Day: August 18, 2019

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers, 75-150 words minimum. 

Waiting Line Models

Study the two cases in  https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/04/predict-waiting-time-queuing-theory/  and comment on the importance of the waiting line theory then give another similar case study of the application of this theory for deeper understanding of the theory.

If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling. 

Robert Martinez 

Hello again and yet I again I find myself struggling with the weekly assignments. I always seem to start out strong but somewhere along the process of solving the algebraic equations I end up making simple mistakes making the answers completely off.  For example, this week alone I find myself spending an entire day in trying come up with the correct solution and when I realize the simple mistakes, I made makes me want to slap myself upside the head.  Good thing I am stubborn or else I would have given up after the first week. It would be nice if Walmart would utilize these equations in order to come up with a minimum number of cashiers to meet customer demands.  I always manage to get line whereby the customer either argues about the price, the scan bar is missing, or else they stumble through a bundle of coupons, trying to find the correct ones.  Oh, and the ones that still write checks and then decide to balance their checkbooks while others are patiently (or impatiently) awaiting their turns.  I try to just ignore the situation and mind my own business.  Now my sister in the other hand did use similar calculations in determining the number of tellers to put on the line at her bank.  She once told me that she held them to x number of minutes per customer and how many they could/should expect to serve.  When doing my banking at her location I never had to wait for more than a minute or two to be served and all my needs met in a couple of minutes.  Like Walmart, the Army has much to be desired when it comes to administrative personnel meeting timelines.  We would have “taskers” placed upon us leaders that were expected to be met within a certain period.  Afterwards it was the administrator’s job to compile all completed taskers and compile them into a report and submit for higher command.  I don’t know as to how many times I had to answer for not meeting timelines when in fact we had.  To prevent these situations occurring on a frequent basis I would sit down with my folks and lay out a timeline to get tasks completed by priority. The first hour of their day was devoted to getting all important soldiers needs accomplished, i.e. promotions and awards along with following up on previous submissions.  The following hour was committed to getting all accomplished training compiled with scores followed by updating all soldier individual training folders.  Now there were many more tasks that were organized for their daily schedules, but I feel you all get the idea.  I gave them time constraints and goals to meet and would use this data when time came for scheduled ratings (NCOERs). 

As for the scenarios presented to us, I will say that in trying to hold costs down by only having enough people to meet expected customer rates can be a setup for failure.  Yes, utilizing more people will cost more but not having enough will end up costing so much more in terms of customer satisfaction and loyalty.  If I experience poor service due to excessive waiting times, I will do everything within my powers to avoid giving them repeat business. 

John Pfeffer

This theory is important because it allows you to figure out how many customer service representatives that you need in order to bring down your wait time to 30 seconds. If you did not have this theory you wouldn’t be able to figure out how many people you needed to hire in order to reach your goal. This is also the same for case 2 because you want to know how many tellers you will need to get your waiting time down to what it needs to be. This will help a company keep their customers happy and prevent them from spending too much money or hiring too many people. 

Imagine if you had a call center that received phone calls about customer service for a product. You would want to know how many people to hire from the average number of calls so you could reduce the wait time that could save you money and create a happy customer. The average calls coming in would allow you to figure out how many employees you would need at any given time. This is the same with restaurants and customers coming in on the weekends. It is most likely going to be a larger number of people on the weekends than on weeknights so more people should be scheduled for those nights.

Please provide proper citation with page numbers of the material you are referencing in your Main Post.

1. Give a brief description how you would assess the reproductive system of a male or female patient, young adult, middle age, or older patient (choose).You may only cover one aspect of the assessment.
2. Discuss, in brief, one psychosocial or psychological impact of the effect of breast disorder of a patient. Choose which disorder you want to talk about.
3. Discuss, in brief, one gynecologic problem of a patient. Choose which disorder you want to talk about.

In Unit 4, you practiced analyzing statistical data. In this activity, you will further practice your analytical skills by creating 5 different charts from the data you analyzed in Unit 4. Additionally, you will create a presentation including each of those charts and explain why you used the selected chart.

The specific steps are as follows:

1. Download 1 of the following datasets of offenses reported:
   • Accomack County Sheriff’s Office
   • Honolulu Police Department
   • Los Angeles Police Department
2. Using the provided data and your analyzed data, create 5 different charts. 
3. Create a PowerPoint presentation effectively presenting each of your charts, with a written description of each chart. 
4. The PowerPoint presentation should be at least 6 slides: 1 title slide and 5 slides reflecting each chart and an explanation of why you used this selected chart. 

Reference

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics. (2017). Welcome to a new way to access UCR statistics. Retrieved from https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/

ALA (T) – Topic Videos

ALA (T) – Topic Videos – Applied Learning Assignment (ALA) Graduate

Each student is required to review the “Video-of-the-Week”, listed in GAP for this current week. The video(s) selection is directly related to at least one of the Course Learning Outcomes (CLO’s), and presents a solution(s) to a business problem. Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, JSTOR.org, the Internet, or any other electronic journal database, research at least on stated claim, aspect, challenge, solution, opinion, etc. in the video. 

