This Assignment is designed to assess students how deep they are understanding the principles, concepts, and techniques that are applied to the design, planning, control, and improvement of manufactur

Student internal use onl y M O V I N G F O R W A R D , T H I N K I N G A H E AD. Assignment Planning Postgrad uate Diploma in Business Administration Subject Name: Operation Management Word Count: 3000 Assignment Objective : This Assignment is designed to assess students how deep of their understanding the principles, concepts, and techniques that are applied to the design, planni ng, control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations systems. Assessment Scene ( Background ) : Operations Management is the management of processes or systems that transform inputs into finished goods and/or provide services. Over the past decades, many firms have learned the painful lessons that neglect of the operations function can be extremely h azardous to the health of the organization. It has been demonstrated that operations management becomes a primary function of a firm, and plays an important role in effectively improving the firm's performance and competitiveness. You are the Operation Management Consultant for a “Start -up” company and you are asked by the CEO of the Start -up company to analysis the company operation managerial efficiency . Since the company was started -up by a group of teens who have not had occupi ed any conceptions about management nor operation management . This course provides an overview of operations management in both the manufacturing and service industries.. You will need to: Upon completion of the assignment, students should have a full demonstration of showing his deep understand ing of the principles, concepts, and techniques in operations management, and use the quantitative and qualitative tools to analyze basic operations -related issues. Specifically, students will be able to: 1. Understand the basic role of the operations functi on in business organizations and its interdependenc e with other key functions 2. Understand how operations strategy is used to support the business strategy and to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage 3. Understand the key decisions and trade -offs involved in effectively managing manufacturing and service operations 4. Apply basic technical and analytical skills to identify, formulate, and solve operations management problems Student internal use onl y M O V I N G F O R W A R D , T H I N K I N G A H E AD. How to PASS this assessment ( assi gnment ) In order to pass this assessment , you are required to demonstrate your profound understanding about the concepts or topics shown herebelow : Assessable Outcome -01 Understand the basic role of the operations function in business organizations and its int erdependence with other key functions ✓ Introduction to Operations Management. ✓ Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity. ✓ Forecasting. Assessable Outcome -02 Understand how operations strategy is used to support the business strategy and to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage: ✓ Product and Service Design ✓ Capacity Planning ✓ Process Selection and Facility Layout ✓ Design of Work Systems ✓ Location Planning and Analysis Assessable Outcome -03 Understand the key decisions and trade -offs involved in eff ectively managing manufacturing an d service operations ✓ To study the Fundamentals of Stocks/Inventory Valuation. ✓ lntroduction to Quality. ✓ Quality Control ✓ TQM and Quality Tools ✓ Supply Chain Management ✓ Inventory Management ✓ Aggregate Planning ✓ MRP and ERP ✓ Just -in- Time Systems ✓ Scheduling