Exam Flashcards
Definition: Production
is the creation of goods and services
Operations management (OM)
Operations management (OM) is the set of activities that create value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. The science and arts of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers
Essential Organizational Functions
- Marketing : generates demand
- Production/operations : creates the product
- Finance/accounting : tracks how well the organization is doing, pays bills, collects the money
What Operations Managers do
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Leading
- Controlling
- The operations manager’s job is to implement an OM strategy, provide competitive advantage, and increase productivity.
Goods characteristics (5)
• Tangible product • Consistent product definition • Production usually separate from consumption • Can be inventoried • Low customer interaction
Ex. Car, Computer, fast-food (half and half), hospital care
Services characteristics (7)
- Intangible product
- Produced and consumed at same time
- Often unique
- High customer interaction
- Inconsistent product definition
- Often knowledge-based
- Frequently dispersed
Ex. Advertising, counselling,
Service producuing: Bank, airlines, timmies, barber
What is productivity?
Productivity is the ratio of outputs (goods and services) divided by the inputs (resources such as labour and capital).
- objective is to maximize productivity
- to increase productivity: inputs must decrease or outputs must increase as the other is constant or at the same time
Globalization strategy
Contributes efficiency and adds value to products and services but complicates an operations manager’s job.
Globalization
Is the increasing of economic integration and interdependence of countries
Definition: Mission
Mission tells an organization where it is going.
• The organization’s purpose for existence
• It answers “What do we provide society?”
• What the org will contribute to society
Definition: Strategy
Strategy tells that organization how to get there.
• It represents an action plan to achieve the mission.
• Action plan to achieve mission
• exploit opportunities and strengths, neutralize threats, and avoid weaknesses
Factors that affect mission: (5)
- Environment
- Philosophy and values
- customers
- profitability and growth
- public image
Planning types
Strategic planning (long-term) Tactical planning (short-term) Operational planning (day-to-day)
Stategies for competitive advantage
Differentiation – better, or at least different
Uniqueness can go beyond both the physical characteristics and service attributes to encompass everything that impacts customers’ perception of value.
- Hard rock cafe, walt disney magic kingdom
- innotive design, broad product line, experience
Cost – cheaper
Provide the maximum value as perceived by customer. Does not imply low quality.
- Porter airlines, Walmart
- Low overhead, effective capicity use, inventory management
Response – faster
- Flexibility is matching market changes in design innovation and volumes. - Reliability is meeting schedules. - Timeliness is quickness in design, production, and delivery (pizza hut, motorola, fedex)
Strategy Implementation
- Identify key success factors
- Build and staff the organization
- Integrate OM with other activities
Definition: project
A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Definiton: ongoing work
An ongoing work (effort) is generally a repetitive process that follows an organization’s existing procedures.
Definition: project management (PM)
Project Management (PM) is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
Techniquies: Gantt chart, critical path method (CPM), project evaluation and review technique (PERT)
Phases of project management (3)
- Planning - goal setting, defining the project, team organization (objectives, resources, stakeholders)
- Scheduling - relates people, money, and supplies to specific (project activities, network, cash flows)
activities and activities to each other - Controlling - monitors resources, costs, quality, and budgets; revises plans and shifts resources to meet time and cost demands (monitor, control, revise, act)
ES, EF, LS, LF
Earliest start (ES) = earliest time at which an activity can start, assuming all predecessors have been completed • Earliest finish (EF) = earliest time at which an activity can be finished • Latest start (LS) = latest time at which an activity can start so as to not delay the • Latest finish (LF) = latest time by which an activity has to be finished so as to not delay the completion time of the entire project
CPM & PERT variability
CPM assumes we know a fixed time estimate for each activity and there is no variability in activity times.
PERT uses a probability distribution for activity times to allow for variability.
What Is Forecasting? & its importance
❖Process of predicting a future event
➢ Supply-Chain Management – Good supplier relations, advantages in product innovation, cost and speed to market
➢Human Resources – Hiring, training, laying off workers
➢Capacity – Capacity shortages can result in undependable delivery, loss of customers, loss of market share
Types of Business Forecasts (3) (not short-term, etc)
Economic forecasts
• address business cycle by predicting inflation rate, money supply, housing starts, exchange rates, banking laws
Technological forecasts
• are concerned with rate of technological progress, that can result in impacts development of new products
Demand forecasts
• project of product & services demands, sales of existing products and services, new geographical markets
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Time series methods
- Naive Approach
- Moving Average
- Exponential Smoothing
- Trend Projection
Associative methods for forecasting
Regressions
Time Series Components
Trend: directional movement of data over time, Persistent, upward, or downward.
