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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throughput time‚ making use of batching‚ designing of the bar and catering to the optimum number of customers. By varying the hours of operation and carefully balancing operation costs‚ they can meet customers’ demands and yet maximize overall profit. Batching The first decision to see if the restaurant is served with no-batching policy‚ will it be a better strategy. Running tests against both scenarios (batch and no-batch)‚ it shows that Benihana is already doing well by staying with the batch policy
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to the success of Galanz Company? Please analyses the company form the perspectives of competitive strategy and operations strategy? The early success of Galanz can be prescribed to its ability to deploy its resources in an effective manner and establish itself as a recognized brand in its domestic market through a consistent competitive strategy of Cost Leadership (Porter). The competitive strategy of Galanz is cost leadership which has resulted with increased market share by being aggressive in
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Ho Wai Ley ID 17663937 Title OM should be operational and not strategic! (argue your answer) Keywords WordCnt 932 This essay analyzes the functions of Operational Management in its different levels of strategies‚ and concludes that Operational Management should be both operational and strategic as it requires both to be a well developed and successful‚ as to allow the company to grow and increase their profits. Introduction Operational management is
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Business School Master of Science in Global Operations ISOM 5700 Operations Management Fall 2014 Instructor: Professor Albert Y. Ha Department of Information System‚ Business Statistics and Operations Management Room 4023‚ LSK Business Building (852) 2358 7724 imayha@ust.hk http://www.bm.ust.hk/~isom/staff/imayha.html Teaching Assistant: Edmond Ho imhcf@ust.hk Course web site: http://lmes2.ust.hk Course Description Operations management is the management of business processes
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Journal of Operations Management 20 (2002) 419–433 Effective case research in operations management: a process perspective I. Stuart∗ ‚ D. McCutcheon‚ R. Handfield‚ R. McLachlin‚ D. Samson Faculty of Business‚ University of Victoria‚ P.O. Box 1700‚ Victoria‚ BC‚ Canada V8W 2Y2 Received 8 August 2001; received in revised form 26 October 2001; accepted 11 March 2002 Abstract Despite many calls for case-based operations management research‚ the successful publication rate of such articles
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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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Tesco Lotus’ outsourcing to Linfox (Thailand) Case Study Write-Up for Strategic Management I. Tesco Lotus background relevant to the subject According to the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand‚ Ek-Chai Distribution System Co.‚ Ltd‚ known as Tesco Lotus‚ was formed in 1998 with only 14 “Supercenters” in key regional locations[i]. Today‚ Tesco Lotus‚ as it claims on its website[ii]‚ is the leading retailer in Thailand with running retail business from over 660 Tesco Lotus stores‚ 88
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Making Tesco plc‚ founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen‚ is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer whose headquarters are in Cheshunt‚ United Kingdom. Measured by revenues‚ Tesco is the third largest retailer in the world after Wal-Mart and Carrefour. Team B will analyze the use of technology as it relates to pricing and promotional strategies of Tesco. In order to complete the analysis‚ Team B will research how technology has changed the pricing and promotional strategies at Tesco and if it
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Managing IT Operation (Ho Jun Wai TP028378) Introduction Naturally‚ IT systems are supposed to provide their own specific services when they are working. However‚ if the system stopped by any failure‚ it unable to provide its service anymore and sometimes it will often affected the company reputation and customers. For example‚ if the system inside the bank is stopped‚ clients and companies account unable to perform any transaction due to the failure. Thus‚ the IT operation ’s purpose is to prevent
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