Operations Management: Process Analysis and Improvement

Operations
management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Detailed map of current process.........................................................................................1
2. Analyse the process for possible improvements using operations management frameworks.
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a. Process improvement mean to organisation.......................................................................6
b. Factors influence future state..............................................................................................6
c. What processes exist to ensure continuous improvement? Are these processes adequate and
if not, how could they be improved?......................................................................................7
d. How does the organisation map onto models of operation strategy-transformation-impact –
CSR factors.............................................................................................................................7
3. Critically discuss the benefits, quantitative and qualitative, of your ‘improved’ process and
reflect your observations of the organisation.........................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Operation management is regarded as administration of entities activities for developing
the largest efficiency level possible into firm. This is related with transforming material as well
as labour into products or services as efficaciously as possible to enhance organisational
profitability. Moreover, it is an obligatory for entities in managing their day to day practices
smoothly (Bazmohammadi and et. al., 2018). As by this, firm may able to make effective
utilisation of their resources such as money, raw material and many more The organisation
undertaken in this report is Humphries Weaving which is a growing British manufacturer of
custom Jacquard fabrics. Its headquarters is in UK. This report covers detailed map of current
operation process, operation management, tools and techniques used for findings and
recommendations and analysis of process for possible improvements using operations
management frame work. Apart from this, benefits, quantitative and qualitative, of firm's
‘improved’ process and reflection related to their observation are discussed in this report.
MAIN BODY
1. Detailed map of current process.
Operation management generally involves planning, organising as well as directing
procedures as well as perform essential developments for gaining more profit. Operation process
converts the raw material into finished products. In simple term, it have been said that this
process transforms inputs to outputs. Inputs are things such as labour, equipment, information,
money and many others. Moreover, outputs are goods, services and the consumer satisfaction
level which they feel after purchasing goods (Copil, Truong and Dustdar, 2015).
In addition to all this, their textile research and consultancy of respective organisation
shows an integral part of weaving as well as designing procedures for Humphries Weaving. As
in it, they undertake in- depth research for its customers. Also, the manufacturing of fabrics
initiates with pre-production team who develop warp as well as weft yarns that involves
specialists on site dying as well as testing. Respective organisation perform into conjunction with
weavers who operates their latest Jacquard looms generations. Also for its historic restoration
work, the respective organisation utilise traditional structures of fabrics woven like satin, lusting,
ottoman, amure, damsk, tissue as well as brocatelle that specially famous into silk. It another
interesting plans are woven in wool or cotton mixes for developing bombazine, repps and ribs.
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Regularly, they develops its own unique as well as modern structures for contemporary
development in which it utilises the dryer linen handle, viscose flax as well as cotton. Humphries
Weaving's specialise to design custom Jacquard weaving so its operation process includes yarn
operating, warping, wavering, tackling, inspection and despatching by their production system in
efficient manner for assuring that clients receives standard quality of woven fabric. Moreover,
this is the production procedures of respective company that they are utilising currently. Also, its
production teams of yarns operatives, wrappers, weavers, tacklers, inspectors as well as despatch
employees who assures every order is considered through their manufacturing system effectively
for assuring that its consumers receives standard quality of woven fabric. Each job they
undertake is custom woven. It may weave as little as 15 metre into length upon stock yarn shades
as well as may accommodate custom lengths for particular dye colours. They plan every scheme
upon individual basis wile assuring that they manage the consumers needs at each level. Their
team related to yarn operative delegate wrap as well as weft thread to individual jobs form a
secure stock controlled atmosphere. As this allocation is developed into wraps on- site utilising
upgraded machinery. Then they trained their weavers as well as tacklers for operating as well as
maintaining its art jacquards looms state, observing quality throughout their weaving process
then try to resolve the issues which they are facing.
As trial is an essential parts of Jacquard weaving as well as design development process.
But they do not produce trail for an individual project, it undertake hand-loom sampling upon
select project an weaving of Jacquard with the help of loom equipments as this allows them to
become flexible and manufacture small part of material for customers to approve the colour and
quality.
Key Issues:
They are facing some kinds of issues that are more wastage, inconsistent works and
others. Moreover, their each and every project is unique as well as they develops ordinary
custom colour so this leads time so they are also going through the problems of more time
consuming (Helleno and et. al., 2015). Also, as the respective organisation produce their
products as per customisation of customers due to which they do not hold any kinds of fabrics
stocks. This will be also the issue for them as if clients wants to see the fabrics they can not able
to shows them in tangible way which impact its sales in negative manner.
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