• Changes due to population, technology, age, culture, etc.
• Typically several years duration
Cyclical: patterns occur over years
• Repeating up and down movements
• Affected by business cycle, political, and economic factors
Seasonal: pattern repeats w/n a period of a year
• Regular pattern of up and down fluctuations
• Due to weather, customs, etc.
Random: short duration and non-repeating
• Due to random variation or unforeseen events
Definition: Process Strategy
objective of a process strategy is to build a production process that meets customer requirements and product specifications within cost and other managerial constraints.
Has long-term effects on:
• Efficiency and production flexibility
• Costs and quality
4 Main Process Strategies
- Process focus: is a low volume, high variety (allows customization) process
- depends on customer’s needs
Ex. Machine, print, hospitals and restaurants
- depends on customer’s needs
- Repetitive focus: is a medium volume, repetative and medium variety process. A product-oriented production process that uses modules. (Modules: parts/components of a product previously prepared,
often in a continuous process.)
Ex. Home appliances, cars
Ex. Harley-davidson - Product focus: is a high volume and low variety process.
Ex. Beer, glass, steel, baked goods
Ex. Frito-lay - Mass customization: is a high volume and high variety process. Is diff to achive but high rewards. Rapid low-cost production that caters to constantly changing unique customer desires.
Ex. Dell computer only produce the laptop until it gets an order to allow easy customization
Definition: flow charts
Flow Charts - Shows the movement of materials, ppl and products
Definition: time-function mapping
Time-Function Mapping - Shows flows and time frame
Definition: value-stream mapping
Value-Stream Mapping - Shows flows and time and value added beyond the immediate organization. Shows how to add value in the flow of materials and info
Definition: process charts
Process Charts - Uses symbols to show key activities
Definition: service blueprinting
Service Blueprinting - focuses on customer/provider interaction
Definition: process redesign
Process Redesign is to rethink business processes to dramatically improve performance; Reevaluate purpose of process; Question both purpose and underlying assumptions; Reexamine basic process and its objectives; Focus on activities that cross functional lines; Any process is a candidate for redesign.
4 r’s in sustainability
- Resources
- Recycle
- Regulations
- Reputation
Type of sustainability
- Social responsibility
- Financial responsibility
- Environmental responsibility
Definition: central hub concept (location strategies)
- Enables service to more locations with fewer aircraft
- Enables matching of aircraft flights with package loads
- Reduces mishandling and delay in transit because there is total control of packages from pickup to delivery
Location strategy objective
The objective is to maximize the benefit of location to the firm
Definitio: intangible costs
These costs are less easily qualified. Ex. Quality of ed., public transportation facilities, quantity and quality of employees.
Definition: tangible costs
These costs are readily identifiable & precisely measured. Ex. Utilities, labour, material, taxes and depreciation.
Definition: clustering
Refers to the location of competing companies near e/o often bc of a critical mass of info, talent, venture capital, or natural resources.
What is the transportation model used for?
To determine the best pattern of shipments from several points of supply (sources) to several points of demand (destination) to minimize total production & transportation costs.
Definition: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
❖ A system that stores and displays information linked to a geographic location
❖Important tool to help in location analysis
❖ Enables more complex demographic analysis
Used by timmies, arby’s, home depot
3 dining area types
Flexible Zone - geared for family and larger groups, with movable tables and chairs.
Grab & Go Zone- has tall counters with bar stools for customers who eat alone. Flat-screen TVs keep them company.
Linger Zone - Cozy booths, plus Wi-Fi connections, make these areas attractive to those who want to hang out and socialize.
Definition: cross-docking
Materials are moved directly from receiving to shipping and are not placed in storage in the warehouse.
Types of product-oriented layouts (2)
Fabrication line
▪ Builds components on a series of machines
▪ Machine-paced
▪ Require mechanical or engineering changes to balance
Assembly line
▪ Puts fabricated parts together at a series of workstations
▪ Paced by work tasks
▪ Balanced by moving tasks
Objective: assembly line balancing
Objective is to minimize the imbalance between machines or personnel while meeting required output