Category: Operations Management homework help

In the final paper, the focus is on tackling the analytical exercise found in the book on page 395, titled ‘Quality control analytics at Toyota.’ It is essential to comprehensively address each subpart of the questions presented in the exercise. Additionally, the use of Excel is encouraged for chart creation and data analysis purposes. The objective is to provide thorough responses and utilize Excel for crafting charts in line with the requirements outlined in the analytical exercise.”

 
Throughout your practicum experience, you have been designing and implementing a project. You will now assess that experience. Prior to beginning this homework, discuss the topics below with your preceptor/mentor. Include their feedback as well as your own. In a 1,250-1,500-word document, discuss the following topics:
What was the focus of your leadership project, the goals you set for yourself, and the overall objectives you hoped to achieve?
How did you discover this need for this project, and how did it fit into the organization’s philosophy and mission?
Did you encounter any real or potential barriers during your practicum experience related to your project?
Discuss how the outcomes of your project will be measured. Is your project one that is sustainable, or is it designed to be a single occurrence? What actions would be needed to ensure project sustainability?
Evaluate the success of your project. If you were not able to implement your project, discuss why. What are the next steps for the project?
Use a minimum of four peer-reviewed resources that are 5 years old or less as evidence to support your views.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

  
1. The Zappos effectively focuses on stakeholders’ happiness and how does this approach affect ethical culture.
  2. Has Zappos delivered long-term relationships with customers and employees that provide a competitive advantage in particular purchases of shoes and other products?
 3. Has Zappos effectively manage ethical risk, and what are potential ethical risks in the future?
Answer the three questions in one paragraph per question
4. one paragraph on a further detailed analysis
5. one paragraph of insights and applications on the company’s future involves ethics and strategy. 
 3pages two references 

 
For this assignment, you may use a case study from the text or a problem you are attempting to resolve in your respective area/industry of business. Please remember you will not be assigned a case study so you will need to begin to identify your case study/problem as soon as possible. Case studies we have already conducted in class may not be used for group or individual case study submissions.
Requirements:
1) Provide the background of the problem you are attempting to resolve.
2) Create a mathematical equation for the problem on the first tab of your Excel Worksheet
3) Solve the problem using Solver (linear programming) on the second tab of your Excel Worksheet.
4) Provide a management report (discuss results, sensitivity analysis, and provide recommendations) for your findings in a Word Document. Students should use screenshots to insert both the Solver solution and the sensitivity analysis in the management report completed in Word.
5) Both the Solver Workbook and Word document should be submitted in Blackboard using the provided link.
6) A minimum of 8 – 10 pages written in APA (not including the title page and references) is required.
7) Students may use their own business problem; however, a comprehensive discussion on the background must be provided so that your approach to the solution and recommendations can easily be followed.

In this assignment you need to write the Mission, Vision, Values and OKR’s based on the scenario you pick. and based on the scenario you picked you need to go through the Brightline Transformation compass and cover all areas mentioned in the document.

 
As a sales manager, you will use statistical methods to support actionable business decisions for Pastas R Us, Inc., a fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in noodle-based dishes, soups, and salads. In simpler terms, you are reviewing available information to determine if what your company is doing works. In this assessment, you use predictive and qualitative analysis skills to create a report for the executive team from available Pastas R Us, Inc. data about the effectiveness of the current expansion criteria, loyalty card program, and marketing position. 
Scenario
Since its inception, the Pastas R Us business development team has favored opening new restaurants in areas that satisfy the following demographic conditions within a 3-mile radius:
Median age is between 25–45 years old.
Household median income is above the national average.
At least 15% of the adult population is college educated.
Last year, the marketing department rolled out a loyalty card strategy to increase sales. Under this program, customers present their loyalty card when paying for their orders and receive some free food after making 10 purchases.
The company has collected data from its 74 restaurants to track important variables such as average sales per customer, year-on-year sales growth, sales per sq. ft., loyalty card usage as a percentage of sales, and others. A key metric of financial performance in the restaurant industry is annual sales per sq. ft. For example, if a 1,200 sq. ft. restaurant recorded $2 million in sales last year, then it sold $1,667 per sq. ft. 
Preparation
Analyze the Pastas R Us charts file for your report, including the scatter plots and regression equations for the following pairs of variables:
“Sales/Sq.Ft. ($)” versus “Bach. Degrees (%)”
“Median Income ($)” versus “Sales/Sq.Ft. ($)”
“Median Age (Years)” versus “Sales/Sq.Ft. ($)”
“Loyalty Card (%)” versus “Sales Growth (%)”
Assessment Deliverable
Write a 700- to 1,050-word predictive and qualitative analysis report of Pastas R Us, Inc. that includes the following sections: scope and descriptive statistics, analysis, and recommendations and implementation. 
Section 1: Scope and descriptive statistics
State the report’s objective.
Discuss the nature of the current data. What variables were analyzed?
Summarize your descriptive statistical findings from Week 1.
Section 2: Analysis 
Interpret the scatter plots and designate the type of relationship (increasing/positive, decreasing/negative, or no relationship) observed in each one.
Determine what you can conclude from these relationships. You may include a copy of each chart in your report, but it is not required. 
Section 3: Recommendations and implementation
Based on the findings, assess which expansion criteria seem to be more effective. Could any expansion criterion be changed or eliminated? If so, which one(s) and why?
Based on the findings, does it appear as if the loyalty card is positively correlated with sales growth? Would you recommend any changes to this marketing strategy?
Based on the findings, recommend market positioning that targets a specific demographic. (Hint: Are younger people patronizing the restaurants more than older people?) 
Include how the local culture and communities are represented in your market position in your recommendations.
Indicate what information should be collected to track and evaluate the effectiveness of your recommendations. How can this data be collected? (Hint: Would you use surveys/samples or census?)
Format your references according to APA guidelines.

