Chapter 1 Operations and productivity 1. Why should one study operations management? We study OM for four reasons. We study how people organize themselves for productive enterprise. We study OM because we want to know how goods and services are produced. We study OM to understand what operations managers do. We study OM because it is such a costly part of an organization. Productivity can be measured in a variety of ways‚ such as by labor‚ capital‚ energy‚ material usage‚ and so on. At Modern
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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 that produce
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Topic 1: Introduction to Operations Management Operations - The part of a business organization that is responsible for producing goods and services Operations Management - management of systems or processes that create goods and/or provide services - Science and art of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers Operations Managers - make decisions regarding the operations function and its connection with other functions - plan and control the production
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ust-In-Time (JIT) is a very simple idea but one that is essential in modern supply chain management. JIT sets out to cut costs by reducing the amount of goods and materials a firm holds in stock. JIT involves: producing and delivering finished goods ‘just in time’ to be sold partly finished goods ‘just in time’ to be assembled into finished goods parts ‘just in time’ to go into partly finished goods materials ‘just in time’ to be made into parts. The principle that underpins JIT is that production
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Sunderland Business School Level: M Module: Operations Management Module Code: PGBM03 Module Leader: Tom Cuthbertson Issue Date: 26th July 2011 Return Date: 16th August 2011 Contribution to Module Assessment 100% This is an individual assignment. Work submitted must adhere to the University policy on Cheating‚ Collusion and Plagiarism. Introduction If Marketing’s function is to identify the needs of customers‚ then it is Operations Management which has the role of providing the required
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Operational Management Operations management is defined as a systematic transformation process that converts a set of inputs into useful outputs. 1.1 Definitions: An operations system is defined as one in which several activities are performed to transform a set of inputs into a useful output using a transformation process. These inputs and outputs can be tangible‚ as in the case of raw materials and physical products‚ or intangible‚ as in the case of information and experiences. Viewed
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Operations Management in Business Task1.1 – Importance of Operations Management to the success of business (McDonald’s) 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. Operations management exists in very organization and is very important in business operations since it forms the heart of the organisation by controlling the system of operation. Operations management
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Operational Management Simulation on Benihana Case 1. What were the take aways and what did you learn? 2. What would you do differently next time? There are many performance indicators for the success of a business. This include brand identity‚ reputation‚ innovation‚ leadership‚ productivity‚ process management‚ customer satisfaction‚ and quality to name a few. Management at Benihana can achieve maximum profitability by maximizing utilization‚ throughput time‚ making use of batching‚ designing
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What is operations management? Operations management defined Operations management is the activity of managing the resources which are devoted to the production and delivery of products and services. 1 The consultancy services market – % of world revenues of 40 largest consultancy firms Financial 6 Organizational design 11 Marketing / sales 2 Operations and process management 31 Benefits / actuarial 16 Corporate strategy 17 IT strategy 17 The operations function is fashionable
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complaints and staff complaints. After reviewing the current problems‚ it is essential for Northstar to highlight where these problems are evolving from. Some problems which have been identified through the case study include the initial development and operation of the malls through Europe. With this being an issue‚ it is likely that the market within the UK for this type of development may have not been particularly well researched. It is vital that Northstar addressed the issue of market research and penetration
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