Review and Critique of Operations Management Part 1 Project Life Cycle Part 2

Review and Critique of
Operations management
Part 1 Project life cycle
Part 2

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
PART 1 BUSINESS REPORT........................................................................................................1
About company.........................................................................................................................1
Explanation of understanding towards operations vs operations management.................2
Review along with critique of using of principles of operations management....................2
Evaluation of extent to operations management of firm could fulfil requirement of
company.....................................................................................................................................3
Understanding of continuous improvement along with description of lean principles......4
Continuous improvement plan along through recommendations for having
improvement on basis of review of principles in company...................................................5
PART 2 PROJECT PORTFOLIO...................................................................................................8
Overview of project case study................................................................................................8
Explanation of stages of project life cycle which applies to project.....................................8
Analysis as well as evaluation of project methods as well as tools.....................................11
Review and critique of analysis of effectiveness of project life cycle in relation to project
through theories as well as concepts......................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Operation management basically explained to be a department of management cement that
is concerned with controlling as well as designing method of production as well as redesigning
business practices in relation to manufacturing of product. Whereas project management is
considered to be a method of carrying out work in a team for achieving out business objectives
by fulfilling a success criterion in a particular time scale. There is a primary issue of project
management is to achieve their project objectives within a specified period of time. As this report
is based on review along with critique of Operation Management as well as project life cycle
(Zhu, 2021). This report is based in two sections which is part 1 as well as part 2. As with that
part 1 is based on a business report of operation management which is related to Costa coffee
that is a coffee House chain along with a subsidiary of Coca-Cola as it could consist of overview
of company, discussion towards understanding of operations vs operation management, review
as well as critique of using of Operation Management principles, basis of extent towards
operation management for company that could fulfil requirements, understanding of continuous
improvement by having a description of lean principle, continuous improvement plan
formulation with having proper justified recommendations in order to improve bases critique of
operation management. And part 2 is based on a project that is Midland which carries 1,250
employees on their site that has a construction project and it could consist of overview of project
of case study, explanation of different stages of project life cycle that are applied in project,
evaluation of different project methodologies along with tools, critique as well as review of
evaluation of effectiveness of project life cycle in relation to project theories as well as concept
along with its conclusion.
MAIN BODY
PART 1 BUSINESS REPORT
About company.
Costa coffee is a British coffee House chain and a subsidiary of Coca-Cola by having up
headquarter in Dunstable, England. As company was founded in in 1971 in London by two
brothers Bruno along with Sergio Costa as being a wholesale operation selling roasted coffee to
get along with specialise in Italian coffee shops (Baah, Acquah and Ofori, 2021). As company is
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having 2,121 restaurants along with over 6,000 cause the express wedding services with 1,280
outlet stores.
Explanation of understanding towards operations vs operations management.
Operations:
Operations basically involves various activities that are required to create along with
delivery company’s product along with facilities to their customers. It is basically referred to as a
practical task along with different elements that could involve practical implementation of
principles and process. Operations could carry through different activities of practices in relation
to companies for meeting out their desired objectives and goals.
Operations management:
Operations management is primarily said to be an administration of business operations that
are to be carried for creating out higher level of effectiveness which could be possible in
company (Kirmizi and Kocaoglu, 2021). As it is basically associated with working out materials
along with labour methods into finished product as well as services for maximizing profitability
level of company. Operation management basically relates to company’s management of
inventory by having a proper supply chain. As for having an effective operation management
professionals of operation in relation to company should be capable to carry out their work
according to requirements.
Review along with critique of using of principles of operations management.
There are different principles which are necessary in order to have efficiency in carrying out
business practices in company. In relation to cost of various operation management practices that
is followed by company are explained as follows:
 Principle of quality controlling: As this operation Management rule basically referred to
quality controlling that is important for their practices. It is essential to have a quality
product that is to be manufactured (Arantes and Ferreira, 2021). As products which are
produced with effective quality could generate a negative impact on performance of
company. In relation to Costa coffee company is carrying up quality control principle in
their practices for providing out quality served coffee along with food items to their
customers for increasing out their satisfaction level.
 Principle of education and training management: This principle of operation
management is basically referred in terms of providing out training as well as improving
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