MBA706 Operations Management Integrated Assignment

Assignment Hand-Out Date: 1st OCT, 2017

Report Hand-In Date : 30th OCT, 2017

1. Individual Industrial Visit and Report (100%)

You are required to make a visit to a Production Unit of a Company operating in a Large Scale
Industry and study its Operations Management and Strategies for at least 2/3 days (5 hours per day)
and submit a report.
Based on your observations and analysis of the Operation Management and Strategies study, you
are required to prepare an Individual Project Report of 6000 words. The report must answer the
following:
a. Examine the Planning of Operations in a Manufacturing and / or Service Company
20 Marks
b. Evaluate the technological processes in the Product and / or Service Categories of the
company 20 Marks
c. Examine the Managing of Capacities and Constraints in that Industry
20 Marks
d. Using Secondary Sources Evaluate the modern management practices and technology
deployed by the Production and / or Service Company vis-à-vis the Industry.
20 Marks
e. Using Secondary Sources to Analyse the Critical Success Factors of the Industry and critically
evaluate the strategies adopted by the company to gain competitive advantage through
Supply Chain Management.
20 Marks

Deliverables and submission:

Students should submit to the Controller of Examinations (Universal Business School) Office by the due
date:
 One softcopy of your report for TurnItIn check
 One hardcopy of his / her report
 One Feedback Sheet, ensuring his / her name and student numbers are listed
 All Reports must have the Harvard Referencing and Source Identification