Management of Operations Flashcards

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Negatives of overstocking

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  • supplies go out of date
  • capital tied up in stock
  • increases costs eg. storage
  • increased costs of security
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Negatives of understocking

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  • Not enough stock for production
  • No bulk buying discount
  • Customers go elsewhere if no stock
  • Increased admin costs as need to order more often
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ADV of Just in time?

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+ capital isn’t tied up in stock
+ less space needed
+ less wastage as things don’t go out of date

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DISAD of JIT?

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  • High dependence on suppliers
  • May lose bulk buying discounts
  • Higher transport costs as more regular deliveries
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Centralised Storage?

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All stock in one place

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ADV of centralised stocking

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Less chance of theft
Reduces duplication of orders

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DISAD of centralised stocking?

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Expensive to set up
More stock = More wastage

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Decentralised Storage?

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Stock in several locations

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ADV of decentralised stocking

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more easy to access
less chance of stock going to waste

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DISAD of decentralised stocking

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More building need to be bought in several locations
Higher chance of theft

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CAM?

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Computer automated machinery

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EPOS?

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Electronic Point of Sale
Automatic Up to Date Figures on stock

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Types of production

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Job
Batch
Flow

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Job Production?

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Production made product by product
Often personalised products
Time consuming

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Batch production?

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  • Products made in batch eg. cakes
  • Whole batch completes stage then moves onto the next
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Flow Production?

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Used on car production lines eg. bonnet, wheels, windows
Each stage leads to completion of final product

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ADV/ DISAD of flow production?

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+ machinery can be used which reduces cost
+ large quantities can be produced
- little to no variation

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Labour Intensive Production

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Production done by workers

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DISAD of labour intensive production?

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skilled workforce can be expensive
only small scale production is possible

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Capital Intensive Production

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Production done by machines

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DISAD of capital intensive production

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  • expensive to set up
  • any breakdowns can be costly due to loss of production
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Quality Control?

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When a product is finished it is checked by supervisors to ensure it is up to a high standard

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ADV/ DISAD of quality control

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+ ensures poor quality product isn’t sold to customers
+ reduces complaints/ products being returned
- only happens at end of production meaning wastage if not good enough

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Mystery Shopper

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Employing someone to go undercover and report back on the running of the business

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ADV/ DISAD of mystery shopper
+ Impartiality - no bias + Improvements can be made to service - Staff may take feedback personally - Increases cost, mystery shop needs to be paid wages
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Technology in operations?
- EPOS - automatic updates on stock - Can be used to advertise product - Can be used to research and develop product - Email can be used to confirm orders
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ADV/ DISAD of operating ethically
+ increased sales as ethically motivated customers + improved reputation + employees will want to work for ethical business - Increased costs
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ADV/ DISAD of fair trade
+ good public image + good employer- attract staff - increased cost of materials
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egs of ethical issues
- child labour - poor working conditions - not meeting minimum pay laws - use of sweatshops
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Benchmarking?
comparing product to market leaders to ensure product will be able to compete
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Quality Circles?
Group meetings to assess performance
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Appraisal?
One to one meetings to assess performance