HCM 325 Module Two Assignment Worksheet NR (1)

The outdoor pool is out of service at your resort and your teenage tour group of 30 is checking in today. What could the convention services manager do to be proactive?   Question 5 options:   a)  Make arrangements to shuttle the guests who want to use the pool to a private pool.   b)  Nothing. The pool is closed for the safety of the guest.   c)  Tell them to go to the YMCA.   d)  Pay for them to swim at the hotel pool next door and charge a small fee.

Write a Research proposal using academic tone and style Research Title: The Impact of Logistics and Supply Chain Management on Business Performance.   Research problem / issue Literature review Determine sample size The data collection methods (draft 15 in-depth interview questions) Data analysis analysis procedures Explain the trustworthiness of the research. Write a Research proposal using academic tone and style Research Title: The Impact of Logistics and Supply Chain Management on Business Performance.   Research problem / issue Literature review Determine sample size The data collection methods (draft 15 in-depth interview questions) Data analysis analysis procedures Explain the trustworthiness of the research.

Case Problem Specialty ToysSpecialty Toys, Inc., sells a variety of new and innovative children’s toys and believes that the preholiday season is the best time to introduce a new toy. Many families use this time to look for new ideas for December holiday gifts. When Specialty has a new toy with good market potential, it chooses an October market entry date. In order to get toys in its stores by October, Specialty places one-time orders with its manufacturers in June or July of each year. Demand for children’s toys can be highly volatile. If a new toy catches on, a sense of shortage in the marketplace often increases the demand to very high levels and large profits can be realized. On the other hand, new toys can also flop, leaving Specialty stuck with high levels of inventory that must be sold at reduced prices. The most important question the company faces is deciding how many units of a new toy should be purchased to meet expected sales demand. If too few are purchased, sales will be…

Prepare a draft document for review that includes the following:   company- Cisco • product positioning map,

Problem 1. During your first month as an employee at Greenfield Industries (a large drill- bit manufacturer), you are asked to evaluate alternatives for producing a newly designed drill bit on a turning machine. Your boss' memorandum to you has practically no information about what the alternatives are and what criteria should be used. The same task was posed to a previous employee who could not finish the analysis, but she has given you the following information: An old turning machine valued at $350,000 exists (in the warehouse) that can be modified for the new drill bit. The in-house technicians have given an estimate of $40,000 to modify this machine, and they assure you that they will have the machine ready before the projected start date (although they have never done any modifications of this type). It is hoped that the old turning machine will be able to meet production requirements at full capacity. An outside company, McDonald Inc., made the machine seven years ago and can…

What is task logistics manager?

Preliminary plans are underway for construction of a new stadium for a major league baseball team. City officials question the number and profitability of the luxury corporate boxes planned for the upper deck of the stadium. Corporations and selected individuals may purchase a box for $300,000. The fixed construction cost for the upper-deck area is estimated to be $4,500,000, with a variable cost of $150,000 for each box constructed. a. What is the breakeven point for the number of luxury boxes in the new stadium? b. Preliminary drawings for the stadium show that space is available for the construction of up to 50 luxury boxes. Promoters indicate that buyers are available and that all 50 could be sold if constructed. What is your recommendation concerning the construction of luxury boxes? What profit is anticipated?

Alex owns a shop that sells customized BMX bikes.  Each one is uniquely tailored to the rider.  The products are unique one-offs, made by an outsourced company to individual designs agreed between Alex and a designer from the outsourced company.  In WEEK 26, Alex discusses with the manufacturer a design for a new bike.  Alex and the manufacturer agree on a specification and an order is placed with the manufacturer. A. Calculate how long it will take before the BMX bike is available for sale in Alex's shop. That is, what is the Lead-Time between Alex placing order with her manufacturer and being able to display the item for sale in her shop?  The information you need to calculate the Lead-Time is as follows: To design the bike 2 weeks To raise the order for the parts for the bike 1week To manufacture and deliver all the parts of the bike 4 weeks To assemble the bike 2 weeks To deliver the finished product to Alex’s shop 1 week B. What will be the week number when the Bike can be…

Warehouse: 5. Causes of accidents in a store and some suggestions for avoiding them.

Tulu’s company has introduced a new line of products. She has been tasked to develop a new training programme to teach trainees about price guarantees, discounts and latitude on pricing for the new line that they have to sell. This scenario BEST describes which ONE of the following training programme topics that she will be developing?     A.   Product and service knowledge     B.   Employee handling skills     C.   The organisation and its procedure knowledge     D.   Customer and market knowledgeable

Q3- Suppose there is a company that does all the work manually and has a particular system in each department. After spending a period of time, they wanted to automate all the company's functions and operations, and they decided to apply the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to their organization. Why did they determine to use the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system instead of manually working? Answer: Enterprise resource planning is a business suite that enables various organizations to manage the daily activities by integrating the finance, human resource, logistics, marketing, and operations functions as a single system. Enterprise resource planning systems allows various functions to communicate and exchange the information through compiling into a central database thus allowing all the employees a cross departmental visibility. The various advantages associated with the usage of ERP include, Generation of major time and financial savings through providing the…