it appears.
Currently, Alliance is using the UPC information
to update inventory records for each item.
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BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 1 MRP Inventory and Customer
Service
Week 5 DQ 1 MRP Inventory and Customer
Service Materials Requirements (MRP) Inventory
and Customer Service. Explain how MRP can
decrease a companys inventory while improving
its customer service level. Include a real-life
example. Your initial post should be 200-250
words.
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BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 2 Perpetual versus Periodic
Inventory Systems
Week 5 DQ 2 Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory
Systems Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory
Systems. Describe the perpetual and the periodic
inventory systems. How are they different? Are
there circumstances in which one system is better
than the other? Include real-life examples. Your
initial post should be 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1 Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories
Week 6 DQ 1 Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories Just-in
-Time (JIT) Inventories. Choose companies or
industries for which JIT would be totally
inappropriate? Explain your reasoning with
examples in 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 2 Scheduling Procedures
Week 6 DQ 2 Scheduling Procedures Scheduling
Procedures. Categorize different scheduling
procedures for various types of service
operations, such as restaurants, hospitals, and
airlines. Your initial post should include
explanations and examples and be 200-250 words.
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BUS 644 Week 6 Final Paper (Space Age Furniture
Problem)
Week 6 Final Paper Focus of the Final Paper Read
the Space Age Furniture Company case study in
Chapter 9 of your text. Answer the following
questions and include any MRP calculations. 1.
What options are open to Coral to address this
problem? 2. How would reducing the minimum
quantity of subassemblies help? 3. What are the
costs of carrying excess items in inventory at
each stage?
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