Operations Management Individual Report Framework

Operations Management Individual
Report Framework

Table of Contents
Provide background Information to your chosen sector and organization / company....................3
Identify current operations and quality management challenge(s) facing the organization’s /
company’s sector.............................................................................................................................3
Operations challenge.......................................................................................................................4
Identify potential operations and quality management industry and academic research that may
be of value in exploring the challenge using a range of credible sources.......................................4
Identify potential continuous improvement within organizations, industry and academic research
that may be of value in exploring the challenge using a range of credible sources.........................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Provide background Information to your chosen sector and organization /
company.
Operational management is concerned with processes of converting raw material and
labour into goods and services and maintaining efficiency of organisation. Operations
management within automotive industry is very complicated and challenging. Automotive
industry refers to wide range of firms involved in designing and developing, manufacturing,
marketing and selling of motor vehicles Ebrahimi-Nejad and Kheybari, (2017). On the basis of
revenue this is largest industry of world. Automotive industry of UK is a vital part of overall
economy and turnover of industry is more than £78.9 billion. Automotive industry adds value of
around £15.3 billion to the economy of UK. In addition to this, around 180,000 individuals are
employed in manufacturing and additionally 864,000 people are employed across industry UK
Automotive, (2020). Organisation being considered for report is Aston Martin, UK based
manufacturer of luxury sports car and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 and is headquartered
at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, UK. Brands of the company includes Aston Martin and
Lagonda.
Identify current operations and quality management challenge(s) facing the
organization’s / company’s sector.
Excess production- Excess production is an operational challenge that industry is facing
automotive industry in which there is excess production than demand.
Sustainability- Carbon emission and related environmental sustainability have become a key
operational challenge for automotive industry.
Millennial generation demands- Changing demands and differentiated preference of millennial
generation is also a operational and quality challenge for automotive industry.
Retention of talented workforce- This is a quality management talent because increasing use of
technology in cars and vehicles require that industry has suitable workforce Ma et.al., (2020).
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