Operational Management Practices in Sainsburry's: A Critical Evaluation

This report evaluates the operational management practices in Sainsburry's and how they influence the organisational efficiency. It also evaluates the specified technology embedded in the organisation and supporting functions linked with operational management practices. The report discusses the principles of total quality management, customer focus, involvement of employees, process-centered, decision based on facts, constant improvements, and communication channels. The report also discusses the use of artificial intelligence technology, digital infrastructure, and feedback system in the workplace. The report concludes by discussing the various supporting functions linked with operational management practices and how they help the organisation to gain success in the future.

Operations and Service
Management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Operational management practice within the chosen organisation..............................................1
Critically evaluating how operational management practices influence organisational
efficiency......................................................................................................................................3
Evaluating on how specified technology has been embedded in the organisation......................4
Various Supporting functions linked with operational management practices and evaluating
how they help the organisation to gain success in future ............................................................6
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Operations management includes various factors which helps the organisation to achieve
the goals and objectives effectively. The main focus is manage the working operations smoothly
in an effective manner (Zurich, and Documentation, 2018). There are various new innovative
ideas which the company could implement in order to become more profitable in the market.
Sainsburry's is a retail supermarket which provides everyday essential product to the consumers.
The company has seen an immense growth in the market due to ethical practices. The report
aims to analyse about understanding operations management in a systematic manner. On the
other hand, there will be brief discussion about how the operations management can impact the
company overall efficiency. Along with that, there will be evaluation about the technological
factors which could help the company to gain a competitive advantage in the market. For further
instance, there will be discussion about the operation management practice which assist in
ensuring the organisational success.
MAIN BODY
Operational management practice within the chosen organisation
Operations management is the process of deigning and controlling various factors to
manage the working operations of the company. There are various transformative ideas which
the company can include to offer best quality products to the consumers in the market. The
operations management needs to effectively coordinate with various other employees to boost
the overall performance of the company. The management of the operations is the main work
responsibility of the manager (Victorino, and et.al 2018). It includes product design, forecasting,
supply chain management etc.
Total quality management (TQM) can help the organisation to improve the quality of the
products. This will help them to maintain a positive brand integrity in the market. There are
various duties which the operation manager ensures to fulfil in a systematic way. This particular
techniques involves various strategies and tools which could be used to develop a healthy
working environment in which the employees attain maximum productivity. This will be
beneficial for the company. Various principles and total quality management of sainsburry's is
mentioned below:
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 Customer Focused – This is one of the most crucial factor in this practice the
organisation can offer the best quality products to the consumers. The main work
responsibly of the organisational manager is to provide right training to the employees to
gain maximum productivity. They can implement new technology to provide better
services to the customers. This helps the organisation to boost the sales and achieve a
sustainable performance in the market. In relevance to Sainsburry's the organisation focus
on improving their services to gain maximum customer satisfaction in the industry.
 Involvement of employees – In this principle the employees work in an effective way to
achieve the organisational goals and objectives in the market. The employees can
innovate new ideas to make the company more profitable in the industry. There are
continuous improvements which the company could implement in the workplace.
Sainsburry's provides the best quality products to the consumers at an affordable rate in
the market. It helps them to attract most customers towards their brand.
 Process – centred – In the quality management there is an important process which
includes the delivery of the goods to various consumers. The manager can monitor the
performance to comply with all the standards which is established by the organisation.
Sainsburry's offers fresh quality products to the consumers (Ray, Alani, and Ahmad,
2022). They are using the digital ways in this with the help of websites the consumers can
buy the products.
 Decision are based on facts - The management needs to implement an constant process
in which they make different decisions for the betterment of the company in the desired
industry. The managers of sainsburry's main objective is to provide quality products to
the consumers. This will help them to gain a competitive advantage over different brands
which are present in the market.
 Constant improvements – It is refereed to one of the most crucial factor of the quality
management practices. There are various unique ideas which the company could
implement to achieve and overall growth in the market. The expectations of the
stakeholders is fulfilled when the company achieve the desired goals and objectives.
