Operations and Project Management

Operations and
Project Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SECTION-A....................................................................................................................................3
1 .About the organisation.......................................................................................................3
2 .Operation vs operations management................................................................................3
3 .Review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles on
organisation............................................................................................................................4
4 .Analyse the extent to which the operations management of the organisation in the case
study meets the requirements of the organisation..................................................................4
5 . Discuss continuous improvement as a philosophy and describe the Lean principles. .....4
6 .Prepare continuous improvement plan based on your review and critique of operations
management principles...........................................................................................................5
7 .Recommendations that improve the operations function using continuous improvement
principles................................................................................................................................6
SECTION-B.....................................................................................................................................6
1 .An overview of the case study............................................................................................6
2 .A description of the PLC and its stages..............................................................................7
3 .Business case......................................................................................................................7
4 .Critical analysis of the rationale for the project methodologies, tools and leadership
methods you have implemented within the PLC for your project..........................................9
5 .Evaluation of the effectiveness of the PLC and differentiation between large and small-
scale projects in respect to PLC..............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Operations management in an organisation makes sure that the overall operation are
continuously running efficiently an delivering to the customers whereas project management is
considered as temporary process for producing unique and creative product and services. Tesco
is taken as the base company for this report. Tesco is a groceries and merchandise retailer,
headquartered in UK. In this report, there are two sections which covers different segments. In
first part, it covers comparison between operation and operations management with
implementation principles. It also covers the review and critique for implementing the operations
management principles and analysis the requirements of the organisation with respect to
operations management. Furthermore, also contain continuous improvement principles and lean
principles with its recommendations. In second part of report, it includes a case study and
explanation project life cycle and the evidence how it will apply in the project. At last, rationale
of project methodologies and critical evaluation of the effectiveness of project life cycle with
differentiating project life-cycle for small-scale and large project is explained.
SECTION-A
1.About the organisation
Tesco is a multinational company which is specialised in selling of food to fashion. This
company was found in 1919 by Jack Cohen. Tesco was named when Cohen purchased a
shipment tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined last three initials with fist two letters of name.
Tesco is operating in various areas and also launched their own stores such as Tesco Bank, Tesco
Mobile and many more.
2.Operation vs operations management
Operations Operation Management
 Operations refers to all the activities
that are essential to create and
delivering the organisation's goods and
services to their customers (Ball and
Lunt, 2020).
 Operation management refers to the
management of overall business
operations which includes designing,
management and improvement of the
systems that creates the goods and

 Operations can be changed as the
business grows. Tesco can change its
production and manufacturing chain
according to the customer demands.
services.
 The decision-making is related to the
regular activities of the business
(Bjorvatn and Wald, 2018). In context
to Tesco, it refers to the overall
business activities are occurred.
3.Review and critique of the implementation of operations management principles on
organisation.
In context to the selected company, there are different types of operations management
principles that are implemented on an organisation for making effective and efficient
productivity and profitability which are mentioned below-
Six sigma: Six sigma is considered as a data-driven approach which use statistical
methodology for reducing defects. This tool is used to improve the organisation by eliminating
common errors (Bochtis, Sorensen and Kateris, 2018). In reference to Tesco, using six sigma
helps in increasing the profitability by lowering the expenditure and it also enhances the
motivation and loyalty of employees. The organisation will gain benefits if the authorities make
sure that the model is implement in an effective manner.
JIT: Just in time is refers to improving of the overall process of operations, quality,
product output and design by eliminating waste. In reference to Tesco, it helps in maintaining
balance between supplier and user flexibility.
4.Analyse the extent to which the operations management of the organisation in the case study
meets the requirements of the organisation
In the selected company, the operations management helps in handling of issues such as
manufacturing of plants, implementing the structure of IT network and many more. It also make
sure to remove waste and for implementation, they use lean principle which is a process of
removing the waste from the organisation which leads in improving operations such that they can
produce higher quantity products at a lower price.