Understanding Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Understanding
Operations, Logistics
and Supply Chain
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Managing quality....................................................................................................................1
Managing people in operation and supply chains..................................................................4
Triple bottom line...................................................................................................................6
Recommendations..................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Management of supply chain together with the logistic and operation is associate with
effectively and efficiently coordinating and organising all material flow, activities and employees
starting from the point of origin till the end point of consumption (Mangla, 2019). Thus, the main
aim of logistic, operation and supply chain management is to ensure free flow and smooth
operations through timely procurement of resources and managing a coordination between
supply and demand of product in order to maximize the profit and performance of an
organisation. This assignment is based on King George Hospital which is a NHS hospital
situated at Barley lane, London, UK. This report emphasis on important areas of managing
operation, logistic and supply chain that are necessary to improve performance of an
organisation. This report consists a description about managing quality and managing people in
operation and supply chain together with evaluation of triple bottom line and recommendations.
Main Body
Management of quality and people of an organisation is important ad necessary for an
organisation to provide better quality product and services to its customers. A proper
coordinating and organisation of all activities and individuals is crucial and vital to ensure
smooth function and better performance of a company or firm (Olaogbebikan and Oloruntoba,
2019). King George Hospital is basically a modern local hospital situated at Barley lane, London
and providing excellent acute and rehabilitation services to its customers in order to meet the
needs of the residents of Redbridge and Barking through facilitating a first class planned care
centre that is serving many people. Thus, in order to maintain its goodwill and enhance its
performance level together with better expansion and growth level it become essential for King
George Hospital to focus on its quality and managing people to provide higher satisfaction to its
clients and patients (Meredith and Shafer, 2019). Thus, a description about various theories and
strategies associated with managing people in operation and supply chain together with
management of quality is provided below in context of King George Hospital.
Managing quality
Management of quality is essential for an organisation to attract larger number of
customers through fulfilling their needs and yielding better and higher satisfaction to them. King
George Hospital is operating in a service sector and have the responsibility of ensuring better
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