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Chapter 1
OBJECTIVES
Operations Management
Why Study Operations Management?
Transformation Processes Defined
Operations as a Service
The Importance of Operations
Management
Historical Development of OM
Current Issues in OM
Exe.
– Progressive Insurance :
a. Lower price [Efficiency]
b. Better Service [Effectiveness & Value]
a. Immediate Response claims handling
b. Adjusters work out of mobile claim vans(target
only 9 hours out of 7-10 days by competitor)
c. Adjusters may possible write the check on spot
Cross-Functional
Applications
Management Decision
a. Strategic (Long-term) decisions
b. Tactical (Intermediate-term) decisions
c. Operational planning and control
(short-term) decisions
B. Tactical Planning ;
- How many workers do we need?
- When do we need them?
- Should we have overtime or put on a
second shift?
- When should we have material
delivered?
- Should we have a finished goods
inventory?
What is a Transformation
Process?
Defined
A transformation process is defined
as a use of resources to transform
inputs into some desired outputs
Transformations
Physical--manufacturing
Locational--transportation
Exchange--retailing
Storage--warehousing
Physiological--health care
Informational--telecommunications
Example:
Taco Bell :Transformed its
restaurant operations by
reconsidering them in
manufacturing.
On-site food preparation by suppliers
Centralizing the production of key components
Concentrating on assembly rather than fabrication
Focus on customers rather than production
It takes 20 second for the customer to get their food
from hitting the counter until leaving with their food.
Finance Operations
Operations Marketing
Plant
Plant Operations
Operations Director
Director
Manager
Manager Manager
Manager
Manufacturing,
Manufacturing, Production
Production control,
control,
Quality
Quality assurance,
assurance, Engineering,
Engineering,
Purchasing,
Purchasing, Maintenance,
Maintenance, etc
etc
Core Services
Defined
Quality
Operations
Flexibility Speed
Management
Value-Added Services
Defined
Value-added services
differentiate the organization
from competitors and build
relationships that bind
customers to the firm in a
positive way
Problem Solving
Field Support
Historical Development of OM
JIT and TQC
Manufacturing Strategy Paradigm
Service Quality and Productivity
Total Quality Management and Quality
Certification
Historical Development of OM
(cont’d)
Business Process Reengineering
Electronic Commerce
Current Issues in OM
Coordinate the relationships between
mutually supportive but separate
organizations.(outsourcing; such as IS, Product
Development, Engineering services, packaging, testing and
distribution)
Question Bowl
A major objective of this book is to show how smart
managers can do which of the following?
a. Improve efficiency by lowering costs
b. Improve effectiveness by creating value
c. Increasing value by reducing prices
d. Serving customers well
e. All of the above
Question Bowl
In the Input-Transformation-Output Relationship,
a typical “input” for a Department Store is
which of the following?
a. Displays
b. Stocks of goods
c. Sales clerks
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Question Bowl
In which of the following decades did the
concept of quality control originate?
a. 1920’s
b. 1930’s
c. 1940’s Answer: b. 1930’s (Tools such
d. 1950’s
as sampling inspection and
e. 1970’s
statistical tables where first
developed by Walter
Shewhart, H. F. Dodge, and H.
G. Romig.)
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