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Saroj K. Jena
Operations Management
• Operations management is the administration of
business practices to create the highest level of
efficiency possible within an organization.
• It is concerned with converting materials and labor
into goods and services as efficiently as possible to
maximize the profit of an organization.
Operations Management Definition
• Operations management
It is defined as the design, operation, and
improvement of the system that create and deliver
the firm’s primary products and services.
• Operations management
It is the business function responsible for
planning, coordinating, and controlling the
resources needed to produce products and services
for a company.
What is the function of operations management?
Cross-Functional
Applications
What is Role of OM?
Decisions on Processes
Build New Factory
and Infrastructure
Competitive Dimensions
• Cost
• Quality and Reliability
• Delivery
– Flexibility
– Speed
– Reliability
• Coping with Changes in Demand
• New Product Introduction
– Speed
– Flexibility
Productivity
Outputs
Productivity =
Inputs
•Partial measures
• output/(single input)
•Multi-factor measures
• output/(multiple inputs)
•Total measure
• output/(total inputs
Example
• 10,000 Units Produced