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<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Complete</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 -<strong>NEW</strong><br />
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<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 DQ 1<br />
Why would subcontractors for a government project want their activities on the<br />
critical path? Under what conditions would they try to avoid being on the critical<br />
path?<br />
<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 DQ 2<br />
What was the most complex project that you have been involved in? Give examples<br />
of the following as they pertain to the project: the work breakdown structure, tasks,<br />
subtasks, and work package. Were you on the critical path? Did it have a good<br />
project manager?<br />
<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 DQ 3<br />
Watch the “Project Management” video in the Supply Chain Management Video<br />
Lecture Series.<br />
<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 Learning Team Supply Chain Design Paper<br />
Review the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization.<br />
Write a paper of no more than 1,400-words that includes the following:<br />
Determine Riordan’s manufacturing strategy (chase, level, or combination) and<br />
explain its benefits<br />
Create a process flow diagram for the electric fan supply chain<br />
Select two metrics to evaluate performance of the electric fan supply chain<br />
Describe the supplier relationship and the effects on the supply chain. As part<br />
of this consider the following:<br />
Type of relationship<br />
Supplier location, size of company, and financial stability<br />
Metrics used to measure supplier performance (on-time delivery, defects,<br />
etc)<br />
Supplier improvement strategies<br />
Describe how lean production principles may be used to maximize the<br />
efficiency and effectiveness of the electric fan supply chain process<br />
Select a business forecasting technique (qualitative or quantitative) for the<br />
electric fans and describe the forecasting process to be used at Riordan<br />
Create a sales forecast for electric fans using selected techniques
Develop Aggregate Production Plan, Master Schedule, and Materials<br />
Requirement Plans for electric fans based off the sales forecast. Be sure to<br />
include the following:<br />
The determination of inventory requirements of the electric fans<br />
component parts and finished goods<br />
The selection of an appropriate inventory system (fixed order quantity, two<br />
bin method, etc.) to meet inventory requirements<br />
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.<br />
Begin working on the <strong>Week</strong> Six assignment. In <strong>Week</strong> Six, you propose and implement<br />
new process design and supply chain processes for the manufacturing of Riordan’s<br />
electric fans.<br />
<strong>OPS</strong> <strong>571</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 4 Quiz<br />
1.) A work breakdown structure is<br />
a hierarchy of tasks, subtasks, and work packages<br />
a Cost and Performance tracking schedule<br />
a structure that is incompatible with the Critical Path Method<br />
a simple list of the activities making up a project<br />
2.) The vertical axis on a Gantt chart is usually which of the following?<br />
Activities<br />
Time<br />
Cost<br />
Profit<br />
3.) Which of the following identifies a key principle of Reengineering?<br />
Organize around tasks.<br />
Downsize (lay-off) workers and do the same amount of work as before.<br />
Merge information-processing work into the real work that produces the information.<br />
Capture information both at the source and where it is interpreted.<br />
4.) At the onset, a project originates as which of the following?<br />
A Gantt chart<br />
A series of milestones<br />
Critical path method (CPM)<br />
A statement of work (SOW
5.) Consulting firms typically use which of the following techniques to plan and<br />
monitor the engagements of the firm or specific projects?<br />
CPM/PERT<br />
Qualitative forecasting<br />
Materials requirements planning (MRP)<br />
Quantitative layout<br />
6.) A Responsibility Chart specifically identifies which of the following?<br />
Planning the tasks for a project<br />
Customer satisfaction<br />
Commitment to quality<br />
Level of inventory<br />
7.)Which of the following would be the result of subdividing a project?<br />
Job orders<br />
Work events<br />
Job categories<br />
Tasks<br />
8.) Which project progress technique includes the essential features of a project<br />
plan, budgeted cost of work scheduled and budgeted cost of work performed?<br />
Earned value management<br />
Critical path method<br />
Cost analysis<br />
Gantt chart<br />
9.) An example of a graphic project report utilized within project management is:<br />
Project proposal<br />
Equipment and supplies chart<br />
Humphrey chart<br />
Cost and performance tracking schedule
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