Operations Management
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Author: William J Stevenson
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Chapter 10, Problem 23P
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To explain: The logic of the statement -“The choices can be narrowed but recommendations cannot be made without an additional piece of information”.
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Suppose your manager presents you with the following
information about machines that could be used for a job, and
wants your recommendation on which one to choose. The
specification width is .48 mm. In this instance, you can narrow
the set of choices, but you probably wouldn't make a
recommendation without an additional piece of information.
(Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
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Cost per Standard Deviation
Unit ($)
Machine
(mm)
A
21
.059
B
12
.060
14
.070
D
10
.062
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
Process
Cp
A
0.135
B
1.333
C
0.114 X
D.
1.290
We can narrow the choices to processes
A and B
Suppose your manager presents you with the following information about machines that could beused for a job, and wants your recommendation on which one to choose. The specification width is.48 mm. In this instance, you can narrow the set of choices, but you probably wouldn’t make a recommendation without an additional piece of information. Explain the logic of the last statement.Machine Cost per Unit ($) Standard Deviation (mm)A 20 .059B 12 .060C 11 .063D 10 .061
Suppose your manager presents you with the following information about machines that could be used for a job, and wants your
recommendation on which one to choose. The specification width is .48 mm. In this instance, you can narrow the set of choices, but
you probably wouldn't make a recommendation without an additional piece of information. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Standard Deviation
Machine
Cost per
Un11 ($)
A
19
(mw)
.052
B
12
.060
C
13
.075
D
10
.065
Process
Cp
A
B
C
D
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