OPERATION MANAGEMENT Question 1 Briefly explain the activities in Operation Management. Operations management refers to the activities‚ decisions and responsibilities of managing the resources which are dedicated to the production and delivery of products and services.The part of an organisation that is responsible for this activity is called the operations function and every organisation has one as delivery of a product and/or service is the reason for existence. Operations managers are the people
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Operations Management is the management of systems or processes that create goods and/or provide services. OM oversees the very core of any business and organization. With such a huge impact on the company‚ OM can literally help make or break a company. There are many businesses out there that have exceptional OM teams and these are the companies that flourish. However‚ there are some that don’t and these struggle from day to day which hurts the overall success of the company. Operational Management
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 2 This assignment will define operations management and explore the various bodies of knowledge and practices that have led to operations management as it is currently known today. Additionally‚ this paper will focus on topic areas such as supply chain management‚ total quality
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What is Operations Management? Operation Management is concerned with any productive activity‚ whether manufacturing or service‚ in public sector or private sector‚ profit making or not profit making. It is concerned with ensuring that operations are carried out both efficiently and effectively. All mangers are operations managers since all functions within an organization are‚ presumably‚ productive activates it goes without saying that all function should be carried out efficiently and effectively
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MGMT 610- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. What are the differences between job-enlargement‚ job-enrichment‚ and job-rotation? Discuss the benefits of using each of these. Job design is an approach that specifies the tasks that constitute a job for an individual or a group. There are seven components of job design‚ and JOB expansion is one of them. It includes: • Job enlargement: We add tasks requiring similar skill to an existent job. You are using the same skills‚ but the tasks are different
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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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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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Operations management refers to the complex set of management activities involved in planning organizing leading‚ and controlling an organization’s operations. At one time‚ operations management was considered the backwater of management activities – a dirty‚ drab necessity. This view has changed in recent years‚ as more and more managers realize how operations can be a “beehive” of activity with major financial consequences for any organization. For instance‚ to support the work of Johns Hopkins
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SUB: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Production planning functions can be broadly identified as a) Estimating ‚ routing ‚ distribution b) Estimating‚ routing‚ scheduling c) Estimating‚ distribution‚ collection d) Distribution‚ collection‚ scheduling 2. For efficient process of order picking by personnel‚ communication plays a vital role in any Organization and the directives they need to have are ____‚ _____ and _______. a) Simple‚ clear and straight b) Straight‚ clear and easy
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Unit 1: Introduction – Consumer Needs‚ Motives and Values Operation Management (OM) is the science and art of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers. Applying the principles of OM entails a solid understanding of people‚ processes‚ and technology and how they are integrated within business systems to create value. Nature of Operations Management The traditional management paradigm revolves around four basic functions – Planning‚ Organizing‚ Directing
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