Operations and Project Management: Review, Improvement Plan, Project Life Cycle

Operations
And
Project management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION :.........................................................................................................................1
TASK1:............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Conduct review of the implementation of operation management principles. ...................1
TASK 2:...........................................................................................................................................2
P2: Design the continuous improvement plan and critique of operations management
principle ......................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3: ..........................................................................................................................................5
P3: produce project life cycle and documentation for the projects............................................5
TASK 4: ........................................................................................................................................6
P4: Critique the effectiveness of the PLC using different theories and concepts ......................6
Conclusion: .....................................................................................................................................7
Reference:........................................................................................................................................8
Books and journals: ...................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION :
Operation management is very important function for any organisation as it provide
various different managing activities for the company which helps in achieving the goals and
objectives in the long period of time. The main objective is to have effective operations
management to have unique the product in the market so that company can earn the profits in
the target marketplace. The project management is a preparation,execution of the planned work
so that pre-determine mission and vision can be achieved in the time frame. Under this report,
the Unilever company, which is founded by the William level in the 1929,headquarter in the
London market, offering product like food, energy drink and beverages and various different
beauty and personal care product in the marketplace.
(Aubry and Lièvre, 2016)
TASK1:
P1: Conduct review of the implementation of operation management principles.
The Unilever is a multinational company offering various product and services in the
UK market and to various different international levels. It includes product like food and
beverages and various product according to taste and preferences of the customer. The Unilever
have a headquarter in London and having 15,000 employee contributing in the growth of the
organisation in the longer period of time. The revenue of the company is around the 12.500
billion and total equity is 12.292 billion.
The operations management of the Unilever is that to manage the business operations activities
in the international levels so that organisation are able to achieve their objectives in the most
effective manners. The Unilever company can make implemented the principles of the
operations management in their working environment and gives a plan of produces which helps
them to completed the task in the most productivity manners. The operation management helps
to see the where they stand in the market and helps to accomplished the objectives in the
profitable by giving them the accountability and various ways to increase their perfoarmces in
the organisation.
The operations activities are the plan of actin which are to be followed in the
management levels to complete the task in the most effective manner and in profitable ways. In
the context of Unilever company produce new product and service in the target market by having
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proper planing process and good budgeting limit for various goods and services in the
marketplace. The operations management include the managing the various activates in the
production process to have more revenue in the present as well as coming years. It is ongoing
functions where focus is on the managing the various goods and services.
Principles of operations management: (Bryde, 2003)
Reality: under this principle the aim focus is given on the reality of the company
position in the market place and see what and how the new product can be launched in the target
market. The manager and leader of the Unilever focus on having the market investigation to
know about the whether the new product launched in the market are successful or not in the
work environment.
Organisation: under this situations, various department are connected to each other so
that task can be completed in the effective manner. The manager of Unilever make sure that all
the department work in coordination so that information is transferred in correct manner and
impressive manner.
Fundamental: Under this principles, the company focus in maintain all the inventory
records and another fundamental accounts which helps in having smooth function in the
company. The manager aim is to reduce the cost of the product and wastage of raw materiel in
the production process so that profits can be earn in market.
Accountability: the manager of the Unilever, maintain the proper books of accounts to
have information about the various department and have effective accountability in the
management levels. The accountant is appointed to have all information about the expense and
income in the management levels. (Cooper. and Budd, , 2007)
Variance: this principle focus on reducing the cost of production , the manager aim is to
reduce the cost of the operations activities and enhance the profits for the particular product in
the target market place.
Causality: the operations management include the various problem in relation to
different requirement of the project such as capital resources, shipment of the product and etc .
The manger look after that all the activities are performed in the effective and productivity
manner.
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