I. Discussion and Review Question: 1. Briefly describe the term operations management? Answer: Operations Management is management of system or processes that create goods or provide service. The term operations management includes interrelated activities such as forecasting‚ capacity planning‚ scheduling‚ managing inventories‚ assuring quality‚ motivating employees‚ and deciding where to locate facilities and more. 2. Identify the three major functional areas of business organization and
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Operation Flood was a rural development programme started by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in 1970. One of the largest of its kind‚ the programme objective was to create a nationwide milk grid. It resulted in making India the largest producer of milk and milk products‚ and hence is also called the White Revolution of India. It also helped reduce malpractices by milk traders and merchants. This revolution followed the Indian Green Revolution and helped in alleviating poverty and
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OPERATIONS STRATEGY PRODUCTIVITY‚ COMPETITIVENESS‚ STRATEGY Productivity is about how effective an organization is in the use of its resources. Competitiveness is how effective an organization is in the marketplace compared with other organizations that offer similar products/services. Strategy shapes the plans that determine the direction an organization takes in pursuing its goals. (US companies‚ suffering from impressive success of foreign companies on the US marketplace place increased
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Operation and Productivity Global Company Profile: Hard Rock Cafe Operations Management at Hard Rock Cafe Operations Manager throughout the world are producing products every day to provide for the well-being of society. These products take on a multitude of forms. Hard Rock Cafe produces thousands of complex products every day‚ to be delivered as the customer ordered them‚ when customer wants them. Hard Rock does this for over 35 million gusts worldwide every year. Orlando-based Hard Rock Cafe
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Operations management focuses on managing the processes of producing and distributing products and services. Operations activities often include product creation‚ development‚ production and distribution. It deals with all operations within the organization. Related activities include managing purchases‚ inventory control‚ quality control‚ storage‚ logistics and evaluations. The nature of how operations management is carried out in an organization depends very much on the nature of products or services
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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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between operations‚ marketing and product/service development at Acme Whistles? Page 3 2. Oxfam International case study What are the main issues facing Oxfam’s operations managers? Page 4 3. Formule 1 & Mwagusi Safari Lodge 3.1 For each hotel‚ what is the role of technology and the role of operations Page 6 staff in delivering an appropriate level of service? 3.2 What are the main differences in the operations management
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stores. Operations Strategy “In many companies‚ the key to success is often an operations-based advantage. Superior operations effectiveness not only serves to buttress a company’s existing competitive position‚ but‚ when based on capabilities that are embedded in the company’s people and operating processes‚ is inherently difficult to imitate.” --R. H. Hayes and D. M. Upton‚ “Opeations-based Strategy.” California Management Review‚ Summer‚ 1998. McDonald’s utilizes an excellent operations strategy
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and effectiveness of operations and increasing customers’ satisfaction‚ as shown in Figure 1. Operational Audit Corrective actions by the management Increase customer satisfaction 10. Follow up - How to conduct Operational Audit? to increase Enable management to identify ways operational control. 1. Select procedures or departments whose operations are to be audited 2. Determine audit objectives 3. Select the audit team and determine the schedule 4. Define the operations to be audited 5. Determine
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Sunderland Business School Level: M Module: Operations Management Module Code: PGBM03 Module Leader: Tom Cuthbertson Issue Date: 26th July 2011 Return Date: 16th August 2011 Contribution to Module Assessment 100% This is an individual assignment. Work submitted must adhere to the University policy on Cheating‚ Collusion and Plagiarism. Introduction If Marketing’s function is to identify the needs of customers‚ then it is Operations Management which has the role of providing the
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