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Chapter 2
Operations Strategy
Ch 2 - 2© 2000 by Prentice-Hall IncRussell/Taylor Oper Mgt 3/e
Strategy Formulation
1. Define primary task2. Assess core competency3. Determine order winners & order qualifiers4. Position the firm
Michael E. Porter’s Competitive Strategy
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Competing On Cost
• Eliminate all waste• Invest in
–updated facilities & equipment–streamlining operations–training & development
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Competing On Quality
Please the customer–Understand customer attitudes toward and expectations of quality
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Competing On Flexibility
• Produce wide variety of products• Introduce new products• Modify existing products quickly• Respond to customer needs
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Competing On Speed
• Fast moves
• Fast adaptations
• Tight linkages
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Process-Centered Strategies
• Processes cut across functional lines and departments
• Strategy is led by competencies
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Changing Focus from Function to Process
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Exploiting Core Competencies
• Enhance value a competency provides to customers
• Transform internal competence into salable item• Apply competencies to new products & services• Create new ways of working & finding markets
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Policy Deployment
• Focuses employees on common goals & priorities
• Translates strategy into measurable objectives• Aligns day-to-day decisions with strategic plan
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Strategic PlanningMission & Vision
Business Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Operations Strategy
Financial Strategy
Voice of the Business
Voice of the Customer
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Derivation of an Action Plan
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Operations Role In Corporate Strategy
• Provide support for overall strategy of a firm• Serve as firm’s distinctive competence• Must be consistent• Must be consistent with overall strategy
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Operations Strategy
Products
Processes andTechnology
Capacity
Human Resources Quality
Facilities Sourcing
Services
Operating Systems
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Products & Services
• Make-to-order–made to customer specifications after order received
• Make-to-stock–made in anticipation of demand
• Assemble-to-order–add options according to customer specification
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Processes & Technology
• Project–one-time production of product to customer order
• Batch production–process many jobs at same time in batch
• Mass production–produce large volumes of standard product for mass market
• Continuous processes–very high volume commodity product
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Product-Process MatrixV
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me
LowLow High
High
Projects
Batchproduction
Massproduction
Continuousproduction
Standardization
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Product-Process MatrixL
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ten
sity
LowLow High
High
Professional Service
ServiceShop
MassService
ServiceFactory
Customization
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Capacity & Facilities
• How much capacity to provide• Size of capacity changes• Handling excess demand• Hiring/firing workers• Need for new facilities
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Facilities
• Best size for facility?• Large or small facilities• Facility focus• Facility location• Global facility
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Human Resources• Skill levels required• Degree of autonomy• Policies• Profit sharing• Individual or team work• Supervision methods• Levels of management• Training
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Quality• Target level• Measurement• Employee involvement• Training• Systems needed to ensure quality• Maintaining quality awareness• Evaluating quality efforts• Determining customer perceptions
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Sourcing
• Degree of vertical integration• Supplier selection• Supplier relationship• Supplier quality• Supplier cooperation
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Operating Systems
• Execute strategy daily• Information technology support• Effective planning & control systems• Alignment of inventory levels, scheduling
priorities, & reward systems