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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Source: Honda Motor Company Introduction If any operation wants to understand its strategic contribution it must answer two questions. First‚ what part is it expected to play within the business - that is‚ its role in the business? Second‚ what are its specific performance objectives? Both these issues are vital to any operation. Without an appreciation of its role within the business‚ the people who manage the operation can never be sure that they really are contributing to the long-term success
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Running head: OPERATIONS SERVICE MANAGEMENT Operations Service Management Name: Institution OPERATIONS SERVICE MANAGEMENT Introduction Operations management is the process by which the managers in an organization ensure that all the services delivered by the organization are efficient using as little resources as possible. The essay uses the electronic business as the example in this case. Service people are the members of staff that help to attend to the clients or customers. In short
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TECHNOLOGY ON THIS BUSINESS. THEN DISCUSS WHAT CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY IS AND HOW A BUSINESS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. Operations management is concerned with overseeing‚ designing and controlling the process of production and then turning raw materials and resources into outputs of finished goods or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as few resources as needed and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. Qantas
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In a newspaper article “Eco-tourism: It’s not easy being green”[1] dated in June‚ 2007‚ the author criticizing there are still ecological damages‚ especially the effect to the wild animals that accompanies the eco-tourism. It says‚ Eco-tourism‚ generally defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people”‚ is often misunderstood. And most of the travelers‚ even they are concerned about the environment of the places they visit
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Operation Bluestar The topic of “Operation Bluestar” is a very controversial issue because of where the Operation took place and all the events that occured. Operation Bluestar‚ was the code name given by the Indian government. It was an operation to evict Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers from the Golden Temple. The Golden Temple is one of the most sacred places of worship for the Sikh community. It is also one of the oldest Sikh temples around
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Ryotwari system. B. Forced commercialisation of Agriculture C. Partition of the country. (iii) Less developed Industrial sector A. Deindustrialisation decline of Indian handicraft industry. B. Capital good industries were lacking C. Limited operation of public sector D. Discriminatory tarrif policy. (iv) Unfavourable foreign trade : A. Net exporter of raw material and importer of finished good. B. Britain had monopoly control on foreign trade. C. Drain of India’s wealth. (v) Adverse demographic
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of all the moving parts in its system. For those smaller departments it will be smaller due to fewer personnel on shift and tasks at hand. In the Unites States we have three different types of police departments local‚ state‚ and federal. In this paper you will find a brief description of all three. In the city of El Centro California we have a smaller department due to the population here in El Centro. El Centro Police Department was established in 1908 it involves 58 sworn officers and 26 civilian
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increase in assets less liabilities during the year‚ after adding distributions to owners and subtracting investments by owners. Comprehensive Income (h) Arises from income statement activities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations. Revenue (i) Residual interest in the assets of the enterprise after deducting its liabilities. Equity (j) Increases assets during a period through sale of product. Revenue (k) Decreases assets during the period by purchasing the company’s own stock
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agement AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 [pic] SUBJECT : OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Total Marks : 80 CASE-1 (16 Marks) Bloomsday Outfitters produces T-shirts for road races. They need to acquire some new stamping machines to produce 30‚000 good T-shirts per month. Their plant operates 200 hours per month‚ but the new machines will
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