Question 1 DEFINE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DISCUSS ITS ESSENTIAL FEATURES AND THE IMPORTANCE/BENEFITS OF OPERATION PRIORITIES Introduction: Every organization is in business because it has products‚ services and in some cases a combination of the two (i.e. product and service)‚ that it offers customers as a solution to a particular need or want they have. This implies that‚ the very core business of every organization is to get these products and services readily available to customers‚ through
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Winter 2013 Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 2 MB0048 – Operations Research - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1631) (Roll no: 1305009661) Q.1: Discuss the various stages involved in the methodology of Operations Research. Briefly explain the techniques and tools of Operations Research. Ans: The basic dominant characteristic feature of operations research is that it employs mathematical representations or models to analyse problems. This distinct approach represents an adaptation of the
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I. Introduction Many companies around the world are seeking new sources of competitive advantages. One of the new drives is the effective supply chain management which brings customer satisfaction and profitability. Many retailers especially supermarkets and grocery stores use different strategies in order to achieve an effective supply chain management. Faced with predictable variability‚ a company’s goal is to respond in a manner that balances supply with demand to maximize profitability
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The Columbian government launched ‘Operation Marquetalia’ on May 27th‚ 1964. The operation was intended to hurt what the government viewed as a “growing communist threat” within the regions of El Duda‚ El Pato‚ and Guayabero which were known by locals as “Marquetalia”. This region was an enclave for communists‚ mainly the PCC. Operation Marqutalia had two suboperations: “Cabeza” and “Soberanía”. Operation Marquetalia had two objectives. One objective was to kill a Pedro
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audit is performed by specialized auditors. Upon completion of the auditing process‚ a report of findings with recommendations is submitted. Operational audit contributes to improving implementation‚ complying with the government organizations’ procedures and providing the management with points of nonconformity so that corrective and preventive actions can be taken‚ thereby improving the efficiency and effectiveness of operations and increasing customers’ satisfaction‚ as shown in Figure 1. Operational
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a view on operations of SAINSBURY’S ‚ the third largest supermarket chain across United Kingdom. SAINSBURY’S ‚ in spite of being the longest standing retail chain has been facing stiff competition from rivals like TESCO ‚ MORRISONS. The competitors seemed to have developed at a faster pace since SAINSBURY’S has been through a difficult time in recent years and TESCO is now twice the size in terms of turnover. Matter of analysis in terms of SAINSBURY’s supermarket
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QUESTION 1 Operations management must be managed properly in order to improve an organization’s productivity and profitability. In the Cadbury World case‚ several micro and macro processes are involved and those processes bring some impacts to Cadbury World. Thus‚ Cadbury World must possess a sustainable micro and macro processes to achieve the best outcome and performance. Micro processes that involved are easily to manage compared to macro processes because macro processes are hard to manage
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” European Journal of Marketing‚ Vol ---------- (1987b)‚ “An Integrated Approach to Retail Change: The Multi-Polarisation Model‚” The Service Industries Journal‚ Vol.7‚ no.2‚ pp.153-164 ---------- (1988)‚ “The Wheel of the Wheel of Retailing‚” International Journal of Retailing‚ Vol Czepiel‚ J. A. (1992)‚ Competitive Marketing Strategy‚ Landon‚ Prentice-Hall Day‚ G ---------- (1971)‚ “Marketing and Society: A Conceptual Introduction‚ New York‚ NY: Holt‚ Rinehard and Winston Holbrook‚ M. B. (1999)
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Critical Decision areas of operation management I. Goods and service design. According to Henzer (2004)‚ design of goods and design defines much of the transformation process. The factors of cost‚ quality and human resources must be made during the stage. Operation management of product and services is also different because due to different characteristic and tangible / intangible feature. II. Quality. Customer has a very high quality standard nowadays and operation management decision in quality
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