Discipline: Business Finance - Operations Management

Operational risk can sneak up on an organization that is not vigilant. What looks like an opportunity can become a risk. Success with an operational process today can quickly become a failure tomorrow. From a global perspective find an event that occurred in the last ten years that illustrates the negative effects on an organization […]

See the links below. The Thai floods are discussed along with the resulting disruptions to the supply chain. Review this information and do a bit of research on the Internet. Then, List the risks what the companies in Thailand experienced, List the risks what companies outside Thailand experienced, and State which which insurance policy(ies) might have […]

Read http://www.industryweek.com/procurement/managing-supplier-information-dynamic-environment ( Minter, S. (2009). Managing Supplier Information in a Dynamic Environment. Industry Week/IW, 258(10), 22.), and answer the following questions:  In the article it mentions that buyers and suppliers need more insight into trade compliance. What examples can you give that illustrate the benefits and/or challenges with having or not having this insight? Information […]

  1.  Develop forecasts using regressions of sales on each of the series of rain forecasts, respectively. Calculate the MFE (bias), MAD, and MAPE for the two forecasting models. Which rain forecast seems to be better at predicting Rachel’s daily sales, the five-day forecast or the two-day forecast? 2.  How can Rachel make use of […]

  QuickBooks® is the most popular and useful accounting software, but it is not immune to problems. As a QB user, you can experience issues with your QuickBooks® Company File (QBW), QB installation, H202 error, etc. But you can fix these common problems and errors with the QuickBooks Tool Hub. As the name implies, it […]

Scenario You are the CEO of St. Thomas Regional Healthcare Center. Over the past five years, you lead significant quality improvement initiatives resulting in national recognition and Magnet status. You are invited to speak at a national quality improvement conference for other hospital leaders. Instructions “Complete a strategic plan and a complementing PowerPoint summary presentation”, […]

To prepare for this week’s discussion post: Watch these LinkedIn Learning videos from the series Giving Your Elevator Pitch with Todd Dewett  Benefits to an Elevator Pitch. Making an Initial Connection. Structuring Your Pitch. Read Robert W. Bly’s article, The 3-Part Elevator Pitch Formula You Need to Know. This Week’s Discussion Post For this week’s […]

  According to J. Richard Hackman, a noted team research scholar, using a team to complete a complex project may not be the best approach. However, imagine that your organization relies heavily on teams to complete projects. Your boss wants you to develop a well-researched report analyzing Hackman’s comment. As you prepare to write this […]

  Interoffice Memos and the Related Ethics You have just been appointed to head up the committee to plan the upcoming holiday party for your company, which employs around three hundred people. Susan, Mark, John, and Kathy have also been appointed to this committee. You have worked with Susan before and know that she will […]

The purpose of this assignment is to review the root causes of the problem and all of the previously tried, as well as new, solutions you researched to address the problem. From that information, potential solutions should be ranked based upon how well they meet the needs of the business and address the identified problem. […]