Analysis of Operational Management Strategies for Apple Inc.

This report provides an overview of operational management, focusing on its application within Apple Inc. It delves into key approaches such as Six Sigma, lean principles, and total quality management, highlighting their benefits and implementation strategies. The report explores the role of leaders and managers in operational decision-making, emphasizing the importance of employee empowerment and understanding the impact of internal and external factors, including corporate social responsibility. It discusses the importance of operational management in achieving business objectives, such as increased sales and reduced waste, and provides insights into how Apple Inc. can enhance its operational efficiencies through various methods. The conclusion summarizes the significance of effective operational management and its contribution to the overall success of the company.

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Table of Content
 Introduction
 Key approaches to the operational management and role of the leaders and
managers.
 Benefits of Six Sigma
 Key operational approaches to operational management and their values
 The importance and the values of operational management
 The impact of external environment in business decision-making
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Operations management is the area in which management in relation with the
designing as well as controlling. It is the procedure which produces and
redesigning the operations of the business so the company can produce
goods and services. This includes planning, organizing and controlling of
managerial functions. This also includes he management of people,
information, technology and equipment. There are various resources which
are needed to produce goods and services.

Key approaches to the operational
management and role of the leaders
and managers
There are various approaches related to operations management to conduct
and operate the activities successfully. These theories can be adopted by the
managers and leaders of Apple Inc. so that the goals of the company can be
achieved effectively.

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Six sigma- This is a statistical tool used by the company as an effective
technique which eliminates the defects occurred at the time of production.
This procedure includes the improvement and measurement of the
operational activities. This is a tool which allows Apple Inc. to maintain
the customer relations through meeting needs and wants of the customers
and this results in maintaining the sustainability of the product which is
offered by the company.

Benefits of Six Sigma To Apple Inc.
 It will provide the business
with the road map to operate
their business which will help
them to reduce the operational
costs and all the unnecessary
cost which is occurring in the
business.

Key approaches to the operational
management and role of the leaders
and managers.
Lean principles- This is an effective process which can be used by the
company so that they can identify the needs of their customers and how much
they want the product of the company. Through using this effective process
company will develop new strategies and plan so that the company can
improve their overall performance. The mangers and leaders of the Apple Inc.
are using this approach so that they can reduce the wastage of their production
activities so that they can achieve their goals.

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Total quality management- This approach involves three attributes that are
total, quality and management. The total depicts that every employees of the
company involved in the operations of the company and quality depicts the
quality of product and management involves managing the quality of the
products. This method allows Apple Inc. to ensure that they are serving best
quality as this allow managers and leaders to make responsible the person as the
duties in this approach is divided.

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The business of Apple inc. must focus on the successful implementation of
the process of total quality management for this some essential steps are
required to be followed by the company :
Commitment : The business like Apple inc. must focus on the
commitment that has been done by the top management to their prior customer
about the quality of the products and all the aspects of the business. To
achieving the commitment the company must provide training on the regular
basis so that the quality of the products can be enhanced.

Principle of Total Quality management
The company like Apple inc. must
consider various principles
which have been held by the
total quality management . The
principle of PDCA cycle is the
best and suitable one for the
business like Apple inc. as it
will enable them to plan the
strategies which will help them
in managing the quality.

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Plan – This is the most essential step of the cycle . This step involves proper
planning and identifying of the problem and quires which has to be solved. This
stage mainly focuses on finding the root of the problems so that the company
can collect the effective data by appropriate investigation. This will allow the
business of Apple inc. to plan policies in advance to maintain the quality.

The importance and value of the
operations management to achieve the
business objective
Operations management refers to the process used by the company to
maintain the operations of the business so that day to day operations of the
company can be effectively operated so that the goals of the company can
be achieved. Apple Inc. use various approaches of operations and
management so that they can increase their efficiency and the approaches
which is used by the mangers and leaders of Apple Inc. are behavioral and
situational.