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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QUESTION 1 Operations management must be managed properly in order to improve an organization’s productivity and profitability. In the Cadbury World case‚ several micro and macro processes are involved and those processes bring some impacts to Cadbury World. Thus‚ Cadbury World must possess a sustainable micro and macro processes to achieve the best outcome and performance. Micro processes that involved are easily to manage compared to macro processes because macro processes are hard to manage
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director of supply management of EMC to explore and exploit all the available option to cut the expense in order bolster their business. 1. What actions should Sally take to reduce inventories by 10 percent? Reducing inventories by 10 percent can’t be met by focusing on any single aspect of business but need a holistic approach. There are many approaches available for reducing inventories and Sally should exploit all the opportunities. As a director of supply management‚ Sally can study the
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IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION In this age of competition communication is the number one problem of the management.Competition‚ complex methods of production‚ large scale operations and specialisation in production functions have increased the importance of communication. Without effectivecommunication a manager cannot perform his duties well. Communication is as essential to business as blood is to the human body. Success of the communication system affects the successof business. The following
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Dhaka International University. Acknowledgement: At the very beginning I express gratitude to my honorable course instructor Md. Rakibul Haque for his splendid suggestion‚ fantastic guidance‚ necessary recommendation‚ positive reinforcement‚ effective discipline‚ justice & fairness‚ recognition & rewards. His motivation power is also enormous for which I engaged my best efforts to prepare such a report of findings. I am proud to state that I got the chance to get deliberated instruction from
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“Managing a virtual workplace‚” Academy of Management Executive‚ 14 (3)‚ Aug. 2000‚ pp. 81-90. Chidambaram‚ L.‚ and Jones‚ B.‚ "Impact of Communication Medium and Computer Support on Group Perceptions and Performance: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Dispersed Meetings‚" MIS Quarterly (17:4)‚ 1993‚ pp. 465-516. Cox‚ T.‚ Lobel‚ S.‚ and McLeod‚ P.‚ "Effects of ethnic group cultural differences on cooperative and competitive behavior on a group task‚ " Academy of Management Journal‚ 34‚ 827–847‚ 1991. Dash‚
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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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It is usually stated that ‘the structural decisions items of an operations strategy reflect the hardware of the firm‚ while the infrastructure decision areas represent the firm’s software’. Comparing structural decisions with the hardware of the firm and the infrastructure decisions as its software‚ it shows that the structural decisions are very important and the firm cannot exists without them because without a hardware computer would not exist and the software would have nothing to run on. Structural
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Section 1: Understand the Importance of Effective Communication in Management 1.1. Explain the Relevance of the Communication Cycle for Effective Communication in Management Communication plays a key part in the success of any business. It is a means of exchanging information to make oneself understood by another which can be vital in a company fulfilling its purpose and hitting its goals and objectives. This exchange could be oral‚ written‚ non-verbal or a combination. Managers need strong
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a centralized corporate level Materials Management System to consolidate buying decisions for each of the 4 dealerships. This would facilitate greater leveraging with suppliers for consistent quality-control. They should study‚ calculate and make effective decisions on the materials that should be brought for each of the four dealerships instead of allowing each dealer to do it on their own. An automated EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) inventory management system that interconnects with each of
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