DRIVE WINTER 2013 PROGRAM/SEMESTER MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5) MBAFLEX/ MBAN2 (SEM 3) PGDOMN (SEM 1) SUBJECT CODE & NAME OM 0010 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT BK ID B1232 CREDITS & MARKS 4 CREDITS & 60 MARKS Question 1 : Write short notes on : Operations as Transformation Systems : Answer : Operational transformation is a technology for supporting a range of collabouration functionalities in advanced collabourative software systems. OT was originally invented for consistency maintenance and
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Operations Management Research in Cosmos Holidays Organization Executive Summary Operations management is certainly not an easy task at the same time not an impossible one. Some of the organizations manage their operations exceptionally while some mismanage. In most of the organizations some of its operations are good while some of them are bad. This paper reveals the operations management in Cosmos Holidays Organization. The operational areas in which the organization is good and the ones that
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Role of operation managements within an organisation The Operation management is the activity of managing the resources which produce and deliver products and services. It is one of the core functions of any business. Operations function is the part of the organisation that is responsible for this activity. Every organisation produces some type of product or services so it has an operations function. However not all organisations call the operations function by its name. The people who have the
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MGT 502 Final Review Questions 1. List and explain the three ways to decrease process throughput time. 1) Perform activities in parallel a. A serial approach results in the throughput time for the entire process being the sum of individual steps plus transport and waiting time between steps. Using a parallel approach can reduce throughput time by as much as 80 percent and produces a better result. 2) Change the sequence of activities b. Altering the sequence of activities
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CHAPTER 1 Operations management Short case: Dealing with variety – two examples The Bombay Tiffin Box Suppliers Association (TBSA) operates a service to transport home-cooked food from workers’ homes to office locations in downtown Bombay. Workers from residential districts must ride commuter trains some 30–40 km to work. Typically‚ they are conservative diners‚ and are also constrained by strong cultural taboos on food handling by caste‚ which discourage eating out. TBSA arranges for food
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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 the Definition of Quality Management? Basically Quality management is a process of making sure that the product or service meets a certain quality‚ specification or standards. In the approach towards Quality Management there are many things that need to be considered. Consideration such as management activities and functions. The same consideration is involved in determination of quality policy and its implementation through means such as quality planning‚ quality assurance and quality control
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drives is the effective supply chain management which brings customer satisfaction and profitability. Many retailers especially supermarkets and grocery stores use different strategies in order to achieve an effective supply chain management. Faced with predictable variability‚ a company’s goal is to respond in a manner that balances supply with demand to maximize profitability (Chopra & Meindl‚ 2013: 247). Inventory management is the activity of planning and controlling accumulation of inventory
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the individual member of the group. Weakest link – Reliability depends on the minimum effort. Best link – Reliability depends on the minimum effort. On the other hand study group’s maintenance management is a critical component of the overall study program. The management function should bind the distinct parts of the program into a cohesive entity. What is maintenance and why is it performed? Past and current maintenance practices in both the private and government sectors would
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Wedding (A) & (B) In the case of the Adams-Jackson wedding‚ the concern was being able to put together a wedding with such limited time (approximately 3 weeks). In operations management‚ coordinating activities to come together is one thing; another aspect is finding how long this will take is another. In project management‚ the planning‚ directing and controlling resources to meet the technical‚ cost‚ and time constraints of a project are crucial to success! Some of the tools used to determine these
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