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Operations and Project Management– Assignment

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1PART 1............................................................................................................................................1Overview of the company............................................................................................................1Explanation of operation vs operations management..................................................................1Conduct a review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles....2Analyse the extent to which the operations' management of the organization in the case study.......................................................................................................................................................4Discuss continuous improvement as a philosophy and describe the lean principles...................5Prepare a continuous improvement plan based on your review and critique of operations........5M1 Review and critique the implementation of operations management in relationmethodology................................................................................................................................6M2Analyse the effectiveness of a continuous improvement plan using appropriate theories,concepts and/or models................................................................................................................6PART 2............................................................................................................................................6Apply the Project Life Cycle (PLC)............................................................................................6A description of the PLC and an explanation of each stage........................................................7How each stage of the PLC applies.............................................................................................8Review and critique the effectiveness of the PLC in application to the chosen project usingappropriate theories, concepts and models......................................................................................8M3 Analyse the rationale ............................................................................................................9M4 Critically analyse how the use of appropriate theories, ........................................................9CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTIONOperation and forecast techniques is the planning process of business activities.Therefore, production management is activity of business the management is generallyconcerned with their processing of production, designing and controlling the process and re-evaluate the business planning for enhance the manufacture of services and product (Ravinderand Kollikkathara, 2017). Project management is the activity that helps to initiating, planning,executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specificobjectives of the firm. The present report is based on Operation and project management of Wilkin & SonsLimited. It is private manufacturing company. Thus, the report will conduct a review and critiqueof the implementation of operations management principles. Furthermore, report will analyse theconcept of continuous improvement in an operational context. Moreover, report will describe theproject life cycle through a theoretical perspective. Lastly, report will describe the importance ofproject life cycle to chive the goal of the firm. MAIN BODY.PART 1Overview of the companyWilkin & Sons Limitedis a food manufacturer company of preserves, marmalades andassociated products. There headquarter in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885. Company servesdifferent types of products such as Preserves, Jams, Marmalades, Christmas Puddings, Honey,Sauces, Chutneys, Tea, Curds, Fruit Juices, Fruit Gin Liqueurs. Thus, firm serves their product inworldwide through their high quality of service. Explanation of operation vs operations management.Operation — it is ongoing process it helps to transform the stock into finished goods. Thus,production management is managed the specific function to achieve the particular task of thefirm. Thus, this management is helps to achieve the objective of the firm by continually improveoperations of production management, in order to reduce the cost and increase the level ofproduce the product , and enhance the level of cometition thta helsp to achive the competitiveadvantage on daliy basis. Operations management —This administration is the answerable for all business activity.Thus, they manage the manufacturing operations,, accounting operations, administration work ,1
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operations. IT support, and maintenance. This department responsible for controlling, organizingand directing the operational activities of organization. It is the ongoing process the role ofoperations manager is related to all business activities. Conduct a review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles.As said by Ravinder and Kollikkathara, (2017) it is stated that operation management isdescribed the operational process which is planning, organizing, and supervising areinvolved. Thus, these manufacturing techniques provide the ability to firm for ensuring thatthey improve their level of production for achieve higher profitability and production firmenhance the of level of production within a manufacturing operation. This process is helps tomanage the business activity like, reduce the production cost, reduce the employees turnover costetc.According to Sando and et.al., (2018) it is stated that There are different types ofprinciples which is Principles of Operations Planning, principal of inventory management, t,Principles of Manufacturing Management, Principles of Distribution and Logistics, Principles ofOperations Management, Principles of Managing Operations. Program is designed to give youremployees solid foundational knowledge in the field of operations management. It is also calledAPICS. Thus, These all principles provide knowledge among the employees that how to managethe work according to the specified time. It also provides to the best the motivation among theemployees with improving the skills to make informed decisions, and the ability to achieve abetter level of performance.Principal of inventory managementAccording to Ravinder and Kollikkathara, (2017) it is stated that inventory managementprovides the sufficient knowledge among the employees that how to use the raw material andmachinery at the work place. Thus, this technique providing workers with a high knowledge oftheir roles and responsibilities in the control of inventory. Therefore, by using this principle inWilkin & Sons Limited. It can create the positive impact because it provides the propermanagement in inventory it helps to reduce the waste and also reduces the hazardous at the workplace. On the other side, As per the view of it is stated that inventory management is the processwhich provides the knowledge among the employees so, it enhances the level of understanding.Thus, Wilkin & Sons Limited provides the training and development programme to the2
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