session 1-ch 1(slack)
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Introductions to
Operations ManagementSession 1
Chapter 1 (N. Slack)
Grown Up Version of Lego!!!
What IKEA does?
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.
Who deals with the production?
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.
OPS management in comparison to other functions
The bigger picture of OPS
The importance of OPS
Automobile Assembly Factory
Physician
Management Consultant
Disaster Relief Charity
Advertising Agency
The use of OPS management
All operations are INPUT-
TRANSFORMATION-OUTPUT processes
The output from most types of operation is a
mixture of goods and services
Characteristics of OPS-The 4 “V” Model
VOLUME VARIETY
VARIATION VISIBILITY
So putting these two establishments in
picture…
A general model of operations management
and operations strategy