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2. BUS 644 Entire Course (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes BUS 644 Week 1 Midas Case Study BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1 Productivity

3. BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Issues and Operations Ethical Issues and Operations. Ethical behavior is a corporate issue that affects the company’s bottom line. How do ethical issues impact organizations and operations? Include an example seen in the workplace, in the news, etc. that relates to real-life situations. Your initial post should be at least 200-250 words.

4. BUS 644 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 1 DQ 2 Business Processes Business Processes. Why are the following business processes important? Which process do you feel is most important? Explain your reasoning. a. Strategy development b. Product development c. Systems to produce goods and services

5. BUS 644 Week 1 Midas Case Study (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 1 Midas Midas. Read the “Midas” case study in Chapter 2 of your text. Answer questions 1through 4 in a two- to- four page paper in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text. Provide at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.

6. BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 1 Productivity (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 2 DQ 1 Productivity Productivity. Many times trade-offs are necessary to increase productivity. What are important trades-offs involving the inputs to productivity? Your initial post should include real life situations and be at least 200-250 words

7. BUS 644 Week 2 DQ 2 Product Design and Quality (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 2 DQ 2 Product Design and Quality Product Design and Quality. What important organizational activities enable a firm to build quality into its products? Explain each of these along with its benefits. Your initial post should include examples and be at least 200-250 words.

8. BUS 644 Week 2 Memorial Hospital Case Study (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 2 Memorial Hospital Memorial Hospital. Read the “Memorial Hospital” case study in Chapter 4 of your text. Answer questions 1- 4 in a two- to- four (2- 4) page paper in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your paper should be in paragraph form (avoid the use of bullet points), and supported with the concepts outlined in your text.

9. BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 1 Suppliers (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 3 DQ 1 Suppliers Suppliers. Should a firm attempt to have fewer or more suppliers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach? Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

10. BUS 644 Week 3 DQ 2 Forecasting Methods (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 3 DQ 2 Forecasting Methods Forecasting Methods. Read Problem 6 in Chapter 6 of your textbook. Calculate and answer parts a through d. Include all calculations and spreadsheets in your post. Explain why the moving average method was used instead of another forecasting method. What might be another forecasting method that could prove to be just as useful? Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

11. BUS 644 Week 3 Outsourcing (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 3 Outsourcing Outsourcing. Outsourcing, especially to low labor-cost countries, has grown substantially. What are the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing? Include and describe a product or service of a specific low labor-cost country as an example.

12. BUS 644 Week 4 Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 4 Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity Beck Manufacturing and Plant Capacity. Read the “Beck Manufacturing” case study in Chapter 8 of your text. Answer questions one through three in a two- to- four page paper in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

13. BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 1 Process Selection Product Design and Capacity (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 4 DQ 1 Process Selection Product Design and Capacity Process Selection: Product Design and Capacity. How is process selection related to product design and capacity determination? Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

14. BUS 644 Week 4 DQ 2 Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 4 DQ 2 Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity Monique Food Processing Company and Capacity. Read Problem 6: The “Monique Food Processing Company” in Chapter 8 of your text.

15. BUS 644 Week 5 Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale (POS) systems (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 5 Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale (POS) systems Alliance Supermarket and Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems. Read the “Alliance Supermarket” case study in Chapter 10 of your text. In a two- to- four page paper, answer questions 1 & 2 in accordance with APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

16. BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 1 MRP Inventory and Customer Service (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 5 DQ 1 MRP Inventory and Customer Service Materials Requirements (MRP) Inventory and Customer Service. Explain how MRP can decrease a company’s inventory while improving its customer service level. Include a real-life example. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

17. BUS 644 Week 5 DQ 2 Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory Systems (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 5 DQ 2 Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory Systems Perpetual versus Periodic Inventory Systems. Describe the perpetual and the periodic inventory systems. How are they different? Are there circumstances in which one system is better than the other? Include real-life examples. Your initial post should be 200-250 words.

18. BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 1 Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 6 DQ 1 Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories Just-in-Time (JIT) Inventories. Choose companies or industries for which JIT would be totally inappropriate? Explain your reasoning with examples in 200-250 words.

19. BUS 644 Week 6 DQ 2 Scheduling Procedures (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 6 DQ 2 Scheduling Procedures Scheduling Procedures. Categorize different scheduling procedures for various types of service operations, such as restaurants, hospitals, and airlines. Your initial post should include explanations and examples and be 200-250 words.

20. BUS 644 Week 6 Final Paper (Space Age Furniture Problem) (Ash Course) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.bus644mart.com Week 6 Final Paper Focus of the Final Paper Read the “Space Age Furniture Company” case study in Chapter 9 of your text. Answer the following questions: and include any MRP calculations. 1. What options are open to Coral to address this problem? 2. How would reducing the minimum quantity of subassemblies help?

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