Q. 1. Management may choose to build up capacity in anticipation of demand or in response to developing demand. Cite advantages also disadvantages of both approaches.
2. Compare McDonald's old also current processes for making hamburgers. Elucidate how valid is McDonald's claim which new process will make fresher hamburgers for customer? Comparing McDonald's current process to process used by Burger King also Wendy's, which process will appear to make freshest hamburgers?
3. Recently some operations management experts have begun insisting which simply minimizing process velocity, which actually means minimizing time it takes to process something through system, is single most important measure for improving a process. Can you think of a situation in which it might not be true?