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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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Importance of Technology
Technologyboth physical and
informationhas dramatically changed
how work is accomplished in every
industry, from mining to manufacturing to
education to health care.
Technological innovation in goods,
services, manufacturing, and service
delivery is a competitive necessity.
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Manufacturing Technology
The right technology must be selected for the
goods that are produced.
Process resources, such as machines and
employees, must be set up and configured in
a logical fashion to support production
efficiency.
Labor must be trained to operate the
equipment.
Process performance must be continually
improved.
Work must be scheduled to meet shipping
commitments/customer promise dates.
Quality must be ensured.
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CIMS Facts
According to the National Research Council,
companies with computer-integrated
manufacturing system experience have been able
to:
decrease engineering design costs by up to 30
percent;
increase productivity by 40 to 70 percent;
increase equipment utilization by a factor of 2
to 3;
reduce work-in-process and lead times by 30
to 60 percent; and
improve quality by a factor of 3 to 4.
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Service Technology
Service technologies are used behind
the scenes to facilitate your experience
as a customer.
E-service refers to using the Internet
and technology to provide services that
create and deliver time, place,
information, entertainment, and
exchange value to customers and/or
support the sale of goods.
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Benefits of CRM
Segmenting markets based on
demographic and behavioral
characteristics.
Tracking sales trends and advertising
effectiveness by customer and market
segment.
Identifying which customers should be the
focus of targeted marketing initiatives with
predicted high customer response rates.
Forecasting customer retention (and
defection) rates and providing feedback as
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to why customers leave the company.
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Benefits of CRM
Identifying which transactions are likely
candidates to be fraudulent.
Studying which goods and services are
purchased together, and what might be good
ways to bundle them (that is, the customer
benefit package).
Studying and predicting what Web
characteristics are most attractive to
customers and how the Web site might be
improved.
Linking the information above to competitive
priorities by market segment and process and
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value chain performance.
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Technology Adoption
How Intel describes the history of technology
revolutions:
Stage I. Birth
Stage II. Turbulence
Stage III. Build-out
Examples:
Global Digital Revolution (see text box)
U.S. Railroad Industry
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