Analysis of Strategic Operations Management Articles Report

This report presents a critical analysis of two journal articles related to Strategic Operations Management, fulfilling the requirements of an MBA assignment. The analysis includes identifying the main research questions and objectives of each article, discussing the methodologies employed to achieve these objectives, and explaining the relevance of each article to the topics covered in the course lectures, such as supply chain management and business process modeling. The report delves into the manufacturing method analysis, workflow modeling, and simulation techniques discussed in the articles. It also explores the actionable effects of information sharing in sales and operations planning, offering insights into the design and evaluation of retail sales data. The report references several key articles and emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking in redesigning manufacturing processes and structures, as well as the application of simulation and analysis frameworks for performance improvement.

Running head: STRATEGIC AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT
Strategic and Operation Management
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Table of Contents
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Answer to Question 2:.........................................................................................................2
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References............................................................................................................................5

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Answer to Question 1:
Manufacturing method analysis can be stated as an important step for improving the
performance of enterprise (Lin, Fan and Newman, 2009). It comes up with much high standard
of analysis which emphasize on strategic thinking on redesign process of manufacturing and
structure. The main goal of this article is to provide an idea regarding process analysis. It can be
defined as one of the major business reengineerings which have developed in the last twenty
years. Manufacturing Process Analysis can be stated as process analysis for the process
production.
Sales and operation are totally based on observation of context which can benefit from
the sharing of retail information (Kaipia et al. 2017). An information sharing can be stated as the
pilot project in a real-life project which is a setting for two manufacture and one is mainly used
for retail design. The project resulted in one manufacturer serving the other. It is mainly used for
serving the retailer from the local factory.
Answer to Question 2:
Methodology based on activity focus on modeling the whole work instead of modeling
the commitment. It is taken to among the human which is very popular while comparing to
method communication-based of modeling (Christopher 2016). The first article mainly discusses
workflow research effort which can be classified into three categories. There are mainly three
categories like specification of workflow, implementation of workflow and lastly
implementation of workflow. Workflow management system can be easily used in business
process automation. Workflow models can be easily used for describing the manufacturing
process and promotion of planning and scheduling of various problems. Workflow specification

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helps in overcoming process definition, support and lastly understanding production planning
and scheduling. The simulation is totally depended on performance analysis, workflow modeling
and lastly simulation technology.
The second article mainly discusses the actionable effect of both sharing and proper use
of retail information in sales. It is mainly used for collaboration, design, and evaluation method
data of retail sales in the products of two type of manufacturers. In the starting, there are certain
factors for working out the product in the studied case (Fahimnia, Sarkis and Davarzani 2015).
After that, certain type of intervention has been described and proper generative mechanism is
described for delivering the outcomes. The study can be considered to be explorative as it helps
in developing and evaluating a proper solution which is needed to design setting of a particular
field. The design of proposition which is not field tested in a setting but the proposition of design
is not field tested. It is mainly done is a setting much different from the place where it is
developed.
Answer to Question 3:
The article describes a successful manufacturing method and simulation depended
analysis framework (Brandenburg et al. 2014). The compound workflow Model aims to provide
a graphic method. It helps in introducing certain logic nodes, pool of resource and rules of ECA.
It is mainly used for describing different constraints in the said whole manufacturing method. It
can be stated for simulating the study, understanding the impact and analyzing the performance.
The analysis framework is needed for providing guidance in step by step way. It comes up with
certain number of process modeling and proper simulation-based techniques. With the usual step
for setting objective, selection of key performance, setting market and identification of different
initiatives. The main target verification is mainly placed in the given framework which is needed

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for building a bridge between various level of decision making. It mainly aims to set target for an
operational level which is needed for manufacturing method. It generally helps in automation
which is done through integration, communication and lastly proper coordination. The two-step
simulation is mainly based on effective method for identifying cause and effective relation which
is needed for manufacturing process analysis (MPA).
A proper Hallmark of S&OP comes up with proper ability for planning and managing the
data which is needed for intra and inter-organization structure. The article deals with supply
chain management particularly information sharing at point of sale (POS). It is considered to be
costly which needs to be used in the board and potential users. It is mainly used in demand
situation where proper planning is very much adequate in nature (Pagell and Shevchenko, 2014).
The article emphasizes on supply chain management which is a well-known topic of discussion.

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References
Brandenburg, M., Govindan, K., Sarkis, J. and Seuring, S., 2014. Quantitative models for
sustainable supply chain management: Developments and directions. European journal of
operational research, 233(2), pp.299-312.
Christopher, M., 2016. Logistics & supply chain management. Pearson UK.
Fahimnia, B., Sarkis, J. and Davarzani, H., 2015. Green supply chain management: A review and
bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Production Economics, 162, pp.101-114.
Kaipia, R., Holmström, J., Småros, J. and Rajala, R., 2017. Information sharing for sales and
operations planning: Contextualized solutions and mechanisms. Journal of Operations
Management, 52, pp.15-29.
Lin, H., Fan, Y. and Newman, S.T., 2009. Manufacturing process analysis with support of
workflow modelling and simulation. International Journal of Production Research, 47(7),
pp.1773-1790.
Pagell, M. and Shevchenko, A., 2014. Why research in sustainable supply chain management
should have no future. Journal of supply chain management, 50(1), pp.44-55.