Pom-1 Bba
Pom-1 Bba
Pom-1 Bba
MANAGEMENT
Manish Singh
Because ………….
*Understanding of modern approaches to managing
operations
Production
Production involves the step by step
conversion of one form of material into
another through chemical & mechanical
processing to create or enhance the utility
of the products.
Nested Process:
Concept of a process within a process
Transformation:
It is the part of the system that adds value
to the input
Value can be added in four ways:
*Alter
*Transport
*Store
*Inspect
Homogenous Heterogeneous
Similarities
*Manufacturer not only produces goods and service
organizations not only offer services. Both type of
organization offer a package of goods & services.
*Despite the fact that service providers cannot
inventory their outputs, they must inventory the
inputs for their products.
*Many service operations have little outside
customer contact.
Productivity:
It is the value of outputs (goods & services)
produced divided by the values of input resources
used.
Productivity measures:
Restaurant : Customer (meals) per labour hour
Retail Store: Sales per square foot
Utility Plant: Kilowatts per ton of coal
Insurance firm: office productivity as no. of policies
processed per employer per week.
Operations Managers key skill areas:
*Quantitative analysis to solve problems
* Knowledge of information system to manage vast
quantities of data.
*Concepts of organizational behaviour to aid in
designing jobs and managing jobs.
*An understanding of international business methods
to gain useful ideas about facility location,
technology, and inventory management
OM as a function
*Coordination & effective communication among
various functions are essential to achieve
organizational goal.
Discuss:
Various functions & their responsibilities in
an organization.
Decisions in POM
Decisions can be divided into 5 categories:
*Strategic Decisions: determines company’s global
strategies & Competitive priorities.
Job Production
A process with the flexibility needed to
produce a variety of products or services in
significant qualities. (customer
requirements of special order)
Continuous Production
The extreme end of high volume,
standardized production with rigid line
flows.
2. Intermediate Objectives:
To attain optimum utilization of various
types of inputs.
i) Machinery & Equipment:
Acquisition & Utilization of machinery &
equipments
ii) Materials:
per unit material cost should be specified &
efforts should be made to increase the
inventory turnover.
iii) Manpower
Manpower should be closely allied with the
objective of manpower selection, placement,
training, rewarding & utilization