Teaching Material for Production Management Used at a trainers’ training for Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Centre of Armenia: SMEDNC July 2006 Written by Kazuchika SATO JICA Expert in Production Management Preface of the training course Production management includes all aspects of management techniques in manufacturing‚ which is necessary to understand for any engineers working in any enterprises. It is closely related with business and has been become
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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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Toyota Production System (TPS) Toyota Production System The practical expression of Toyota’s people and customer-oriented philosophy is known as the Toyota Production System (TPS). This is not a rigid company-imposed procedure but a set of principles that have been proven in day-to-day practice over many years. Many of these ideas have been adopted and imitated all over the world. TPS has three desired outcomes: * To provide the customer with the highest quality vehicles‚ at lowest possible cost
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Mcdonald’s Use of Teams in Production and Operations Management Introduction Strategies are important for all businesses‚ regardless of the products or services that they offer. Through strategic management and operations‚ companies are able to integrate new and effective means of running their respective businesses. In turn‚ these strategies results in an increased profit of sales‚ stable market position and greater levels of customer loyalty. In the fast food industry‚ businesses such as
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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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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 then moved to a central holding area for
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Production Concept in Marketing Management Every company may have different outset and way of thinking towards production of their product. Some may think that if a product is manufactured in bulk‚ it may be made available at number of places and would in turn help the sales to high. Such companies concentrate on mass production and distribution to multiple points. Such products are available at cheap rates to consumer. On the other hand many companies would think that manufacturing less but
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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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Operations Management Research Analysis Assignment # 3 Research Topic: Lean production in Jaguar Student Name: Madonna Yasser Student ID: 5411058 Submission Date: 1. Introduction: This article is talking about the lean production application in Jaguar. It will end up with recommendations and outcomes . 2. Problem or subject description: Jaguar is part of the Ford Group. Ford has for a number of years been improving its production methods‚ particularly by introducing manufacturing
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on the rent and purchase of a house. Lack of Affordable Housing -Housing among the most expensive in the world. 800-1500 sq foot apartment in HK: * HK$15-35 per sq foot per month (Rent) * HK$5500-8000 (Purchase) Concrete and Construction Market: Precast concrete products were sold to General Contractors who were capable of coordinating the construction of large‚ expensive building projects. Typically two methods were used in the construction line. * Traditional method * Assembling
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