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Answer the following question based on the reading from Chapter 1.Why do people do things that are unethical? You may use the book as a reference along with 2 other peer reviewed journal articles to support your answer.

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Introduction to
Operations
Management
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You should be able to:
LO 1.1
LO 1.2
Define the terms operations management and supply chain
Identify similarities and differences between production and service
operations
LO 1.3 Explain the importance of learning about operations management
LO 1.4 Identify the three major functional areas of organizations and explain
how they interrelate
LO 1.5 Summarize the two major aspects of process management
LO 1.6 Describe the operations function and the nature of the operations
manager’s job
LO 1.7 Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making
LO 1.8 Briefly describe the historical evolution of operations management
LO 1.9 Describe the current issues in business that impact operations
management
LO 1.10 Explain the need to manage the supply chain
1-2
 What is operations?
 The part of a business organization that is responsible
for producing goods or services
 How can we define operations management?
 The management of systems or processes that create
goods and/or provide services
LO 1.1
1-3
Goods are physical items that include raw materials, parts,
subassemblies, and final products.
•Automobile
•Computer
•Oven
•Shampoo
Services are activities that provide some combination of time, location,
form or psychological value.
•Air travel
•Education
•Haircut
•Legal counsel
LO 1.1
1-4
Supply Chain – a sequence of activities and
organizations involved in producing and delivering
a good or service
Suppliers’
suppliers
LO 1.1
Direct
suppliers
Producer
Distributor
Final
Customers
1-5
Value-Added
Inputs
•Land
•Labor
•Capital
•Information
Transformation/
Conversion
Process
Outputs
•Goods
•Services
Measurement
and Feedback
Measurement
and Feedback
Control
Measurement
and Feedback
Feedback = measurements taken at various points in the transformation process
Control = The comparison of feedback against previously established
standards to determine if corrective action is needed.
LO 1.1
1-6
Products are typically neither purely service- or purely goodsbased.
Goods
Services
Surgery, Teaching
Songwriting, Software Development
Computer Repair, Restaurant Meal
Home Remodeling, Retail Sales
Automobile Assembly, Steelmaking
LO 1.2
1-7
Degree of customer contact
2. Uniformity of input
3. Labor content of jobs
4. Uniformity of output
5. Measurement of productivity
6. Production and delivery
7. Quality assurance
8. Amount of inventory
9. Evaluation of work
10. Ability to patent design
1.
LO 1.2
1-8
 Every aspect of business affects or is affected by
operations
 Many service jobs are closely related to operations
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Financial services
Marketing services
Accounting services
Information services
 Through learning about operations and supply chains
you will have a better understanding of:
 The world you live in
 The global dependencies of companies and nations
 Reasons that companies succeed or fail
 The importance of working with others
LO 1.3
1-9
Organization
Marketing
LO 1.4
Operations
Finance
1-10
 Finance & Operations
 Budgeting
 Economic analysis of investment
proposals
 Provision of funds
 Marketing & Operations
 Demand data
 Product and service design
 Competitor analysis
 Lead time data
LO 1.4
1-11
 Operations manager
 Supply chain manager
 Production analyst
 Schedule coordinator
 Production manager
 Industrial engineer
 Purchasing manager
 Inventory manager
 Quality manager
1-12
 APICS – The Association for Operations Management
 American Society for Quality (ASQ)
 Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
 Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
(INFORMS)
 The Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
 The Project Management Institute (PMI)
 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
1-13
Process – one or more actions that transform inputs into outputs
Three Categories of Business Processes:
LO 1.5
Upper-management processes
These govern the operation of the entire
organization.
Operational processes
These are core processes that make up the
value stream.
Supporting processes
These support the core processes.
