Project Topic

[Patrick Ford]

We need to decide on a project topic. Our options is to either find
an operations management problem in a company and solve it or choose
from 8 cases in the book. Unless someone can come up with a company
we can work with then we will be left with the cases in the book. The
only two cases that look decent are Tip Top Markets on pg 443 and
Tiger Tools on pg 487. Either way we need to have a topic selected by
tomorrow night and briefly after class discuss what we are going to do.

[Sudeshna Reddy Gunna]

Hey Patrick,

I will try to get some info on the Tiger tools before tomorrow's class and/or lets talk to the professor after the class for suggestions on that topic.

Thanks,
Sudeshna

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[Ning Liu]

Thanks Patrick and Sudeshna. The important thing is we need to decide on our topic.Let's discuss this after today's class.

See you later.

Ning

Best regards,

Ning Liu
Cell: 901-3555512
Email: ning...@gmail.com

[Sudeshna Reddy Gunna]

Hey All,

 

I spoke to Dr.Jason Liu yesterday and he was "insisting" on choosing a topic/issue from a company you may personally know or through someone else. He suggested to choose any of the topics from the list he gave as a "very last option". I told him that none of has any info from any of the companies but he still asked to take some time and find any...

Blake, I thought if you can come up with something in Krogers and then we can discuss with the professor.....is that possible?

 

Please respond and we need to decide upon this atleast by next week.

 

Thanks,

Sudeshna

[Blake A Young (bayoung1)]

Although I do know Kroger's background, managerial techniques, and supply chain quite extensively, I have zero operations management problems that we could investigate. The only way we could actually use Kroger is if we make up a problem or blow an extremely minor problem (people stealing stuff, inventory issues) WAY out of proportion. We also would have to research a TON of numbers in order to bolster our conclusions... which I couldn't get.

The cases provided to us gives us everything: details, problems, numbers, and everything else we could need. For Kroger, we'll end up making most of the data up. Knowing Jason, he'll call our bluff.

That's my logic, but if you see a way around it, then we can do whatever.

-Blake
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Hey All,

I spoke to Dr.Jason Liu yesterday and he was "insisting" on choosing a topic/issue from a company you may personally know or through someone else. He suggested to choose any of the topics from the list he gave as a "very last option". I told him that none of has any info from any of the companies but he still asked to take some time and find any...
Blake, I thought if you can come up with something in Krogers and then we can discuss with the professor.....is that possible?

Please respond and we need to decide upon this atleast by next week.

Thanks,
Sudeshna

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Ning Liu <ning...@gmail.com<mailto:ning...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks Patrick and Sudeshna. The important thing is we need to decide on our topic.Let's discuss this after today's class.

See you later.

Ning

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Sudeshna Reddy Gunna <sudha...@gmail.com<mailto:sudha...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey Patrick,

I will try to get some info on the Tiger tools before tomorrow's class and/or lets talk to the professor after the class for suggestions on that topic.

Thanks,
Sudeshna

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Patrick Ford <cpatri...@gmail.com<mailto:cpatri...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We need to decide on a project topic. Our options is to either find
an operations management problem in a company and solve it or choose
from 8 cases in the book. Unless someone can come up with a company
we can work with then we will be left with the cases in the book. The
only two cases that look decent are Tip Top Markets on pg 443 and
Tiger Tools on pg 487. Either way we need to have a topic selected by
tomorrow night and briefly after class discuss what we are going to do.

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[Ravinder kolukunde]

Yaa....I agree with blake.

But if we go with case studies. There is a chance of getting less grade as he specified that consider cases as last option. 

I am still good with what ever your decision is. But confused, even i dont see any real time company problems at this time nor have any friend who works here so that we could bring some stuff. 

As blake said, if we just dig some problem and project it then there is a chance of jason to think that we are bluffing. 

Any more suggestions guys....

Thank you

-Ravi

[Patrick Ford]

The options he gave us were to either find a operations management
problem in a company and solve it or use one of the problems in the
book. Since, it seems like we can not (right now) come up with a
company then our only option left is to pick a problem out of the
book. If he wishes to present another option to us I am all ears, but
in no way, shape, or form can he penalize us for taking one of the
options he gave us.

On Mar 31, 4:08 pm, Ravinder kolukunde <ravinderkuma...@gmail.com>
wrote: