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Operations management
Table of ContentsASSIGNMENT TASK 1.................................................................................................................1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................1INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................21. Difference between aspects of Boing and Airbus in relation to operations management..22. Examination of the need to make any change in the plan..................................................43. Operations strategy to solve the problems of Boeing.........................................................54. Evaluation of supply management practices......................................................................65. Management of project by using PERT and Gantt chart....................................................76. Tools that are used by Boeing and Airbus..........................................................................97. Role of IT in both the companies.....................................................................................10CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13ASSIGNMENT TASK 2...............................................................................................................14INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................141 Supply chain strategies that impact positively on the organization’s operations strategy142. Push and pull systems can aid the organization in eliminating waste..............................153.3 Initiatives that supply chain management can adopt for firm quality improvement:.....174. Tools to improve the strategies...........................................................................................25. scope in relation to strategy for the future sustainability...................................................2
ASSIGNMENT TASK 1EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOperations management is the process in which the various process that are undertaken inthe business are managed. In the given report the strategies in relation to this are compared inbetween Airbus and Boeing. There are various issues that are faced by Boeing 787 which aredescribed here together with the reasons due to which it is happening. Both the companies arebig competitors of each other and also covers most of the aviation sector. Dreamliner is facingvarious issues in relation to supply and quality of the services and they are also discussed in thisreport. The quality is the issue because it is not being able to be controlled and this due to thefactor that company is having large number of suppliers from whom it will be obtaining itsproducts. There are various other issues also which are faced like the company is not able tomaintain the safety and this was because of the lack of time as the whole process that wasinvolved in this project was delayed and no time was left for this aspect to be taken intoconsideration. The comparison has been made among both the companies on the basis of thetools and the manner in which management is done. By the performance is evaluated and in thebasis of the findings various suggestions are also provided below with the help of which theissues that are identified will be resolved by the company. There are various proposals which areto be evaluated by the company so that the best among them can be chosen and also it is neededthat it should be completed on time and for that there are various techniques which can be usedin order to determine the time that shall be taken and they are PERT or CPM in which theshortest duration is identified. In the global economy there are various technologicaladvancements which are to be used by the company and they are also included in the report. Allof the tools which are used by the companies have been entered in the given assignment.1
INTRODUCTIONIn all the business there are various activities that are required to be performed and it isvery necessary that they should be managed in the most effective manner (Heizer, 2016). Thiswhole process is known as operations management. In this there is the requirement that planshould be changed and it will be examined. The supply chain management that are followed inthe company will be evaluated and any improvements that are to be made in them will also bediscussed together with the manner in which that can be done. In order to find the time taken bythe project PERT will be used and Gantt chart will be prepared with the help of it. Also the roleof information technology will be considered that can be used by the company so thatperformance can be improved.1. Difference between aspects of Boing and Airbus in relation to operations management.In the process of operations management there are various functions that are to beperformed so that the available resources can be used and be converted into the finishedproducts. It is necessary that scope of it should be understood so that the management can bedone in better manner (Slack, 2015).In any business the most important operation that is to beundertaken is the production and there are various such factors due to which it will be affectedsuch as demand and supply, economies and various market conditions, so it is needed that properplan should be formulated by taking the different estimates in relation to the future period.After this it shall be noted that in the process of production labour will be required andalso machinery and for that it will be needed that the available manpower should be allocated tothe various functions so that they can be managed effectively. For this purpose it will be neededto identify that how much employees or workers will be required and then they should be2
recruited by using suitable manner. In order to face the competition, quality will be have to bemaintained as then only customer loyalty will be achieved that is most important in order toretain them. For this purpose proper control shall be established so that quality in the productscan be established.It has been analysed that there are four major factors with the help of which theoperations management will be done and they will include consideration of the cost that will beassociated with the purchases that will be made and also the other cost that will be incurred in theprocess of its storage. Then quality maintenance will be required and standards that are setshould be achieved (Barratt, Choi and Li, 2011). The relations shall be maintained on good noteand by this the suppliers will not create any problems for the company. Also the informationsystem will be required to be maintained so that with the help of it company will be benefitedand also the supplier will be gaining from it.Boeing was also using the operations management and in this various decisions arerequired to be made in relation to various aspects. It will be identified that whether the productwill be manufactured by itself or it have to be purchased from some outside company. There arevarious factors that will be affecting the decision of the company and they are that if thecompany will not be having adequate resources and skills then it will choose to outsource thework (Krajewski, Ritzman and Malhotra, 2013). By this the cost will be saved or it can also besaid that company don't want distract itself and focus on other competencies.The main reason due to which the failure was resulted in Boeing 747 was that it was anew experience for the company and it was not having any knowledge in this field. The materialthat was used in this was different from what was used in the past as it was required to be moreefficient and quieter. It was outsourced by the company due to the same reason as it was nothaving any prior experience in handling the new materials. Due to this reason almost 65% of theparts of the plane have been outsources to different countries in the world and this was done withthe intention to achieve the customers confidence. On the contrary to this Airbus also used thismethod of outsourcing but in its case the parts that were outsourced were only limited to 25%. sothe main problem that arise was due to this process.In addition to this the fire that took place in earlier year has also caused harm as by thatthe battery problem has arise due to which the quality of them was affected. So it can be said that3

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