Operations Management is the management of systems or processes that create goods and/or provide services. It is about how efficiently a company can produce goods and /or provide services. As companies are increasingly competing on the basis of time, cost and service, managing operations becomes critical for the competitiveness of any business. Studying operations management gives you important knowledge concerning how they do…
In today’s labor market, business environment is constantly changing and for this reason the tasks of an Operations Manager in a company is ever increasing so the job description of this position should clearly state the expectation of the job. A job description identifies characteristics of the job to be performed in terms of the tasks, duties and responsibilities to be fulfilled (Youssef, 2012). The tasks of the position must clearly and concisely communicate in the job description. For instance, the main tasks of an Operations Manager will be to oversee, direct, and coordinate all activities of the business with respect to products and services being offered by the company. In addition, the Operations Manager will be responsible for reviewing financial statements, activity report and also managing, training and developing employees.…
Operations management is an ongoing function that performes activities to produce product or supply services. Projects are temporary and help business meet function goals quickly and easily to external environment.…
Operations management is the business function that plans, coordinates, and controls the resources needed to produce a company’s products and services.…
This course provides an introduction to operations management, a functional area of major significance to all organizations. Operations management focuses on managing the transformation of resource inputs such as labor and material into useful outputs such as products or services. The goal is to make the transformation process both efficient (low-cost, fast) and effective (providing value to the customer).…
Operations Management is one of the essential business functions and is therefore vital to any organizational system…
In an organization there are many functional areas and each department having their own roles and responsibilities. The area which interests me is operation Management, it’s very important to integrate operations management…
The tasks that will be performed as a operations manager is overseeing activities directly related to making products or providing services, coordinate activities of business concerned with the production, pricing, and sales, reviewing financial statement, managing staff, preparing work schedules, and interviewing, hire and train new employees are also tasks that must be performed (“General and operations manager”, 2010, para.2).…
Operations Management is very important in business operations since it forms the heart of the organisation by controlling the system of operation. Operations management plays a vital role because any operation requires a combination of merchandising, logistics, coordination and cost control skills to move products from production facilities to the consumer(2).…
2/27/2013 Unit 305 – Operations Management Introduction Welcome to Operations Management – Unit 305 • • Operations is responsible for supplying the product or service of the organisation. Operations managers provide value for the customer at the lowest cost by making decisions for the operations function and by managing the transformation process. 27/02/2013…
2. Operations management is defined as the design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services.…
services. To put it briefly, operations management is the planning, scheduling, and control of the…
Operations management has been defined as a set of activities that transforms inputs to outputs creating goods and services. It is made up of the following decision areas; service and product design, quality management, location strategy, process and capacity design, layout design, supply chain management, human resources and job design, inventory management, scheduling, and maintenance (Thompson, 2017).…
There are many challenges faced by operation managers in the field of operation management. Operation managers should equip him or her with varies issues and knowledge cross all the business function, not just the operation. To be a good operation manager, they must be able to understand the whole business flows, the products, the customers, the operation, the people and the technology. Understanding of various issue can made them deal better with various support group to improve the process and operation’s productivity and efficiency to the next level, understand problem-solving from technical point of view and able to discuss intellectually with technical parties for various operation issue and being participative. This is not strange that a lot of operation managers learn all trades before being promoted and a lot of them are well equip to tackle technical issues. Education is important for operation management career now and it is advisable to have at least a Bachelor degree as an entry requirement and potential career development in the organization. Experience in the field is important especially a good operation manager should have at least 5 to 10 years of experience.…
the creation and delivery of services and products. It is one of the core functions of any…