Operations Management at Woolworths Group Limited

Running head: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Operations management
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Operational Strategy in Global Context..........................................................................................3
Project Managing implementation of a new operation....................................................................4
Forecasting of demand and resources..............................................................................................5
Location strategy.............................................................................................................................5
Quality Management and Process Design.......................................................................................6
Figure No 1: WQA Standard Pathway (Including GAP Audit)..................................................7
Figure No 2: WQA Standard Pathway (Excluding GAP Audit).................................................8
Inventory Management....................................................................................................................9
Job Design.......................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Woolworths Group Limited is one of the major Australian Company that has a number of
retail stores across Australia and New Zealand. The company which is headquartered in New
South Wales in Australia has annual revenue of more than A$ 55 billion
(woolworthsgroup.com.au 2018). The following report has highlighted the process by which the
management of the company undertakes the operations of the business and has also provided
different elements that makes up the operations of the business. The purpose of the following
report is to determine the different kinds of factors that determine the quality of the service
provided by the company. The operational strategies will thus cover the important aspects or
elements that are undertaken by the management of the organizations to attain success in the
market.
Operational Strategy in Global Context
Operational strategy is one of the many functions of a business organization and is
directly linked to the supervision and the redesigning of the business operation for the production
of different kinds of goods and services. The business organizations can design an effective and
efficient system for using the resources and the different kind of work process by the
procurement of the technologically advanced machineries and the hiring of the competent staff in
the organization. According to, Parkinson (2018) the operational strategy of Woolworth has a
number of different aims. However, the main aim of the organization is to provide the best
products and the best possible services to the customers of the organization. The management of
the company has divided the areas by means of the looks of the supply and manages the
distribution centers and the supply chain. Apart from this it also divides investment in a