Operations and Project Management: Review of Operations Management Principles in Sainsbury's Plc

OPERATIONS AND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction of Sainsbury's's plc......................................................................................................4
P1 ....................................................................................................................................................4
Conduct a review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles within
an organizational context.................................................................................................................4
2. An explanation of operation vs operations management.........................................................4
3. A review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles within
the chosen organization................................................................................................................4
4. An analysis of the extent to which the operations management of the organization in the
case study meets the requirements of the organization................................................................5
M1 ...................................................................................................................................................6
5. Discussion of continuous improvement as a philosophy and describe the Lean principles
including Six Sigma ....................................................................................................................6
P2 ....................................................................................................................................................7
Prepare a continuous improvement plan based on the review and critique of operations
management principles within an organizational context................................................................7
M2 ...................................................................................................................................................8
Analyze the effectiveness of a continuous improvement plan using appropriate theories, concepts
and/or models...................................................................................................................................8
D1 ....................................................................................................................................................8
6.A continuous improvement plan, including your justified recommendations for
improvement, based on your review and critique of operations management principles within
your organization.........................................................................................................................8
7. CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................9
Overview of the case study........................................................................................................10
Explaining each stage of PLC....................................................................................................10
Analysis of project methodologies and tools...............................................................................5
Reviewing and critical evaluation of the effectiveness of project life cycle in the current
project..........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

Introduction of Sainsbury's's plc
The report of operations and operation management has taken Salisbury's as the
organization to understand the operations in the organization and how operations management
works. Sainsbury's is the second largest supermarket in the united kingdom with the market share
of 14.9% in the country (Tak and et.al., 2021). It was started in 1869 with just shop and over the
years it has built a great brand image. It has a large product portfolio and also has many
subsidiaries like Argos, habitat, Sainsbury's bank etc. a great many years of serving the
customers has made operations in the business very robust and flexible which are good enough
to adapt and survive the market changes.
P1
Conduct a review and critique of the implementation of operations
management principles within an organizational context.
2. An explanation of operation vs operations management
Operation management and orations are two very crucial part of the organization which
helps run the business. Operations are the daily activities in a business which allows an
organization to run the business (Salkuti, 2019). On the other hand operation management deal
with the core activity of the business which is an effective conversion of raw material into final
goods, manufacturing, distribution etc. which maximizes the efficiency and profitability of the
company. Sainsbury's Plc is a large organization which has multiple operational activities as it
deals in manufacturing of its own product lines, distribution to different supermarkets of its own.
3. A review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles within the
chosen organization
Operation management is a wider terminology which comprises many activities related to
production, distribution, supply chain, quality control. Raw material procurement etc. all in all
operation management focuses on making the busyness processes really efficient which can
deliver maximum productivity and profitability to the organization (Liu and et.al., 2018). Opened
and closed loop are two vital methods of operations where open is the application of very speedy
and quick method which enhances the business process and closed one is about constantly
monitoring the process of business which can enhance the mechanism to bring a change or
modification in processes to need to make the business better. Sainsbury's is a large organization