 Communication Channels – The manager needs to develop a cordial relationship with
the employees to improvise the productivity of the workplace. With the changing trends
of the market they had to critically make improvements. Effective communication can
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help the manager to make the employees understand about the new process. They can
boost their morale to achieve various targets in the market. At sainsburry's the mangers
developed an effective communication channel to overcome different challenges which
arises in the workplace. They manage the working operations in a timely manner.
These elements are considered one of the important aspects which helps the organisation
to maintain the quality of their products and services. The whole process covers carious
improvements which the company could initiated. Effective quality management is beneficial for
the sainsburry's to achieve various new targets in the market. They can offer better quality
products to the consumers at an affordable rate (Keskinocak, and Savva, 2020). This will help
them to gain a competitive advantage in the market. These tools are not easy to use they take
time to see the different which happens in the workplace.
Critically evaluating how operational management practices influence organisational
efficiency
The main motive of the quality management practices is to satisfy the customers by
providing the best quality products and services. Adoption of the management quality practices
can help the company to ensure that they are providing good quality products to the consumers.
With the changing trends the organisations needs to focus on the needs and wants of the
customers in an effective manner (Bordoloi, Fitzsimmons, and Fitzsimmons, 2019). The
company can improve their efficiency and boost their sales. They can manage to achieve a
sustainable performance in the market by complying with various factors. The optimum
utilisation of the resources is also important for the organisation.
Managers of Sainsburry's has adopted various new quality management practices through
which the company provide best products to the consumers. This will help the organisation to
gain a competitive advantage in the market. The management of sainsburry's ensures that the
employees make the products and services by complying with all the quality standards which is
established by the organisation (Wang, and.et.al 2021). There are various managers which posses
right experience to offers various products in the market which attains maximum customer
satisfaction. With the changing market market trends the organisation has establish a digital
infrastructure in the workplace. This helps the brand to carry out the operations smoothly in the
company. The structure of the organisation is agile this helps the company to maintain the
efficiency levels. The supply chain of the company is also systematic it helps the company to
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distribute the products and services in various regions. The organisation optimize the resources
systematically it helps them to function better in the market.
Sainsburry's management comply with all the regulations to maintain excellent quality of
their products. The employees get proper instructions form the tp management to maintain the
quality of the products. The organisation provide right training and development to the
employees which help them to improvise the overall productivity of the workplace. There are
various managers which enhance the overall productivity of the company. Due to their ethical
practices they had management to achieve greater results in the market. Maintaining the quality
of the products and services is expensive in every manner (Leimeister, 2020). Sainsburry's has
recruited a talented team which checks the quality of the products in a systematic manner.
Through this they attain maximum customer satisfaction and offer great quality products. It is
essential for the organisation to understand the customer preferences and provide the products
according to the needs and wants. The operation manager can create new innovative ideas to
improve the quality of products by enhancing the employees contribution towards the goals and
objectives. Most of the companies fails to comply with the quality standards. Managers of
Sainsburry's has to improve the overall quality of the products to gain a competitive advantage in
the industry(Prashar, 2021). With the changing dynamics the retail industry is become more
risky and the company needs to use right approaches to maintain a stable position in the market.
In order to achieve more sales they had to acquire the market in a significant manner and offer
great quality products to the consumers.
Evaluating on how specified technology has been embedded in the organisation
Sainsburry's use the digital stores as well as the offline stores to manage the operations in
an effective manner. The organisation use various promotion techniques with the new changing
trends it includes digital marketing and social websites. This will help the company to boost their
overall sales in the market. Most of the companies in today's world has implemented various new
technological factors in the workplace (Charles, Emrouznejad, and Gherman, 2022). In relation
to sainsburry's they are using artificial intelligence technology to provide great quality products
in the market. This will help the company to attract a lot of potential customers in the retail
industry. The use of online deliver y services has increased more in the industry. As a response
to this sainsburry's has made a website to enrich the lives of different customers. Through this
website the customers can buy the essential products online. The organisation deliverer the
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products at different individuals doorstep. It is a very fast pace service which help the company
to great results in the market. The company use the artificial intelligence technology to provide
better services to the customers. There are various new trends which are increasing in the retail
industry and the company has to manage their working operations in accordance to the new
dynamics. Sainsburry's has implemented the feedback system in the workplace. It helps them the
company to improve various aspect in which they are lacking. They can focus on the demands of
the customers and through this the company has managed to achieve greater results in the
market. With the help of right ethics and values the company has maintain the standards of their
products and services (Liu, Tong, Xu, and Akkiraju, 2020). The company purchase the raw
materials from various manufactures they had implemented the artificial intelligence technology
to manage the supply and logistics chain. With the help of technology the organisation has
managed to innovate new ideas to achieve sustainable performance in the retail industry.
