Contents

• Introduction 3
• About the company 3
• Process technology strategy 4
• Design of the process and technology used 4
• Procurement and distribution 4
• Logistics 5
• Inventory management 5
• Effectiveness of process technology strategy 6
• Capacity management 6
• Organizations & Systems Development 7
• Lean Production 8
• Performance & Improvement Strategy 10
• Supplier Development Strategy 11
• Critical Evaluation 11
• Scenario Planning 12
• Critical changes of OM in the future decade 13
• Conclusion 14
• Bibliography 16

Description

This report is based on the following requirement –
Your task in this assignment is to identify and analyse the Operations Management initiatives in a specific organisation, which can be from manufacturing, service or retail industry environment. You will draw conclusions about how well this specific organisation is managed in terms of its operations management practices in these aspects:
1. Process technology strategy (eg: Process design or layout technology)
2. Capacity management
3. Organisation and systems development (eg: Planning & Control and/or JIT and/or MRP)
4. Lean Production
5. Performance and improvement strategy (eg: Quality Control)
6. Supplier development strategy