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Good morning students. The attached take-home assignment is the first coursework. Please ensure that you follow instructions detailed as per the question paper. Schedule and sequence activities well so as to meet the deadline with quality deliverables. 

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

PRODUCTION STATISTICS TAKEHOME (COURSEWORK ONE) FOR BACHELOR OF BUSINESS STATISTICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY,

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

YEAR OF STUDY: III       SEMESTER: II   

COURSE NAME: PRODUCTION STATISTICS       COURSE CODE: BBM3204

START DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2024  TIME: 9:00 AM

END DATE: FEBRUARY 29, 2024     TIME: 9:00 AM

INSTRUCTIONS:

This take-home assignment should be individually done. Attempt all the questions. Use either SPSS, STATA or Excel to analyze production data. You will be required to present and disseminate knowledge in class. Please submit the typed work of not more than 10 pages. Academic dishonesty will automatically lead to disqualification.

 Question One

From global and local context, production metrics measure, compare the performance of processes and provide useful data to manage production activities over time. Such production metrics include; costs, quality, volume, downtime, overall operations effectiveness, rate of return, productivity in revenue per employee, asset turnover, inventory turns, return on assets, yield, capacity utilization among others. Accordingly, modelling efficiency and effectiveness of production processes have attracted attention to policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders. As a student equipped with competencies of production statistics, identify organization (s) of your choice to answer the questions that follow;

i) Using the knowledge of production statistics, develop a short story or case of the identified production related issues based on the organization (s) of your choice highlighting context, actions and results with catastrophic evidence.      (5 marks)

ii) Gather production data (either secondary or primary data) based on identified production metrics from the organization (s) of your choice and state any two objectives to address the stated production related issues identified in (i) above. (5 marks)

iii) Use the appropriate production statistical tools to develop a production-oriented model (s) basing on the stated objectives and the gathered data in (ii) above.  (15 marks)

iv) Suggest the possible evidence-based and action-oriented recommendations to managers and policy makers of the identified organization (s). (5 marks)

END OF EXAMINATION PAPER

Best wishes.

This course will test your application of Research Methods that you did in the last semester. You will be required to upload your proposal for a project you are doing in groups of 5. Thereafter you will be expected to upload your report as well. The datelines have been communicated and must be adhered to. 

This course will be evaluated out of 100%; evaluation is done during presentation. All members of the group must be present for the presentation and marks allocation will be according to individual participation. In case a group doesn't present their project, they shall be required to wait till next offered (next academic year) like is the case with missing an examination. You are therefore cautioned not to miss presentation. 

In case of queries, please feel free to contact Dr. Samali V. Mlay (smlay@mubs.ac.ug) or Mr. Ismael Kato (ikato@mubs.ac.ug)

Have a good semester.