Management and Operations

Management and
Operations

Key approaches to operations
management
Effective functioning of organisational activities is depending on roles and
responsibilities which are played by leaders and managers. As they are those
individuals who engage in the process of effective formation of strategies and
policies for company which will further aid company to conduct their business
operations in best effective manner. Key approaches are:
 Just in Time approach
 Six Sigma
 Lean Production

Importance of operations
management
 Operations management can be referred to as an area which is associated with
designing and re-designing as well as control of production activities across the
organisational premises. This is concerned with management of process where
inputs (raw materials, energy, labour etc.) are transformed into finished outputs
ready to be consumed (products or services).
 Design of products and services
 Quality Management:
 Capacity and Process Design