 
For this assignment, you may use a case study from the text or a problem you are attempting to resolve in your respective area/industry of business. Please remember you will not be assigned a case study so you will need to begin to identify your case study/problem as soon as possible. Case studies we have already conducted in class may not be used for group or individual case study submissions.
Requirements:
1) Provide the background of the problem you are attempting to resolve.
2) Create a mathematical equation for the problem on the first tab of your Excel Worksheet
3) Solve the problem using Solver (linear programming) on the second tab of your Excel Worksheet.
4) Provide a management report (discuss results, sensitivity analysis, and provide recommendations) for your findings in a Word Document. Students should use screenshots to insert both the Solver solution and the sensitivity analysis in the management report completed in Word.
5) Both the Solver Workbook and Word document should be submitted in Blackboard using the provided link.
6) A minimum of 8 – 10 pages written in APA (not including the title page and references) is required.
7) Students may use their own business problem; however, a comprehensive discussion on the background must be provided so that your approach to the solution and recommendations can easily be followed.

 
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the following:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Analytics
Chapter 2: Data Management and Wrangling
Chapter 3: Summary Measures
Imagine that you are hired as a data analyst for a bank. The bank would like to learn more about its customers’ spending and banking habits to identify areas of improvement. You have been asked to review the bank’s income statements over the last five years and identify trends that will allow them to understand their customers better.
Download your chosen bank’s annual income statements from the last five years from the Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. database in the University of Arizona Global Campus University Library. Review the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. resource for tips on accessing and searching the database. Use the “Company Financials” tab in Mergent to access the income statements.
In your paper,
Identify an area of the bank’s income statement related to customer spending.
Describe the data points or variables that give a complete picture of the customers’ spending pattern for the last six months.

In addition to the income statement, explain which other data sources you might use to understand the customers’ spending patterns.
List the steps you will take to prepare all these data sources such that they afford clear and accurate information.

Build a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using Excel for the identified variables that explain the customers’ spending patterns. Review the Microsoft Excel Help: HomeLinks to an external site. webpage, available for resources to help utilize Microsoft Excel. Use the same three variables in each table and chart to display the same data in three different formats. 
After presenting your data in three formats, evaluate which tables and charts you find most helpful for communicating the desired message about the bank’s customers. For assistance on when and how to use tables, refer to resource Tables, Images, & AppendicesLinks to an external site..
The Turning Variables into Knowledge paper
must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages, charts or tables), and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
must include a separate title page with the following:

title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date

must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.

must cite the information found in the Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. database in the University of Arizona Global Campus University Library. For assistance in citing the database, refer to the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. resource.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center

 
For this assignment, you may use a case study from the text or a problem you are attempting to resolve in your respective area/industry of business. Please remember you will not be assigned a case study so you will need to begin to identify your case study/problem as soon as possible. Case studies we have already conducted in class may not be used for group or individual case study submissions.
Requirements:
1) Provide the background of the problem you are attempting to resolve.
2) Create a mathematical equation for the problem on the first tab of your Excel Worksheet
3) Solve the problem using Solver (linear programming) on the second tab of your Excel Worksheet.
4) Provide a management report (discuss results, sensitivity analysis, and provide recommendations) for your findings in a Word Document. Students should use screenshots to insert both the Solver solution and the sensitivity analysis in the management report completed in Word.
5) Both the Solver Workbook and Word document should be submitted in Blackboard using the provided link.
6) A minimum of 8 – 10 pages written in APA (not including the title page and references) is required.
7) Students may use their own business problem; however, a comprehensive discussion on the background must be provided so that your approach to the solution and recommendations can easily be followed.

 
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the following:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Analytics
Chapter 2: Data Management and Wrangling
Chapter 3: Summary Measures
Imagine that you are hired as a data analyst for a bank. The bank would like to learn more about its customers’ spending and banking habits to identify areas of improvement. You have been asked to review the bank’s income statements over the last five years and identify trends that will allow them to understand their customers better.
Download your chosen bank’s annual income statements from the last five years from the Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. database in the University of Arizona Global Campus University Library. Review the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. resource for tips on accessing and searching the database. Use the “Company Financials” tab in Mergent to access the income statements.
In your paper,
Identify an area of the bank’s income statement related to customer spending.
Describe the data points or variables that give a complete picture of the customers’ spending pattern for the last six months.

In addition to the income statement, explain which other data sources you might use to understand the customers’ spending patterns.
List the steps you will take to prepare all these data sources such that they afford clear and accurate information.

Build a frequency table, a bar chart, and a pie chart using Excel for the identified variables that explain the customers’ spending patterns. Review the Microsoft Excel Help: HomeLinks to an external site. webpage, available for resources to help utilize Microsoft Excel. Use the same three variables in each table and chart to display the same data in three different formats. 
After presenting your data in three formats, evaluate which tables and charts you find most helpful for communicating the desired message about the bank’s customers. For assistance on when and how to use tables, refer to resource Tables, Images, & AppendicesLinks to an external site..
The Turning Variables into Knowledge paper
must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages, charts or tables), and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
must include a separate title page with the following:

title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

student’s name
name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
due date

must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.

Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.

must cite the information found in the Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. database in the University of Arizona Global Campus University Library. For assistance in citing the database, refer to the Mergent Online: Accessing Mergent OnlineLinks to an external site. resource.
must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center