4.0 Main Factors Affecting in Operations Management
Operations management normally consists of three processes, which are input, process, and output. The input in the operations management included materials, labor, capital, physical machines and information technology. The meaning of process is turning the input into output. The output is the final product from the manufacturing process. Besides, there will be some changes in the operations management when needed. For example, when the company is operating in an international arena, the company might need to make some changes in the operations in order to meet the national culture.
4.1 Material-Processing Technology Material processing technology is the system of operations that begins with
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Therefore, they do have a proper advanced technology and processes to handle the inquiries of the customers. In the coming years, there will be more demands for automobile as people will purchase their own car to make their lives convenient. Therefore, the demand towards gas petroleum has increase and necessary for customer. Apart from that, Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan has its own convenience stores which offering a variety of food, drinks and snacks to customers. Therefore, when the customer goes to the petrol station to refill their car petrol, they can also buy some snacks and foods there. This is the way to satisfy customers’ need. Besides, Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan operates from 6am to 9pm on every Monday to Saturday, and 6am to 8pm on Sunday and Public Holiday. Besides that, Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan also have cash machine (ATM) which can convenience the customer and also make the customer takes control of the technology. The cash machine also known as active interaction technology. Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan also use security camera to track the movement of customers. Therefore, it provides greater convenience to its customer to refill the petrol any day based on their preferable. This is exactly what Shell wants to achieve which is customer-oriented and they should have proper technologies in order to provide the best products and …show more content…
The changes have to be implemented properly if there is a major fluctuation in the volume and variety of the products or services. The process technology is the machines, equipment, and devices that help organization to create and deliver products and services. There are two types of process technology which are direct and indirect. The process technology that use by Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan is direct process technology. Commonly, they have use the electronic point of sale (EPOS) to process their information to their employee. Besides, they also use the hidden interaction with the technology. For example, they set up the security cameras in the Shell, Jalan Labuk, Sandakan so that they can check from this camera in case something like customer argue with employees due to the services like employee misunderstanding or customer misunderstanding regarding the payment, like employees forgot to pay the fee before leave. In addition, it also provide credit card trading for easy
Furthermore, the times can vary depending the car make and model and if there is special instructions or additional services provided. This specific data can be used by the oil changing company to help add more customers into their already existing base of customers to help promote specials and take advantage of social media to further help promote. When the company feels they have the information they need, from both the surveys and document analysis, it can at that point be combined into a bigger database for future references. The main focus in the oil changing company is to improve and maintain solid marketing research via survey’s and documentary analysis will give the oil changing company the competitors advantage by collecting more data to magnetize more customers.
TU,Ts,Tv Timestamp of user’s mobile phone, server and vending machine respectively. KUS Shared secret key between user’s mobile and server H ( ) One-way Hash function TN N time’s Time || Concatenation Ds Server Payment Decision PI Payment information including IDv and price NU, NS Nonce
However, this cash register also brought problems (Ohio History Central). One such problem was that the customers were able to view the total amount of money that the bar or company had made each day, so sales were not very private. Additionally, the cash register still relied upon the integrity of the bartenders to input the transaction into the machine and chose not to simply pocket the money (Abel). Though Ritty’s original cash register was a success, its many pitfalls affected business
Operations management needs to be effective by making sure that customers’ needs are being met. The production process is the act of combining various immaterial inputs in order to create a good or service which has value and contributes to the utility of consumers. Dymocks The Company will support the sole trader in negotiating great terms with major suppliers in order to achieve the best benefits and discounts. Once an order has been put in with suppliers, the order will then be processed and the goods will be created.
Capacity planning This is the process of knowing the production capacity an organization needs to meet the changing demands for the products. It helps to determine the quantity of the product needed by a firm to meet the demands of its customers. The capacity planning elements for Walmart are; facility, product and service, and human resource.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY AMERICAN CONNECTOR COMPANY Submitted to: Professor Jishnu Hazra Submitted by: GROUP 2 (SECTION B) Itee Aggarwal 1411095 Preetam Das 1411117 Siddharth Nayak 1411129 Abhishek Singh 1411072 Ashish Pawar 1411084 Nakul Sehgal 1411106 INTRODUCTION American Connector Corporation (ACC) is a supplier of electrical connectors based out of Sunnyvale, California since 1961. ACC relied on its ability to produce high quality customized products for its users. In USA, 1991 had seen sales fall by 3.9% over the last year and the industry was seeing a decline since 1987. ACC was struggling with increasing costs and deteriorating quality In line with the industry trends.
There is a change in the pattern of retail stores and requires better technology to maintain them, therefore; it is essential for the company to address them. There is expected growth in the industry. Mainly there is a higher potential for growth in the emerging market, and Dunkin Donut has greater potential in European where the demand for these products are significantly higher. Economy and income of people are major contributors to this industry, and it has influence over the demand for their products in the
The website of the company has all the support services which is available for the clients. If the product is not functioning properly the client can check it on the website and fix the problem. Consumers can get the helpful information about the product and can also download support systems. Company has different services centres all over the world.
• Operations: These are the transformation activities that change inputs into outputs that are sold to customers. Here, your operational systems create
The value chain analysis indicates the firms that strive to create superior products or services through focused differentiation strategy. To ensure the activities are tailor to the strategy Value Chain is used. How each activity generates value and linked to the strategy in UFS? Table 4: Value Chain Analysis Primary Activities
The purpose of Operations management within an organization is to control the production process and business operations as efficient as possible to achieving overall organizational goal (investopedia.com, 2017). Therefore operation management creates policies, processes and procedures and also use various methods and techniques to maximize profits thus achieving organizational goal. Approaches or Techniques of operation management To improve the operational performance, operation management use various techniques to improve the operational performance. Some of these approaches are: Six Sigma Lean production Queuing theory TQM In this section below some of these techniques or theory has been explained: Six Sigma: Six sigma an effective and significant process improvement theory
Coordinate with customer relationship management to identify customer articulated needs 2. Select materials and suppliers in conjunction with procurement 3. Develop production technology in manufacturing flow to manufacture and integrate in to the best supply chain flow for the product/market combination G. Manufacturing Flow Management The manufacturing process produces and supplies products to the distribution channels based on past forecasts. The production process has to be flexible to respond to market changes and Mass Customization must absorb.
TASK 1.1 Importance of operation management Operations management (OM) is the business function responsible for managing the process of creation of goods and services. It involves planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling all the resources needed to produce a company’s goods and services. Because operations management is a management function, it involves managing people, equipment, technology, information, and all the other resources needed in the production of goods and services. Operations management is the central core function of every company. This is true regardless of the size of the company, the industry it is in, whether it is manufacturing or service, or is for-profit or not-for-profit.
Likewise, some cultures believe in collaboration of individuals in the firms while some stimulate competition between the individuals. Similarly, long term goals are desired in some cultures as compared to short term goals. In other words, cultural background results differences in managing the organizations. Miroshnik (2002) stated that behavior and thinking approaches are under the influences of culture in any society. Organization can achieve its goals if manages satisfy or confirms proper behaviour of the individuals
More often than not, Malaysians tend to confuse between two similar-sounding electrical appliance brands, namely Panasonic and Pensonic. Both belong to the same industry but differ in its ownership, origin and entity. To distinguish between the two brands, Pensonic is an electrical houseware organization that was founded in Penang in 1965. It was previously known as Keat Radio and Electrical Co. founded by Datuk Seri Chew Weng Khak.