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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – CASE STUDY

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF


FREDERIC GODÉ,
OPERATIONS MANAGER, BONPAIN

Sr. Name PRN


1. Bharat Sharma 21020741017
Group 2. Bipasa Chatterjee 21020741018

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3. Omkar Ghorpade 21020741044
4. Apurva Madia 21020741085
5. Chirag Jain 21020741093
BonPain, Orleans
France’s Largest Bakeries

Market throughout Europe

Breads, Patisseries and Baguettes


Imaginary plant layout for BonPain
Par-Baked products

Flexi-Kitchen
Carried a
Dictaphone to
Keep track

Attended a Insight into a


Time Management Day of an
FREDERIC GODÉ Course Operations Manager
Operations Manager, BonPain
A peek into Frederic’s Day

Implementing MRP 4-Hour Baguette line breakdown

Excessive RM spillage Packing line automation

Colour variation in baguettes Increased staff for Weekend

Increasing freezer capacity Meeting with other managers


Frederic’s Typical Day

STRATEGY DESIGN PLANNING IMPROVEMENT


& CONTROL

• New product introduction • New product introduction • High amount of scrap • Automation of packing lines
• Purchasing 4th Baguette line • Flexibility of F-Robot system • SPC for Baguettes • Bearing Failure
• Automation of packing lines • Factory Expansion & redesign • Decline in Productivity • Colour issue in Baguettes
• Factory Expansion & redesign • Hypera audit visit • Raw Material spillage
• Annual strategic analysis • Material flow problem • Stock pile-up
• Implementation of MRP
• Expansion of Freezer room
Frederic’s Typical Day

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SCM ISSUES


RELATIONS ISSUES

• Conveyor jamming due to • Missing metal safety guard • Delivery delay to Hypera
Operator neglect • Fire in Supplier plant
• Defective packaging supplied
• Apricot inventory runout
Plight of an OM

1 Efficient packing of products

2 Increasing product demand

3 Timely launch of new products Short-Term Issues


4 Low capacity of freezer room
1 Production declined
5 Demand forecasting
2 Deterioration in product Quality

Long-Term Issues 3 Major breakdown of equipment

4 Problem with SCM

5 Safety violation

6 OMS

7 Supervisor’s concern over Kaizen

8 Demand of specific quality by customer


Ops in other sectors

Sector Cement Ed-Tech Metals FMCG Banking


Factor

Automation

Expansion

R&D

Demand Forecasting

Review Prod. & Quality

Manpower Optimisation

Training & Development

Kaizen

Supply Chain
Tech-Acquisition

Factory area New product Freezer capacity


redesign development expansion

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Evaluating automation Purchase of Implementation

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Ops & HR Intermingled

Training of Increase in
operators over-time

Reduction in Additional staff


manpower due Requirement on
to Automation Baguette lines

Supervisors Repetitive Strain


concerned over Injury
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Ops for Competitive Advantage

Acquiring new technology Increased profitability/Market share

Procuring new equipment Increase productivity to meet demands

Implementing OM tools Efficient problem solving

Kaizen Increased productivity & debottlenecking

Reviewing output Effective operations

Optimizing Scrap/Spillage Efficient usage of resources

New product development Increased market share

Interaction with supervisors and team Understand problems, requirements & planning

Addressing manpower concerns/training Efficient & satisfied human capital

Addressing customer grievances Building better customer relationships


Thank You!

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