the book Production and Operations Management incorporates several suggestions offered by our colleagues and students all over the country. In this edition we have endeavored to strengthen the basic characteristics of the book. The subject matter has been presented systematically in ten chapters‚ which can enable the reader to master the topics covered without any additional guidance. In keeping with the basic objective of making the learning of the ‘Concept and Principles in Production and Operations
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Working at McDonald’s is an article that emphasizes how irrelevant working in high school is on the scale of importance in life. Amitai Etzioni points out that teenagers are distracted by repetitive jobs when they should be focusing on their education. Etzioni makes his argument about teenage jobs undermining school attendance and involvement‚ imparting few skills that will be useful later on in life‚ and skewing the values of teenagers especially their ideas about the worth of a dollar. McDonald’s
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------------------------------------------------- The Production/Operations Function In Business A. True/False 1. Production/operations Management refers to creation of goods whereas production refers to the creation of services. 2. All organisations‚ including service organizations such as banks and educational institutions‚ have a production function. 3. Production is a creation of goods and services. 4. W. Edwards
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THE DEFINITIONS "Operations management (OM) is defined as the design‚ operation‚ and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products and services. Like marketing and finance‚ OM is a functional field of business with clear line management responsibilities." (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ Aquilano‚ 2006:9) "Operations management is the management of processes or systems that create goods and/or provide services. It encompasses forecasting‚ capacity planning‚ scheduling‚ managing
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Winter / November 2012 Master of Business Administration - Semester 2 MB0044 - Production and Operation Management ASSIGNMENT- Set 1 Q1. Explain the basic competitive priorities considered while formulating operations strategy by a firm? Competitiveness is at the core of all strategies. Even among them‚ priorities tend to bring the organisation’s focus on the areas to be dealt with in terms of allocation of resources – people‚ money‚ and time. This means that different functional areas with
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major market players such as KFC‚ Hungry Jack’s‚ Subway Consistent growth in customer visits in US‚ Europe‚ and APMEA from 3.3% to 4.3% Strong global market position as the World’s leading global foodservice retailer Political (-) – international operations influenced by different policies in each government e.g. food content may be offensive to certain religion groups (Vegetarian‚ Halal food) Anti-American sentiments e.g. some middle-east countries Legal (-) – Legislation foreign ownership such as
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MANAGING PRODUCTION AND SERVICE OPERATIONS I. What is Operation? Operations refer to “any process that accepts inputs and uses resources to change those inputs in useful ways.” II. What is Operation Management? Operation Management is “the process of planning‚ organizing‚ and controlling operations to reach objectives efficiently and effectively. Efficiency is related to “the cost of doing something‚ or the resource utilization involved.” Effectiveness refers to goal accomplishment
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activities. The lean method encourages workers to improve their working conditions and helps them to learn to reduce waste‚ unplanned downtime‚ and in-process inventory. Seiri整理 (Sort) The first S‚ focuses on eliminating unnecessary items from the workplace that are not needed for current production operations. It involves: "Red tagging"- effective visual method to identify these unneeded items. Red tag is being put to those items that are not needed and once they have been identified‚ these items are
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Production & Operations Management What is operation management? What is the role of the Operation Manager? Set of activities that create value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. The role of an operation manager is to design and manage the daily operations and activities in a way that the productivity of the employees raises. It is also their responsibility to ensure that the physical and the human resources of the organization are achieved. He
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