Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ent300 Module09
Ent300 Module09
Module 9
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
LEARNING OUTCOMES
INTRODUCTION
Operation is one of an important function in a
business organization
Managing operations is crucial to make sure that
the business is able to produce product or deliver
services according to the specification, quality and
time specified by the customer
Operations management can be defined as the
process of marshalling business input to
transform them into output in the form of product
or services
Nawawi Hj. Mohd Jan, Rahimah Sarmidy & Sodri Ariffin
© Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
Feedback
OPERATIONS PLAN
The operations plan is the one of the section that
is included in the business plan
This section will demonstrate the operational
aspect of the business that is crucial in
transforming the business input into output
The operations plan will ensure the business is
able to produce the product or to provide the
services that the business had planned in the
marketing plan
PROCESS PLANNING
Process planning involve the identification of the
step-by-step processes from beginning to end in
making the product or in providing the services
For manufacturing business, the processes
involved will be explained clearly such as the
activity involved, its duration and the equipment
used
For service business, the process planning will
explain all the steps that should be taken from
start to finish to provide the service to the
customer
Nawawi Hj. Mohd Jan, Rahimah Sarmidy & Sodri Ariffin
© Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
Check the quality of the fruits and segregate the bad fruits
Put the fruits into the fruit chopper for chopping process
Put the chopped fruits into the boiler for steaming process
Use electric ladle to stir the fruit until the fruits change
into pulp
OPERATIONS LAYOUT
Illustrate the layout of the operations
Layout refers to the arrangement of machine,
equipment, workers and other facilities used in
the operations
The layout must be design in such a way that the
production of goods and services can be done
smoothly and efficiently
There are three types of layout:
o Layout based on process
o Layout based on product
o Layout based on marketing
Nawawi Hj. Mohd Jan, Rahimah Sarmidy & Sodri Ariffin
© Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
Types of Layout
Layout based on product
This type of layout is suitable for a business that
has product focus or continuous flow production
The design of this layout is made according to the
sequence of activities to product the product
Example of a business that have this kind of layout
is a food processing factory
Office
Filling Area
Finished
Goods
Steaming
Storage
Fruits Chopper
Fruits Cleaning Area
Receiving
Area
Washing Area
Office
Milling Grinding
Machine Machine
Drilling
Machine
Tool
Storage
Room
Area
Store
Aisle Aisle
Aisle
Cashier
Counter
Food
Store
Cashier
Kitchen
Dining Area
Toilet
Beverages Food Display Counter
PRODUCTION PLANNING
It is important to make sure that the business is
able to produce output or to provide services that
is enough to fulfill the expected market demand or
sales
This can be achieved by having a good production
planning
In production planning, the business will
determine how much output to produce for a
certain period of time such as in a day, a week or a
month
The business may need the information from the
marketing plan, e.g. average sales forecast
Nawawi Hj. Mohd Jan, Rahimah Sarmidy & Sodri Ariffin
© Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
MATERIAL PLANNING
Material planning is done to determine the type
and amount of raw materials need for the
production
Material planning involved four steps:
o Identify and list down the raw materials required
o Prepare the Bills of Materials
o Calculate the quantity of raw material required
o Identify the suppliers of raw materials
Flour 50 Kg 5 kg 55 1.2 66
Sugar 50 Kg 5kg 55 2.8 154
Eggs 200 units 20 220 0.15 33
Corn Syrup 100 Liter 10 110 3 330
• Price
• Quality and reliability
• Availability of spare parts
• Break down maintenance facility
• Technology & user friendly
• Supplier reputation
• After sale services
Nawawi Hj. Mohd Jan, Rahimah Sarmidy & Sodri Ariffin
© Entrepreneurship Department, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008
ENT/ETR300 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE OPERATIONS PLAN
MANPOWER PLANNING
Steps to determine the amount of direct labor
required by the venture:
1. Determine the planned rate of production per day for
the particular section of job
2. Determine the standard time for a worker to produce
one unit of product or to complete a particular job
3. Determine workers productive hours:
Working hours per day – rest time or workers idling time
4. Calculate the amount of direct labor required
Total
OVERHEADS REQUIREMENT
Determine the overheads that are required in the
operations
Overheads refers to requirements other than
direct raw materials and direct labour
Examples of overheads are indirect labour costs,
indirect material, insurance, maintenance and
utilities
LOCATION PLAN
OPERATIONS BUDGET
The business need to estimate the budget for the
operations activities
The operations budget can be categorized into:
• Fixed asset expenditure
• Monthly expenses
• Other expenses
This operation budget is important because it
will be one of the input to prepare the financial
plan
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Implementation scheduling involves
sequencing and allotting time to all project
activities
To prepare implementation schedule,
entrepreneurs has to decide how long each
activity and compute the requirement on
people and other resources
Scheduling normally use Gantt Chart which is
a planning chart used to schedule resources
and allocate time
END OF MODULE 9