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PART I $(42$ Points$)$

Answer the following questions with proper explanations.

$(1)$ Explain the benefit of studying Operations Management.

$(2)$Operations Management discipline has been enhanced by the innovations and contributions of numerous individuals$.$ Who are those individuals and what are their contributions? $($Read pages $8$ to $10$ to answer this question, page nos. may differ$).$

$(3)$Three factors are critical to improving productivity$.$ What are those factors? Explain each of them.

$(4)$ What are the challenges of the Operations Manager faces in meeting the demands of competitive and dynamic world market place to meet ethical climate?

$(5)$ How multifactor productivity measure differs from Labor Productivity? What are the limitations of multifactor productivity measures?

$(6)$ Summarized OM in the action titled $$Taco Bell Improves Productivity and Goes Green to Lower Costs$$ focusing on its main idea in your own words.