STUDY OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO Operations Management 1. Operations management is… 1) Operations management is the management of systems or processes that create goods and/or provide services. 2. What are the three basic functions in business organizations? 2) 1) Finance 3) 2) Operations 4) 3) Marketing 3. A supply chain consists of 4. What is meant by the term value-added? The value-added is the difference between the cost of inputs and the value or
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Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Course Outline Course Title : Service Operations Management (SOM) Course Code : SM05-06 Credits : 2 Term : Quarter-II (25 March- 30 June 2013) Year : 2013-14 Faculty : Prof. S. Venkataramanaiah __________________________________________________________________________ Introduction & Objective(s): Manufacturing‚ service and agriculture are the major economic activities in any country. In India‚ manufacturing and services together constitute nearly 75% of
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR) 1.1 INTRODUCTION Operation Research‚ an approach to decision making based on the scientific method‚ makes extensive use of quantitative approaches to decision making. In addition to operation research‚ two other widely known and accepted names are management sciences and decision science interchangeably. The scientific management revolution of the early 1900s‚ initiated by Frederic W. Taylor‚ provided the foundation for the use of quantitative
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LEAN OPERATIONS & JIT Lean Operations – moving towards the elimination of all waste in order to develop an operation that is faster more dependable‚ produces higher quality products and services and operates at a low cost. In general‚ Lean can be viewed as a philosophy of operations management‚ i.e. it gives a clear view which can be used to uide the way operations are managed in many different contexts. Several techniques are used to support this philosophy. (JIT techniques) The Lean approach
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Production and Operation Management Cheng Guoping Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Production System 2. Production and operations in the organization 3. Function and jobs of POM 4. Decision Making in POM 5. The emergence of production and operation management 1. Production System Production and operation management (POM) is the management of an organization ’s production system‚ which converts input into the organization ’s products and services. 1.1 Production system model Inputs
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OPERATION MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION: KFC is one of the largest franchise company. One of the branch of KFC consists of 100 employees. This business report critically underpin the issues which emerge during the processes‚ designs and supply chain of the business. It will also unveil that how can KFC become the market leader and gain the competitive advantage over all the rivals. It also reveal that brand name like KFC can increase the productivity‚ market share avoid wastage
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Canal‚ and arrest General Manuel Noriega. This maneuver is known Operation Just Cause. Setting the Stage Manual Noriega had been directed as the dictator of Panama by US government in 1960’s. The relationship between Noriega and the United States had become strained in the 1980’s because he had been accused of murder‚ drug trafficking and election fraud by one of his lieutenants. Within in the last two years leading up to Operation Just Cause Noriega succumbed to anti-American rhetoric. During
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2/21/2014 EM 502 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Middle East Technical University 1 Department of Industrial Engineering 06531 Ankara / Turkey General Information • Textbook: Operations Management by Heizer and Render‚ Prentice Hall‚ 10th Edition‚ 2010. • Grading – Midterm Exams (2) 60% – Final (Comprehensive) 20% – Case Studies (2 or 3 – team work) 20% Middle East Technical University 2 Department of Industrial Engineering 06531 Ankara / Turkey 1 2/21/2014 Outline • • • • • • • •
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An example of my experience regarding the critical skill of application is during my time as Incident Commander overseeing the security operations for a high profile federal court trial in Laredo‚ Texas. The security mission was called “Operation Laredo II”. The development of an operational security plan for a high profile trial at a United States Federal Courthouse positioned geographically less than one hundred and fifty yards from the Mexican border can be a challenge. When that trial entails
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As Operation Torch‚ the North African Campaign‚ was coming to an end‚ the Allies made the next logical decision to attack Sicily and the “soft underbelly” of the Axis with Operation Husky. This decision continued the momentum gained with the success in North Africa‚ opened the shipping lanes in the Mediterranean and provided relief to the Russian front . Although‚ Operation Husky was successful‚ better integration of the attributes of mission command‚ understanding‚ trust and intent and the joint
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