For proper adoption and improving the quality management services. The managers of
Sainsburry's use the technological factors to improve the overall services in the market. There are
various technologies which help the company to gain a competitive advantage among different
competitors. The implementation of technological advancements helps the company achieve
various goals and objectives in a significant way. They are fastly adopting to the new and
improved way (Zurich, nd Documentation, 2018). The organisation had seen an exponential
growth in the market. There are various machinery through which the operations manager
manages the line of production in the market. This helps the brand to function better they had
managed to achieve greater results in the industry. The organisation is also using the competitive
pricing strategy to fulfil the demands of the customers and offer great quality products.
Sainsburry's technology advancements in the workplace helps them to attain various
targets. They use the technology to measure the performance of the employees. They asses
various critical factors and help the employees to improvise their efforts in a systematic manner.
With greater productivity the workplace manages to carry out the operations smoothly. There are
various extra expenses and costs which are minimized and the operational costs is also reduced.
There are various barriers which could be easily eliminated by upgrading to the new
technology. Sainsburry's needs to improve their digital infrastructure to achieve greater results in
the market. The organisation can improve the overall efficiency by using the technological
advancements.
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Various Supporting functions linked with operational management practices and
evaluating how they help the organisation to gain success in future
There are various organisational functions which are directly linked with the operational
management. The organisation can improve the productivity and efficiency in a systematic
manner. Managers of sainsburry's has implemented various technological advancements in the
workplace. The quality management practices helps them to gain a competitive advantage in the
market. There are various departments in which the company use quality management practices
to offer quality products to the consumers (Benzaid, and Taleb, 2020). The distribution of the
supply chain management system helps the organisation to achieve a sustainable performance in
the market. The management of sainsburry 's use various leadership styles to improvise the
productivity of the workplace and manage the working operations. The company provides the
right training to the employees. It help the workforce to achieve an efficient growth in the future.
The management can make various plans to achieve sustainable performance in the market.
There are various productive outcomes by following systematic process in the company.
Managers of the company contributes them in a systematic manner.
There is one more function which is related to the operational management is the finance.
The organisation has maintain the documentation effectively. While using the new technology
huge budget is needed. Sainsburry's involved themselves in various joint ventures to achieve
greater results in the market. The management take the help of tools to manage the financial
operations of the company.
Operational management practices is used in different levels of the company to make the
organisation function in a better way. Sainsburry 's use a systematic process in the workplace to
achieve greater results in the market (Bordoloi, Fitzsimmons, and Fitzsimmons, 2019). Through
this they improvise the overall productivity of the workplace and various strategies to achieve
the future objectives in an appropriate manner. The company enhances the marketing strategy
and achieve new heights in the retail industry. There are various other competitors present in the
market. The company use the right approaches in order to gain a competitive edge.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has concluded that the organisation needs use various
frameworks and tools in order to gain a competitive advantage in the market. On the other hand
there will be brief discussion about various operational management exercise which helps the
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company to achieve a sustainable performance in the industry. Along with that, there will be
brief discussion about quality standards techniques which helps the corporation to improvise the
quality of their products and services. They can attain maximum customer satisfaction in the
market. For further instance, there will be evaluation about the embedded technology which the
organisation has implemented in the workplace. This will help them to boost the sales and
turnover of the company in a significant manner.
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