Operational Management Strategies and Environmental Factors at ASDA

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of operational management within ASDA. It delves into various approaches, including Total Quality Management (TQM), lean management, and Just-In-Time (JIT) methods, highlighting their roles in enhancing efficiency, customer satisfaction, an...Read More

Management and operations

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Introduction
 Effective approaches of the operational management
 Importance of the management of operations in
accomplishment of goals
 Environmental factors which affects the decision making and
operational management of the leader and manager in the
business
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 This report includes various approaches of management of operation in the business of
Asda.
 Determination of relationship between the management and leadership in the different
environment of business.
 In achieving the objectives of business operation management plays an important role
because proper planning, controlling and directing are done by them.
 Management of business operations refers to the effective policies and practices which
helps to maintain the efficiency of the company in the different condition of the market.
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Effective approaches of the operational
management
 In the business of ASDA, leader and manager uses different approaches of operational
management.
 These approaches helps the business gain the advantages of the competition and
achieve the success and growth in the current and future condition by improving the
quality of the products and services.
 It will increase the efficiency in policy and practices of the production of services and
products.
 Some examples of the operational management approaches are Total quality
management, lean management and jut in time method.

Cont..
Total Quality Management (TQM):
TQM is the continuous method which helps in eliminating the risk of
production, make sure that the employees are well trained and increases the
satisfaction of the customer by delivering the quality products and services.
This method will helps the manager and leader to reduces the errors in the
process of production, managing the supply chain and improving the experience
of customer. With the help of this approach, the manager set the target to
maintain the quality of the products and services in the business.
Leader guides the activities of the employees so that they will work properly
in the workplace and produces the products and services with the effective and
efficient quality. It is the customer focused process which aims to improve the
performance of the business on the regular basis.
The leader motivates their subordinates which helps them to eliminates the
risk and errors in managing the business activities.

Cont..
Lean management:
• Lean management is the method which focuses on the
improvement in efficiency and quality of products and services
by regular improvements of business operation. It is a long term
approach which work to achieve the profits of the business.
• It helps the business to identify their value by solving the
problem of the customer.
• The aim of this approach is to reduces the waste of business and
achieve the satisfaction of the customer with providing the
quality products and services to them.

Cont…
Just In Time (JIT):
• JIT is the strategy of the company in which products and
services are ordered and received which is required in the
process of production.
• This process will works to reduces the errors and cost of
production function of the company. Asda use this method
which protects them from the use of extra inventory and
improves the production process.
• This method will decrease the cost of inventory and increases
the inventory turnover in the business.
• The manager will plays an important role to make the best
plan to increase productivity and sales of business in the
market.

Importance of the management of operations
in accomplishment of goals
 Operations management refers to the method which aims to achieve the objectives of
company in an effective manner.
 It helps company to improve the image and make effective presence of the organization
in economy by proper utilization of resources.
 The importance of management of operations can be understood as it helps the
company to improve the overall productivity, better decision-making in management
and helps in gaining competitive advantage in the industry.
 It will increases the productivity of Asda by improving the design and quality of the
products and services.

Cont…
 Quality improvement - Asda has a wide range of products and services for its
customers where quality of service plays a crucial role in keeping the customers
satisfied and maintain the brand name. Operations of management helps the company
in keeping the costs low and delivering products in a timely manner. Successful
implementation of the operations of management helps in cost efficiency for reaching
the production targets and also to retain the customers.
 Technological up-gradation- Methods of Operations management are helps the
company to upgrade the technology of production of its products and services along the
new designs. ASDA aims to keep its products and services updated with the latest
technology to gain the competitive advantage in the retail industry.

Cont…
 Optimum utilization of resources -Operations management leads to optimum
utilization of resources leading to enormous profits for the company with the high level
of cost efficiency. ASDA believes in utilizing all the resources to its utmost use by
proper implementation of operations management.
 Customer Satisfaction– Approaches of Operations management are implements to
various business activities that take place within the company and contributes in
making the products and services to align the customers satisfaction and keeping up
with the requirements. It can be understood as the heart of an organization's
management as it controls the entire working. ASDA aims to keep the customers
satisfied with all the product quality and the services it offers.

Environmental factors affecting decision
making and operational management.
 There are various internal and external factors which affects the decision-making of
manager and leader of the business.
 Business environment have lots factors which influence the operational management of
the business.
 To improve the quality of products and services the manager of the Asda takes various
effective decision in the business.

Cont…
External factors:
Corporate social responsibilities:
• CSR states that the company protect the environment , employees and customer by
investing large amount of money in the business. Leader and manager takes the decision
to protect the environment which do not affects the business operation and practices.
Value ethics:
• It involves the actions of the employees towards the business. It helps to determine the
relation between the person and their goals. This factor have huge impact on the decision
making policy because manager takes the decision which makes the effective employees
which reaches to the goals and objectives.

Cont…
Internal factors
Physical resources:
• It involves the plant and machinery which is used by the company to make their
business effectively.
• This factors affects the decision making policy of leader and manager because they
implement the new and advanced which do not harm the employees and increases the
productivity of business.

CONCLUSION
 To meet the target of company operation and management have lots of effectiveness
because it helps to increase the productivity, improve performance level of employees
working in the organisation.
 To improve the quality of goods and services manager and leader uses different
approaches in their business such total quality approach, lean management method and
just in time method.
 Company have to face various factors of business management which affects the
decision making policy of the leader and manager.
 To reach the growth of organisation in the different competitive environment leader
motivates their team members to perform all the functions in the most appropriate
manner

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