Operations Management: William J. Stevenson
Operations Management: William J. Stevenson
Operations Management: William J. Stevenson
Operations Management
William J. Stevenson
Muhammad Ali
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CHAPTER
Introduction to
Operations Management
1-3
Operations Management
The management of systems or processes
that create goods and/or provide services
Organization
Finance
Operations
Marketing
1-4
Value-Added
The difference between the cost of inputs
and the value or price of outputs.
Value added
Inputs
Land
Labor
Capital
Transformation/
Conversion
process
Outputs
Goods
Services
Feedback
Control
Feedback
Feedback
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Processing
Outputs
Raw Vegetables
Metal Sheets
Water
Energy
Labor
Building
Equipment
Cleaning
Making cans
Cutting
Cooking
Packing
Labeling
Canned
vegetables
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Processing
Outputs
Examination
Surgery
Monitoring
Medication
Therapy
Healthy
patients
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Key Differences
Characteristic
Manufacturing Service
Output
Tangible
Customer contact
Low
High
Uniformity of input
High
Low
Labor content
Low
High
Uniformity of output
High
Low
Measurement of productivity
Easy
Difficult
Opportunity to correct
quality problems
High
Low
High
Intangible
Manufacturing Vs Service
U.S. Manufacturing vs. Service Employment
Year Mfg. Service
45
79
21
50
72
28
55
72
28
60
68
32
65
64
36
70
64
36
75
58
42
80
44
46
85
43
57
90
35
65
95
32
68
00
30
70
100
80
Percent
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60
40
20
0
45
50 55
60
65 70
75
Year
80 85
90
95 00
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Capacity
Location
Products & services
Make or buy
Layout
Projects
Scheduling
Controlling/Improving
Inventory
Quality
Costs
Productivity
Organizing
Degree of centralization
Process selection
Staffing
Hiring/laying off
Use of Overtime
Directing
Incentive plans
Issuance of work orders
Job assignments
What
What resources/what amounts
When
Needed/scheduled/ordered
Where
Work to be done
Who
To do the work
How
Design
How Much
Production
Decision Making
System Design
capacity
location
arrangement of departments
product and service planning
acquisition and placement of
equipment
Decision Making
System operation
personnel
inventory
scheduling
project
management
quality assurance
Operations Interfaces
Industrial
Engineering
Maintenance
Distribution
Purchasing
Operations
Public
Relations
Legal
Personnel
Accounting
MIS
Mass production
Interchangeable parts
Division of labor
Trends in Business
Major trends
The Internet, e-commerce
Management technology
Globalization
Management of supply chains
Agility