FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Planning It is the basic function of management. It deals with chalking out a future course of action & deciding in advance the most appropriate course of actions for achievement of pre-determined goals. According to KOONTZ‚ “Planning is deciding in advance - what to do‚ when to do & how to do. It bridges the gap from where we are & where we want to be”. A plan is a future course of actions. It is an exercise in problem solving & decision making. Planning
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BBA – 305 PRODUCTION & OPERATION MANAGEMENT Model Questions based on Previous years Question Papers UNIT – I Qs. 1 : Explain the importance of Production & Operation Management in current scenario. Why it has become an integral part of Business Education ? State with examples. [BBA-IP: Dec. 2011] Qs. 2 : Operation Management is becoming a very important subject in Business Education in the last few
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296 HANDOUT: CONTINUOUS FLOW (PRODUCT ORIENTED LAYOUT) AND BOTTLENECK ANALYSIS Reference: Operations Management by Mark A. Vonderembse and Gregory P. White. The Product Layout and System Capacity The capacity of a product-oriented system can be visualized as a series of pipes of varying capacity‚ with the smallest diameter or capacity holding back the entire system. Exhibit 9.3 illustrates five pipes (departments or machines) with different diameters (capacities). The output
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Introduction : The below essay is about Coca-Cola company which is a beverage manufacturer established in the year 1892.The company ’s primary product is Coca cola which was invented in the year 1886 and was first bottled in 1894.The focus of this essay will be on developing a marketing strategy for Classic Coca-Cola or Coke for first half of 2012.This will also discuss about the market segmentation ‚pricing strategy and target market using micro and macroeconomics concepts. The economic forecast
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Production & Operations Management–Homework 1 for Section 4 Due Tuesday October 16‚ 2012 1.1 Eastman publishing Company is considering publishing a paperback textbook on spreadsheet applications for business. The fixed cost of manuscript preparation‚ textbook design‚ and production setup is estimated to be $80‚000. Variable production and material costs are estimated to be $3 per book. Demand over the life of the book is estimated to be 4‚000 copies. The publisher plans to sell the text to college
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T +01 404.676.2683 The Coca-Cola Company Global Public Affairs & Communications Department P.O. Box 1734 Atlanta‚ GA 30301 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 RESULTS Strong 4% global volume growth in the third quarter with growth across every geographic operating group Worldwide brand Coca-Cola growth of 3% year-to-date Volume and value share gains continued in total nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages Strong cash from operations‚ up 15% year-to-date Third
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planned change management strategies. A structured approach to transfer organization‚ its people and processes from current state to a desired future state is called change management. This process gives employees the ability to accept changes in the existing environment of the business. Change can be of different type for example‚ change in technology‚ operations or strategies etc. company needs to implement individual strategies to cope with each type of change. Coca Cola Corporation is
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On Tuesday‚ April 23‚ 1985 The Coca Cola Company announced that it would change the formula of its flagship soft drink; a formula that had been America’s favorite for 100 years. Kansas newspaper editor William Allen White said‚ “Coca Cola is the sublimated essence of all that America stands for. A decent thing honestly made [and] universally distributed.” (As cited in Oliver‚ 1986‚ p.4) How could Coca Cola have tampered with the taste of a drink that was distributed to 155 countries and consumed
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responsibilities. • Productivity: be a highly effective‚ lean and fast-moving organization 5. Proposed mission With six main operating segments in North America‚ Latin America‚ Europe‚ Eurasia‚ Africa‚ the Pacific‚(3) and bottling investments‚ Coca-Cola is dedicated to being a highly effective refreshments and fast-moving organization. (5) Our mission is to bring consumers quality refreshments that anticipate and satisfy their desires and needs. (1)(2). As a company we strive to be responsible citizens
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PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Forecasting helps managers and businesses develop meaningful plans and reduce uncertainty of events in the future. Managers want to match supply with demand; therefore‚ it is essential for them to forecast how much space they need for supply to each demand. 1.1 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES * LINEAR TREND Show steady‚ straight-line increases or decreases where the trend-line can go up or down and the angle may be steep or shallow
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