Operations
Management
Chapter 1 –
Operations and
Productivity
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Principles of Operations Management, 7e
Operations Management, 9e
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Outline
Global Company Profile: Hard Rock
Cafe
What Is Operations Management?
Organizing to Produce Goods and
Services
Why Study OM?
What Operations Managers Do
How This Book Is Organized
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Outline - Continued
The Heritage of Operations
Management
Operations in the Service Sector
Differences between Goods and
Services
Growth of Services
Service Pay
Exciting New Trends in Operations
Management
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Outline - Continued
The Productivity Challenge
Productivity Measurement
Productivity Variables
Productivity and the Service Sector
Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Learning Objectives
When you complete this chapter
you should be able to:
1. Define operations management
2. Explain the distinction between
goods and services
3. Explain the difference between
production and productivity
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Learning Objectives
When you complete this chapter
you should be able to:
4. Compute single-factor
productivity
5. Compute multifactor productivity
6. Identify the critical variables in
enhancing productivity
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The Hard Rock Cafe
First opened in 1971
Now – 121 restaurants in over 40 countries
Rock music memorabilia
Creates value in the form of good food
and entertainment
3,500+ custom meals per day in Orlando
How does an item get on the menu?
Role of the Operations Manager
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What Is Operations
Management?
Production is the creation of
goods and services
Operations management (OM)
is the set of activities that
creates value in the form of
goods and services by
transforming inputs into
outputs
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Organizing to Produce
Goods and Services
Essential functions:
Marketing – generates demand
Production/operations – creates
the product
Finance/accounting – tracks how
well the organization is doing, pays
bills, collects the money
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Organizational Charts
Commercial Bank
Operations
Finance
Marketing
Teller
Scheduling
Check Clearing
Collection
Transaction
processing
Facilities
design/layout
Vault operations
Maintenance
Security
Investments
Security
Real estate
Loans
Commercial
Industrial
Financial
Personal
Mortgage
Accounting
Auditing
Trust Department
Figure 1.1(A)
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Organizational Charts
Airline
Operations
Ground support
equipment
Maintenance
Ground Operations
Facility
maintenance
Catering
Flight Operations
Crew scheduling
Flying
Communications
Dispatching
Management science
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Finance/
accounting
Accounting
Payables
Receivables
General Ledger
Finance
Cash control
International
exchange
Marketing
Traffic
administration
Reservations
Schedules
Tariffs (pricing)
Sales
Advertising
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Organizational
Charts
Manufacturing
Operations
Facilities
Construction; maintenance
Production and inventory control
Scheduling; materials control
Quality assurance and control
Supply chain management
Manufacturing
Tooling; fabrication; assembly
Design
Product development and design
Detailed product specifications
Industrial engineering
Efficient use of machines, space,
and personnel
Process analysis
Development and installation of
production tools and equipment
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Finance/
accounting
Disbursements/
credits
Receivables
Payables
General ledger
Funds Management
Money market
International
exchange
Capital requirements
Stock issue
Bond issue
and recall
Marketing
Sales
promotion
Advertising
Sales
Market
research
Figure 1.1(C)
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Why Study OM?
OM is one of three major functions
(marketing, finance, and operations)
of any organization
We want (and need) to know how
goods and services are produced
We want to understand what
operations managers do
OM is such a costly part of an
organization
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Options for Increasing
Contribution
Marketing
Option
Current
Sales
Cost of Goods
Gross Margin
Finance Costs
Subtotal
Taxes at 25%
Contribution
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$100,000
– 80,000
20,000
– 6,000
14,000
– 3,500
$ 10,500
Finance/
Accounting
Option
Increase
Reduce
Sales
Finance
Revenue 50% Costs 50%
$150,000
– 120,000
30,000
– 6,000
24,000
– 6,000
$ 18,000
$100,000
– 80,000
20,000
– 3,000
17,000
– 4,250
$ 12,750
OM
Option
Reduce
Production
Costs 20%
$100,000
– 64,000
36,000
– 6,000
30,000
– 7,500
$ 22,500
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What Operations
Managers Do
Basic Management Functions
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Leading
Controlling
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Ten Critical Decisions
Ten Decision Areas
Design of goods and services
Managing quality
Process and capacity
design
Location strategy
Layout strategy
Human resources and
job design
Supply chain
management
Inventory management
Scheduling
Maintenance
Chapter(s)
5
6, Supplement 6
7, Supplement 7
8
9
10, Supplement 10
11, Supplement 11
12, 14, 16
13, 15
17
Table 1.2
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The Critical Decisions
Design of goods and services
What good or service should we
offer?
How should we design these products
and services?
Managing quality
How do we define quality?
Who is responsible for quality?
Table 1.2 (cont.)
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The Critical Decisions
Process and capacity design
What process and what capacity will
these products require?
What equipment and technology is
necessary for these processes?
Location strategy
Where should we put the facility?
On what criteria should we base the
location decision?
Table 1.2 (cont.)
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The Critical Decisions
Layout strategy
How should we arrange the facility?
How large must the facility be to meet
our plan?
Human resources and job design
How do we provide a reasonable work
environment?
How much can we expect our
employees to produce?
Table 1.2 (cont.)
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The Critical Decisions
Supply chain management
Should we make or buy this component?
Who are our suppliers and who can
integrate into our e-commerce program?
Inventory, material requirements
planning, and JIT
How much inventory of each item should
we have?
When do we re-order?
Table 1.2 (cont.)
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The Critical Decisions
Intermediate and short–term
scheduling
Are we better off keeping people on
the payroll during slowdowns?
Which jobs do we perform next?
Maintenance
Who is responsible for maintenance?
When do we do maintenance?
Table 1.2 (cont.)
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Where are the OM Jobs?
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Figure 1.2
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Where are the OM Jobs?
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Technology/methods
Facilities/space utilization
Strategic issues
Response time
People/team development
Customer service
Quality
Cost reduction
Inventory reduction
Productivity improvement
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Significant Events in OM
Figure 1.3
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The Heritage of OM
Division of labor (Adam Smith 1776;
Charles Babbage 1852)
Standardized parts (Whitney 1800)
Scientific Management (Taylor 1881)
Coordinated assembly line (Ford/
Sorenson 1913)
Gantt charts (Gantt 1916)
Motion study (Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
1922)
Quality control (Shewhart 1924; Deming
1950)
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