FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Planning It is the basic function of management. It deals with chalking out a future course of action & deciding in advance the most appropriate course of actions for achievement of pre-determined goals. According to KOONTZ‚ “Planning is deciding in advance - what to do‚ when to do & how to do. It bridges the gap from where we are & where we want to be”. A plan is a future course of actions. It is an exercise in problem solving & decision making. Planning
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296 HANDOUT: CONTINUOUS FLOW (PRODUCT ORIENTED LAYOUT) AND BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS Reference: Operations Management by Mark A. Vonderembse and Gregory P. White. The Product Layout and System Capacity The capacity of a product-oriented system can be visualized as a series of pipes of varying capacity‚ with the smallest diameter or capacity holding back the entire system. Exhibit 9.3 illustrates five pipes (departments or machines) with different diameters (capacities). The output
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Q1) Explain the basic competitive priorities considered while formulating operations strategy by a firm? Ans: Operations strategy is the collective concrete actions chosen‚ mandated‚ or stimulated by corporate strategy. It is‚ of course‚ implemented within the operations function. The operations strategy specifies how the firm will employ its operations capabilities to support the business strategy. Operation advantages depend on its processes and competitive priorities considered while establishing
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Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa‚ Manila College of Accountancy ACCO3073 – Production and Operations Management ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OF HONDA MOTORS CO.‚ LTD by Emmanuelle Jan G.Selloria Ayessa Faye G. Sibayan Arnie C. Talanay Joanna Marie A. Tambis BSA‚ 3-4D Professor Maria Luisa U. Oliveros Company Name Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd. Head Office 1-1‚ 2-chome‚ Minami-Aoyama‚ Minato-ku‚ Tokyo 107-8556‚ Japan Tel: +81-(0)3-3423-1111
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PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Forecasting helps managers and businesses develop meaningful plans and reduce uncertainty of events in the future. Managers want to match supply with demand; therefore‚ it is essential for them to forecast how much space they need for supply to each demand. 1.1 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES * LINEAR TREND Show steady‚ straight-line increases or decreases where the trend-line can go up or down and the angle may be steep or shallow
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MGMT 405 Operations and Production Management Answer set 2 (Reference chapter 2 – William J. Stevenson-2007‚ ninth edition) Problems and Solutions 1. Suppose that a company produced 300 standard bookcases last week using eight workers and produced 240 standard bookcases this week using six workers. In which was productivity higher? Explain. Ans: Productivitylast week = standard bookcases produced as output / labor= 300/8= 37.8 sbc/worker Productivity this week = standard bookcases produced
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ESTHER WANGA (MBA STUDENT) 254-723864832 NAIROBI‚ KENYA Question: Using Human Resource functions as reference‚ discuss the challenges facing Kenyan managers in the process of employees’ procurement‚ development and motivation. (20 Marks) Human resource management is a term used to describe formal systems devised for the management of people within an organization. Armstrong‚ M (2006). This is a vital and significant department in an organization for it is mandated with the responsibility of;
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Production & Operations Management–Homework 1 for Section 4 Due Tuesday October 16‚ 2012 1.1 Eastman publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation‚ textbook design‚ and production setup is estimated to be $80‚000. Variable production and material costs are estimated to be $3 per book. Demand over the life of the book is estimated to be 4‚000 copies. The publisher plans to sell the text to college
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Forecasting Forecast can help managers by reducing some of the uncertainty‚ thereby enabling them to develop more meaningful plans than they might otherwise. A forecast is a statement about the future. Features common to all forecasts 1. The same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. 2. Forecasts are rarely perfect; actual results usually differ from predicted values. 3. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts
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According to the Operation Managers textbook‚ “Operations managers have the difficult task of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers.” (Collier &Evans‚ 2000). When done on a global scale‚ operation managers encounter many obstacles when overseeing the supply chain. Building relationships with different suppliers is important. Globally‚ this can prove difficult because of cultural barriers. Operations managers also have to take into consideration international
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