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Introductions to Operations Management Session 1 Chapter 1 (N. Slack)

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Page 1: Session 1-Ch 1(Slack)

Introductions to

Operations ManagementSession 1

Chapter 1 (N. Slack)

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Grown Up Version of Lego!!!

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What IKEA does?

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What would happen…

If any company`s operations managers failed to be effective

in carrying out any of its activates?

Operations management should contribute to the businesses

success.

Failed operations management could all turn a previously

successful organization into a failing one.

Operations managers in all organizations will be making the

same type of decision but the relative importance of the

activities will vary.

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Who deals with the production?

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Defining the key terms…

Operations Management: The activity of managing the

resources which produce and deliver products and

services.

Operations Function: The part of the organization that is

responsible for operations management.

Operations Managers: The people who have particular

responsibility for managing some, or all, of the resources

which compose the operations function.

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OPS management in comparison to other functions

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The bigger picture of OPS

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The importance of OPS

Automobile Assembly Factory

Physician

Management Consultant

Disaster Relief Charity

Advertising Agency

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The use of OPS management

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All operations are INPUT-

TRANSFORMATION-OUTPUT processes

The output from most types of operation is a

mixture of goods and services

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Characteristics of OPS-The 4 “V” Model

VOLUME VARIETY

VARIATION VISIBILITY

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So putting these two establishments in

picture…

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A general model of operations management

and operations strategy