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Define the term operations management Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and describe how they interrelate Identify similarities and differences between production and service operations Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations managers job Summarize the two major aspects of process management Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management Characterize current trends in business that impact operations management
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What is operations?
The part of a business organization that is responsible
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Goods are physical items that include raw materials, parts, subassemblies, and final products. Automobile Computer Oven Shampoo Services are activities that provide some combination of time, location, form or psychological value. Air travel Education Haircut Legal counsel
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Supply Chain a sequence of activities and organizations involved in producing and delivering a good or service
Suppliers suppliers
Direct suppliers
Producer
Distributor
Final Customers
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Value-Added
Inputs
Land Labor Capital Information
Outputs
Goods Services
Control
Feedback = measurements taken at various points in the transformation process Control = The comparison of feedback against previously established standards to determine if corrective action is needed.
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Goods
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Tangible
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Degree of customer contact Uniformity of input Labor content of jobs Uniformity of output Measurement of productivity Production and delivery Quality assurance Amount of inventory Evaluation of work Ability to patent design
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Jobs in services are often less structured than in manufacturing Customer contact is generally much higher in services compared to manufacturing In many services, worker skill levels are low compared to those of manufacturing employees Services are adding many new workers in low-skill, entry-level positions
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Process - one or more actions that transform inputs into outputs Three Categories of Business Processes:
Upper-management processes Operational processes Supporting processes
These govern the operation of the entire organization. These are core processes that make up the value stream. These support the core processes.
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Random variation
Natural variation that is present in all processes. Generally, it cannot be influenced by managers.
Variation that has identifiable sources. This type of variation can be reduced, or eliminated, by analysis and corrective action.
Assignable variation
Variations can be disruptive to operations and supply chain processes. They may result in additional costs, delays and shortages, poor quality, and inefficient work systems.
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The scope of operations management ranges across the organization. The operations function includes many interrelated activities such as:
Forecasting Capacity planning Facilities and layout Scheduling Managing inventories Assuring quality Motivating employees Deciding where to locate facilities And more . . .
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The Operations Function consists of all activities directly related to producing goods or providing services. A primary function of the operations manager is to guide the system by decision making. System Design Decisions System Operation Decisions
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System Design
Capacity Facility location Facility layout Product and service planning Acquisition and placement of equipment These are typically strategic decisions that usually require long-term commitment of resources determine parameters of system operation
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System Operation
These are generally tactical and operational decisions
Management of personnel Inventory management and control Scheduling Project management Quality assurance Operations managers spend more time on system operation decision than any other decision area They still have a vital stake in system design
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Every aspect of business affects or is affected by operations Many service jobs are closely related to operations Financial services Marketing services Accounting services Information services There is a significant amount of interaction and
collaboration amongst the functional areas It provides an excellent vehicle for understanding the world in which we live
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have quite different impacts on costs or profits Typical operations decisions include:
What: What resources are needed, and in what amounts? When: When will each resource be needed? When should the work be
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mimic so that attention can be focused on the most important aspects of the real-life system
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Types of Models:
Physical Models Look like their real-life counterparts
Schematic Models Look less like their real-life counterparts than physical models Mathematical Models Do not look at all like their real-life counterparts
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Models are generally easier to use and less expensive than dealing with the real system Require users to organize and sometimes quantify information Increase understanding of the problem Enable managers to analyze What if? questions Serve as a consistent tool for evaluation and provide a standardized format for analyzing a problem Enable users to bring the power of mathematics to bear on a problem.
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Linear programming Queuing techniques Inventory models Project models Forecasting techniques Statistical models
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Industrial Revolution
Scientific Management
Human Relations Movement Decision Models and Management Science
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Pre-Industrial Revolution
Craft production - System in which highly skilled workers use simple,
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Winslow Taylor
Believed in a science of management based on observation,
measurement, analysis and improvement of work methods, and economic incentives Management is responsible for planning, carefully selecting and training workers, finding the best way to perform each job, achieving cooperate between management and workers, and separating management activities from work activities Emphasis was on maximizing output
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Frank Gilbreth - father of motion studies Henry Gantt - developed the Gantt chart scheduling
system and recognized the value of non-monetary rewards for motivating employees Harrington Emerson - applied Taylors ideas to organization structure Henry Ford - employed scientific management techniques to his factories
Moving assembly line Mass production
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1954 Frederick Hertzberg Two Factor Theory, 1959 Douglas McGregor Theory X and Theory Y, 1960s William Ouchi Theory Z, 1981
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F.W. Harris mathematical model for inventory management, 1915 Dodge, Romig, and Shewart statistical procedures for sampling and
quality control, 1930s Tippett statistical sampling theory, 1935 Operations Research (OR) Groups OR applications in warfare George Dantzig linear programming, 1947
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increased productivity
Credited with fueling the quality revolution Just-in-Time production
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Economic conditions
Innovating
Quality problems Risk management
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Sustainability
Using resources in ways that do not harm ecological
environmental and economic measures to include measures that incorporate social criteria in decision making All areas of business will be affected
Product and service design Consumer education programs Disaster preparation and response Supply chain waste management Outsourcing decisions
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Financial statements Worker safety Product safety Quality The environment The community Hiring and firing workers Closing facilities
Workers rights
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supply chain beyond their own operations and immediate suppliers which led to numerous problems:
Oscillating inventory levels Inventory stockouts
Late deliveries
Quality problems
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The need to improve operations Increasing levels of outsourcing Increasing transportation costs Competitive pressures Increasing globalization Increasing importance of e-business The complexity of supply chains The need to manage inventories
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Customers what products/services do customers want Forecasting predicting timing and volume of customer demand Design incorporating customer wants, manufacturability, and time to
market Capacity planning matching supply and demand Processing controlling quality, scheduling work
Inventory meeting demand requirements while managing costs Purchasing evaluating potential suppliers, supporting the needs of
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