Operations and Project Management - Assignment
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Operations and Project Management
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4P1 : Implementation of operations management principle.....................................................4M1 : Critical review of implementation of operation management.......................................6TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6P2 : Continuous improvement plan on the basis of operation management principle in thecontext of the organisation.....................................................................................................6M2 : Analysis of effectiveness of continuous improvement plan..........................................8D1 : Theories, models and concepts to justify strategies of Continuous Improvement Plan.8TASK 3............................................................................................................................................91). Overview of the case.........................................................................................................92). Business case for the project ............................................................................................93). Project life cycle................................................................................................................94). Work Breakdown Structure for the Portakabin...............................................................105). Gantt Chart for the Portakabin........................................................................................116). Project methodologies, tools and leadership ..................................................................13TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................14a) Review and critique of effectiveness of PLC ..................................................................14b) Importance of designing and implementing PLC ...........................................................15c) Incorporation of cost saving techniques in PLC..............................................................15d) Different techniques used to ensure quality, scope and tenure........................................15e) Critical analysis of different theories, models and concepts for large and small scaleprojects.................................................................................................................................15f) Critical evaluation of PLC with practical and theoretical framework..............................16CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTIONOperations management is a major function which is concerned with planning,organising, supervising the processes of the organisation to improve the profitability. It includesthe management of both the strategic production and day-to-day production. Operationsmanagement focusses on issues related to the production process rather than the techniques to beused. To make the process efficient various principles are used by the organisation along withsome techniques which improves the process of the organisation. In this report the companytaken for the study is Associated British Foods Plc, which is a UK based retailer of grocery,sugar etc. for which analysis of various principles of operation management is done andcontinuous improvement plan is formulated on the basis of which various techniques will beidentified. Also in this report project life cycle is applied on Portakabin which is a UK's marketleading modular building innovator which the aim to achieve the objectives which are specifiedin the case. TASK 1P1 : Implementation of operations management principleOverview of the company : Associated British Foods Plc is a multinational retailing andfood processing company. Their business is grouped into five business segments : Sugar,Ingredients, Agriculture, Grocery, Retail. The focus of the organisation is to be a brand leader byincreasing efficiency and reducing costs(Operations and Project Management. 2019). AB Foodsprovides a wide variety of affordable, nutritious and good quality products to the consumers. Thecompany has been operating into 50 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, America.To bring efficiency in their operations they invest in latest technology, cost efficient techniquesetc. Operations and Operations Management : Operations is the procedure that is used bythe company to create goods and services. It includes all the activities from purchasing of rawmaterial to turning them into finished goods. While operation management is that area ofmanagement which is concerned with designing and controlling the production process. It alsoensures the efficiency in the process of production so that goods are readily available to themarketing teams to make them available at all the stores (Artto and Vartiainen, 2016).
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