Operations and Project Management

UNIT 16- OPERATIONS
AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
Management and operation are that part of company without which it cannot function
properly. This is crucial for the company to have effective operation management because it is
responsible for the success of the company (Soares, Soltani and Liao, 2019). The present report
in its first part will discuss about the operation management of company Bakkavor. This is a
company which was established in 1986 by Agust and Lydur Gudmundsson for manufacturing
and exporting seafood.
The current report will discuss about the principles and analysis of the operation
management of the company. Also, after analysis the plan for improvement will be made. In the
second part of the report the HS 2 project will be discussed. The High Speed 2 is a high- speed
railway in UK. The report here will discuss the project plan of HS 2 and in accordance to that the
WBS and Gantt chart. In the end the different methodology of project and effectiveness of the
PLC of the project will be discussed.
PART 1
Introduction to Bakkavor
The company is an international food manufacturing company which is specializing in
preparing fresh food products. The company deals in a wide variety of food products like soups,
vegetables, desserts, pizzas, salads, ready meals and a wide variety of different foods. The
company employs around 17000 people within UK and the major customers of the company are
grocery retailers in UK. The vision of the company is to lead the way of bringing good tasting
freshly prepared food to the consumers all over the world. The purpose of the company is to
produce the innovative and successful food in accordance to the latest trends of quality and
freshness.
Operation and operation management
The operation is the department within the company which is responsible for the decision
taken for all the activities relating to the production like inventory management, distribution,
supply chain management and all the other related activities (Godhania, Ramanathan and
Ramanathan, 2019). The operations of Bakkavor includes the designing and maintenance of the
system which are used in order to produce the foods. On the other hand, operation management

is the function of operations department in managing all the activities which assist in the whole
production process.
It is the responsibility of operation management to ensure that the inventory is provided
on time, all the machines and equipment are updated and good to use. Also, the operation
management of Bakkavor includes proper planning, organizing and controlling of the whole
process of production so the good products are produced (Papachristos and et.al., 2018).
Implementation of principles of operation management
The operation management is having a crucial role in proper management of the products
to be produced by Bakkavor. Thus, for effective management of the operations of the company
there are certain principles which can be applied for effective operations. These are as follows-
Lean syncronisation- This is a principle which help the company in manufacturing its
product and services by focusing on the minimization of the waste and maximization of the
productivity and profitability. There are many different types of waste which can occur at time of
producing the goods and services like excess inventory, over production, unnecessary
transportation, defects and many other types of waste. Thus, lean principle focuses on removing
all these defects and smoothening the flow of production. Here, Bakkavor uses this for
minimizing the food wastages which is currently the biggest issue. In production of fresh food
some of the wastage occurs and thus, for its minimization the company is following food waste
hierarchy and prioritise the destination of waste.
Six sigma- This is a principles of operation management which focuses on the
improvement of the product. Here the major focus of this principle is on the increment of
consumer satisfaction by improving the quality of the products and be elimination of the defects
in the process of production. The main objective of using this principle is improving the quality
of the food products used by Bakkavor for producing food. For instance, if Bakkavor is planning
to change some raw materials then first it will try to find the quality of the goods and then will
design a plan for its use in the production. Then it will produce a small sample to ensure that the
other raw material is good for the final product and if not then some changes will be made after
testing of sample (Yang and et.al., 2017).
Analysis of operation management of Bakkavor
The operation management of Bakkavor includes a wide range of series of steps which
the company need to follow in order to manufacture the food products. The manufacturing of