Subsequently, you will include in your CLA2 assignment paper, a separate and distinct APA level 2 heading (Left margin aligned, boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading) titled: Topic Video Critical Thinking & Reasoning Under this heading, you will provide a minimum of two (2) paragraphs that should contain the following information and/or details: You are to critically think about the solution presented and that you researched, and apply critical thinking and reasoning skills to present one of the following (include every item in the bullet list below, or you will not receive full credit): 

• State a course CLO that the video relates to and how it relates to the CLO
• Discuss your initial thoughts about the solution/challenge/aspect presented in the video 
• Present what you would do different in terms of the solution presented in the video 
• Relate the content of the video to one of the CLO’s in the course
• Approximately 250 to 350 words in length (minimum of 2 paragraphs) 
• Include the industry example demonstrating the application of your researched video 
• Include the in-text citation in APA format to properly reference your article 

Please be sure to provide justification by citing the article researched, and include the citation in the reference page of your paper.

Topic Videos

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Microsoft Excel®, Bell Computer Company Forecasts data set, Case Study Scenarios

Write a 600-word report based on the selected case from the Bell Computer Company Forecasts data set and Case Study Scenarios. 

Include answers to the following: 

Case 1: Bell Computer Company

• Compute the expected value for the profit associated with the two expansion alternatives. Which decision is preferred for the objective of maximizing the expected profit?
• Compute the variation for the profit associated with the two expansion alternatives. Which decision is preferred for the objective of minimizing the risk or uncertainty? 

Case 2: Kyle Bits and Bytes

What should be the re-order point? How many HP laser printers should he have in stock when he re-orders from the manufacturer? For this case, the probability approach to setting safety stock is used. You will review other methods of setting safety stock in OPS/571, for example, the fixed order quantity method utilizes continuous monitoring of inventory levels and when the level drops below the reorder point, a new order is placed. Due to continuous monitoring this usually results in lower amount of safety stock. Do not use the fixed order quantity method for this case.

Format your assignment consistent with APA format

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Microsoft Excel®, Bell Computer Company Forecasts data set, Case Study Scenarios

Write a 600-word report based on the selected case from the Bell Computer Company Forecasts data set and Case Study Scenarios. 

Include answers to the following: 

Case 1: Bell Computer Company

• Compute the expected value for the profit associated with the two expansion alternatives. Which decision is preferred for the objective of maximizing the expected profit?
• Compute the variation for the profit associated with the two expansion alternatives. Which decision is preferred for the objective of minimizing the risk or uncertainty? 

Case 2: Kyle Bits and Bytes

What should be the re-order point? How many HP laser printers should he have in stock when he re-orders from the manufacturer? For this case, the probability approach to setting safety stock is used. You will review other methods of setting safety stock in OPS/571, for example, the fixed order quantity method utilizes continuous monitoring of inventory levels and when the level drops below the reorder point, a new order is placed. Due to continuous monitoring this usually results in lower amount of safety stock. Do not use the fixed order quantity method for this case.

Format your assignment consistent with APA format

Pick one of the following types of disasters in the United States, and present how disaster response and emergency management have changed (or not changed) over the last 100 years for that type of disaster:

• hurricanes,
• earthquakes,
• tornadoes,
• flooding,
• fires, or
• man-made accident disasters (not terrorism).

Recommend further improvements in your concluding slide. Describe how lessons learned from 1900 to present time contributed to improved disaster planning and response.

Your presentation should be a minimum of 10 slides, not counting the title slide or reference slide. You must include a minimum of five images in your presentation. These images should be appropriate and support the content of the presentation. In addition, you are required to include speaker notes that further explain the content of the slides. You should include at least three sources, and cite and reference any information from those sources in APA format.

Looking at how the RAF’s intent to contractualise some Logistic functions affects its supply chain and how that has a knock-on effect on supporting Operations worldwide. Looking more specifically at supply chain management for aircraft platforms – C17, C130J, A400m, F-35 etc.

I am required to also use a questionnaire: 
• Study design – Survey through the use of interviews. If not effective in providing usable information with an observation style study will be implemented. 
• 30 Participants – 33:33:33 ratio between Commissioned, Non-Commissioned and civilian participants selected through a pre-investigation questionnaire to evaluate relevance to the investigation (in a management role or not) 
• No potentially vulnerable groups
• Method of data collection – informal semi-structured interviews.
• Methods of data analysis – information from an interview placed on a Qualtrics database and then analysed.

This is the brief:

The Independent Research Project is a self-managed programme of study which requires a range of skills to be developed and used, such as organisation and planning, time management, research skills, intellectual enquiry and analysis, and producing effective documentation.

You will be required to undertake both primary and secondary research to inform your research project. The extent of this research will be dependent on your research project type. Primary research is developed from data collected specifically for the research project being undertaken. Secondary research is information which is already available to you from a range of sources; the data which underpins this research was originally collected for a purpose other than your research project.