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Managing Operations of British Airline Company

   

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Running head: MANAGING OPERATIONS Managing operations Name of the studentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1MANAGING OPERATIONSTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Process Explanation.........................................................................................................................3Just-in-Time.................................................................................................................................3Production Planning.....................................................................................................................4Operations technologies...............................................................................................................6Operations Strategies...................................................................................................................9Discussion of Operations Management Theory............................................................................10Total Quality Management........................................................................................................10Deming’s 14 Points....................................................................................................................12Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13Recommendation...........................................................................................................................13Reference.......................................................................................................................................14

2MANAGING OPERATIONSIntroduction Virgin Atantic is a British Airline company having its head office in head offce inCrawley, United Kingdom. Virgin Atlantic aircraft is operating with a three-class cabinconfiguration that includes Economy, Premium Economy, and Upper Class. The variousoperations management techniques of the organization includes designing of goods and services,quality management, process as well as capacity design, location strategy, layout design andstrategy, job design and human resources, supply chain management, inventory management,scheduling, as well as maintenance. The organization, however, is being faced with certain problems that includes theproblem of making investment in new plant or machinery, problem relating to the location ofbusiness premises that includes challenges relating to new quality processes, problems relating todistribution of products or the problems associated with the development of control processes. It is essential to explain the changes that is required to be made to the operationsprocesses for providing quality improvements. In this regard, it is required taking intoconsideration the current process wuthin the organization. Then, it is required having theknowledge as to why the organization is required changing the process. The changes that shouldbe made is required to be clearly identified and it is should subsequently be mesured, analyzed,improved as well as controlled. The various topics that will be explained in respect of operations management will beincluding the operations technologies, Just-In-Time and Lean Manufacturing, productionplanning and employee productivity.

3MANAGING OPERATIONSProcess Explanation Just-in-TimeIn respect of the current problems that are prevailing within the organization, VirginAtlantic Airlines can use the Just-In-Time (JIT) production strategy. The major componnetsassociated with the Just-In-Time production strategy are having only the necessary inventorywhen required, improving quality to zero defects, reducing lead times through the reduction insetup times, queue lengths as well as lot sizes, having an incremental revising regarding theoperations as well as accomplishing these thigs at a very less cost. The major goal relating toJust-In-Time manufacturing is doing the reduction of the manufacturing lead times. This canbasically be actualized through a radical reduction regarding work-in-progress (WIP). Moreover,a slight increase in the capacities of production will be leading towards a major reductionregarding manufacturing lead times as well as major reduction of work-in-process inventory(Talib 2013). JIT applications can be successfully used regarding repetitive manufacturing, operationalaspects in which standard product batches get produced at increased speeds as well as volumes.However, in respect of implementing JIT production strategy in Virgin Atlantic Airlines, there isthe requirement for making specific changes to the new plant as well as the way its managementis being carried out. In this regard, there is the requirement for stablizing the schedules ofproduction, increasing the work centre capacities, improving the quality of product, cross-training of the workers, reducing the breakdowns of equipments and developing long-termsupplier associations.

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