1 Chapter Introduction to Operations Management True/False 1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling and promoting the organization’s goods or services. Answer: False Page: 4 Difficulty: Easy 2. Often‚ the collective success or failure of companies’ operations functions will impact the ability of a nation to compete with other nations. Answer: True Page: 4 Difficulty: Easy 3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that
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DELL ONLINE V. KASTURl RANGAN and MARIE BELL are with Harvard Business School. Y. K a s t u r i Marie Rangan Bell Professor V. Kasturi Rangan and Research Associate Marie Bell prepared this case as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Certain facts and data in the case have been disguised. Copyright © 1998 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request
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Advances in process technology have radically changed many operations over the last two or three decades. And all indications are that the pace of technological development is not slowing down. Few operations have been unaffected by this because all operations use some kind of process technology‚ whether it is a simple Internet link or the most complex and sophisticated of automated factories. But whatever the technology‚ all operations managers need to understand what emerging technologies can do
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customers. Dell fits this description perfectly. Dell sits at the forefront of the computer industry and exemplifies this innovative approach in its functions of management. As noted in the other factors discussed within this paper‚ the management functions of planning‚ organizing‚ leading and controlling all exemplify the innovative approach of Dell. We all try to live by some type of golden rule. The way Dell incorporates their version of the golden rule in their planning phase of management is unique
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is basically a services output organisation and Bakers Pride Limited which is a product output organisation in the following areas: 1. The process of transformation of inputs to outputs 2. Process and capacity design. 3. Supply chain management. 4. Scheduling. 2.1. The process of transformation of inputs to outputs The creation of goods or services involves transforming or converting inputs into outputs. (William J. Stevenson 8th Ed.: 4). 2.1.1 Inputs The inputs for the two
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the freezer in a temperature between – 18° and -23°. The rule for the frozen food is that the first to come in is the first to come out. Health‚ safety and hygiene issues are taken seriously; the manager is responsible of the good following of the operations. In the kitchen‚ every employee is assigned a specific task‚ meat is bake between two heating plate that are cleaned every 30 minutes‚ after it’s done they use a special thermometer to make sure that the meat is at least 69 °‚ employees that are
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manages customer demands. They also generate future sales and manage partnership technology initiatives for future projects within the navigation industry. The operations department manages people‚ schedules‚ equipment‚ technology‚ materials and information. Planning and scheduling production for each month was determined by operations management. The timing of packaging and delivering was forecasted and pushed through the information process internally to the packaging manager. The finance department
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world. Later to be known as Dell Computers Corporation and now Dell Inc.‚ this company was founded by this‚ college dropout ‚ Michael Dell in the early 1980’s who started out upgrading hard drives for IBM compatibles. A year of computer upgrades for local businesses the company had grown to a $6 million business‚ at the end of 1985 Dell started offering custom built-to-order machines which caused the company to explode with $70 million in sales. Within five years Dells’ total sales had grown to an
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Introduction: Operation Management: Operations Management activities are at the core of all business organizations. Main Tenets of Operation Management: * Facility Management * Capacity Planning * Forecasting * Quality Management * Inventory Management * Resource Management Sodexho Dinning Services: Sodexho‚ Inc. is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S.‚ Canada‚ and Mexico‚ serving 10 million customers in 6‚000 locations
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Dell – Kelby Allen The just-in-time (JIT) inventory method is a method of inventory management. “The goal of these concepts‚ contrary to popular belief‚ is not to reduce inventory‚ although that ’s an appealing side benefit. Instead‚ JIT (like its imitators) is a continual process aimed at eliminating waste and solving problems throughout the supply chain” (Minahan‚ 1997‚ p. 45). Since its inception in 1984‚ Dell Corporation‚ Inc. has set itself apart from competitors through innovation and creativity
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