PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Question 1
Distingush between the following terms with example:
-Cycle time and Lead time.
-Activities and Events
-Plant layout and Plant location.
ii) List three (3) key roles of an Operations Manager
iii) Mulago Hospital facility is targeted to serve six clinics in Kampala. The table given below shows the coordinates for the centre of each clinic, along with the projected patients, measured In thousands. Clients will travel from the six clinics centers to the new facility when Mey need health-care. Two locations being considered for the new facility are at clinic C(5, 2) and clinic F(9. 4). Details of six clinic centers, co-ordinate distances along with the patents for each clinic are given below.
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S/No. Clinic
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Grid (x,y)
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Patients (p)
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1 A
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(3,5)
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5
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2 8
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(4.6)
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to
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3 C
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(5,2)
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4
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4 D
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(8,5)
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20
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5 E
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(6,4)
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8
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6 F
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(84)
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15
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a) If you use the patients as the loads and the rectilinear distance method, which location is better in terms of Its total load-distance score?
b) Find the target area's centre of gravity for the Mulago Hospital medical milky