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Operations Management R. Dan Reid & Nada R. Sanders 2nd Edition Wiley 2005
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Learning Objectives
Define the role of Business Strategy Explain how a Business strategy is developed Explain the role of Operations Strategy Explain the relationship between Business and Operations strategy Describe how an Operations strategy is developed Identify competitive priorities for Operations function Explain the strategic role of technology Define and compute productivity measures
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Defines the long-range plan to compete in the marketplace Helps to differentiate the firm from competitors Game plan upon which functional strategies are developed Focuses on doing the right tasks
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Business/Functional Strategy
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Mission: Dell Computer- to be the most successful computer company in the world Environmental Scanning: political trends, social trends, economic trends, market place trends, global trends Core Competencies: strength of workers, modern facilities, market understanding, best technologies, financial know-how, logistics
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Four Important Operations Questions: Will you compete on Cost? Quality? Time? Flexibility? All of the above? Some? Tradeoffs?
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Competing on Cost?
Typically high volume products Often limit product range & offer little customization May invest in automation to reduce unit costs
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Competing on Quality?
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Competing on Time?
Fast delivery:
On-time delivery:
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Competing on Flexibility?
Product flexibility:
Easily switch production from one item to another Easily customize product/service to meet specific requirements of a customer
Volume flexibility:
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Which priorities are Order Qualifiers? e.g. Must have excellent quality since everyone expects it Which priorities are Order Winners? e.g. Dell competes on all four priorities Southwest Airlines competes on cost McDonalds competes on consistency FedEx competes on speed Custom tailors compete on flexibility Can you have both high quality and low cost? e.g. Yes, Coke and Pepsi are good examples Can you offer design flexibility and short delivery? e.g. Yes, modular housing manufacturers do it
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They focus on customer service, cost, and speed ERP system developed to allow customers to order directly from Dell Product design and assembly line allow a make to order strategy lowers costs, increases turns Suppliers ship components to a warehouse within 15 minutes of the assembly plant - VMI Dell set up a shipping arrangement with UPS
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Technology should support competitive priorities Three Applications: New product technology, process technology, and information technology
Products - Teflon, CDs, fiber optic cable Processes flexible automation, CAD
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Measuring Productivity
A nations Productivity effects its standard of living Productivity is a measure of how effectively resources are used US productivity growth averaged 2.8% from 1948-1973 Productivity growth slowed for the next 25 years to 1.1% Productivity growth in service industries has been less than in manufacturing
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Chapter 2 Highlights
Business Strategy is a long range plan. Functions develop supporting plans Strategy must address mission, environment, and core competencies Business strategy provides a guide for designing operations strategy Operations strategy must consider which competitive priorities are essential to meet business objectives
Competitive priorities are cost, quality, time, and flexibility Companies must consider which product, process, and information technologies to use Productivity measures how effectively a firm is using resources Productivity is computed as a ratio of outputs divided by inputs
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The End
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