1-14
Operations &
Supply Chains
Supply
LO 1.5
Supply
Supply
Sales & Marketing
>
Demand
Wasteful
Costly
< Demand Opportunity Loss Customer Dissatisfaction = Demand Ideal 1-15 Four Sources of Variation: Variety of goods or services being offered The greater the variety of goods and services offered, the greater the variation in production or service requirements. Structural variation in demand These are generally predictable. They are important for capacity planning. Random variation Natural variation that is present in all processes. Generally, it cannot be influenced by managers. Assignable variation Variation that has identifiable sources. This type of variation can be reduced, or eliminated, by analysis and corrective action. Variations can be disruptive to operations and supply chain processes. They may result in additional costs, delays and shortages, poor quality, and inefficient work systems. LO 1.5 1-16 The scope of operations management ranges across the organization. The operations function includes many interrelated activities such as:          LO 1.6 Forecasting Capacity planning Facilities and layout Scheduling Managing inventories Assuring quality Motivating employees Deciding where to locate facilities And more . . . 1-17 The Operations Function consists of all activities directly related to producing goods or providing services. A primary function of the operations manager is to guide the system by decision making.  System Design Decisions  System Operation Decisions LO 1.6 1-18 • System Design – Capacity – Facility location – Facility layout – Product and service planning – Acquisition and placement of equipment • These are typically strategic decisions that • usually require long-term commitment of resources • determine parameters of system operation LO 1.6 1-19 • System Operation • These are generally tactical and operational decisions – Management of personnel – Inventory management and control – Scheduling – Project management – Quality assurance • Operations managers spend more time on system operation decision than any other decision area • They still have a vital stake in system design LO 1.6 1-20  Most operations decisions involve many alternatives that can have quite different impacts on costs or profits  Typical operations decisions include:  What: What resources are needed, and in what amounts?  When: When will each resource be needed? When should the work be scheduled? When should materials and other supplies be ordered?  Where: Where will the work be done?  How: How will he product or service be designed? How will the work be done? How will resources be allocated?  Who: Who will do the work? LO 1.7 1-21  Modeling is a key tool used by all decision makers  Model - an abstraction of reality; a simplification of something.  Common features of models:  They are simplifications of real-life phenomena  They omit unimportant details of the real-life systems they mimic so that attention can be focused on the most important aspects of the real-life system LO 1.7 1-22  Keys to successfully using a model in decision making  What is its purpose?  How is it used to generate results?  How are the results interpreted and used?  What are the model’s assumptions and limitations? LO 1.7 1-23 1. Models are generally easier to use and less expensive than dealing with the real system 2. Require users to organize and sometimes quantify information 3. Increase understanding of the problem 4. Enable managers to analyze “What if?” questions 5. Serve as a consistent tool for evaluation and provide a standardized format for analyzing a problem 6. Enable users to bring the power of mathematics to bear on a problem. LO 1.7 1-24  Quantitative information may be emphasized at the expense of qualitative information  Models may be incorrectly applied and the results misinterpreted  This is a real risk with the widespread availability of sophisticated, computerized models are placed in the hands of uninformed users.  The use of models does not guarantee good decisions. LO 1.7 1-25  A decision making approach that frequently seeks to obtain a mathematically optimal solution  Linear programming  Queuing techniques  Inventory models  Project models  Forecasting techniques  Statistical models LO 1.7 1-26  Performance Metrics  All managers use metrics to manage and control operations  Profits  Costs  Quality  Productivity  Flexibility  Inventories  Schedules  Forecast accuracy LO 1.7  Analysis of Trade-Offs  A trade-off is giving up one thing in return for something else  Carrying more inventory (an expense) in order to achieve a greater level of customer service 1-27  System - a set of interrelated parts that must work together  The business organization is a system composed of subsystems  marketing subsystem  operations subsystem  finance subsystem  The systems approach  Emphasizes interrelationships among subsystems  Main theme is that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts  The output and objectives of the organization take precedence over those of any one subsystem LO 1.7 1-28  In nearly all cases, certain issues or items are more important than others  Recognizing this allows managers to focus their attention to those efforts that will do the most good  Pareto Phenomenon - a few factors account for a high percentage of occurrence of some event(s)  The critical few factors should receive the highest priority  This is a concept that is appropriately applied to all areas and levels of management LO 1.7 1-29  Industrial Revolution  Scientific Management  Human Relations Movement  Decision Models and Management Science  Influence of Japanese Manufacturers LO 1.8 1-30  Pre-Industrial Revolution  Craft production - System in which highly skilled workers use simple, flexible tools to produce small quantities of customized goods  Some key elements of the industrial revolution  Began in England in the 1770s  Division of labor - Adam Smith, 1776  Application of the “rotative” steam engine, 1780s  Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts - Eli Whitney, 1792  Management theory and practice did not advance appreciably during this period LO 1.8 1-31  Movement was led by efficiency engineer, Frederick Winslow Taylor  Believed in a “science of management” based on observation, measurement, analysis and improvement of work methods, and economic incentives  Management is responsible for planning, carefully selecting and training workers, finding the best way to perform each job, achieving cooperation between management and workers, and separating management activities from work activities  Emphasis was on maximizing output LO 1.8 1-32  The human relations movement emphasized the importance of the human element in job design  Lillian Gilbreth – applications of psychology  Elton Mayo – Hawthorne studies on worker motivation, 1930  Abraham Maslow – motivation theory, 1940s; hierarchy of needs, 1954  Frederick Hertzberg – Two Factor Theory, 1959  Douglas McGregor – Theory X and Theory Y, 1960s  William Ouchi – Theory Z, 1981 LO 1.8 1-33  F.W. Harris – mathematical model for inventory management, 1915  Dodge, Romig, and Shewart – statistical procedures for sampling and quality control, 1930s  Tippett – statistical sampling theory, 1935  Operations Research (OR) Groups – OR applications in warfare  George Dantzig – linear programming, 1947 LO 1.8 1-34  Refined and developed management practices that increased productivity  Credited with fueling the “quality revolution”  Just-in-Time production LO 1.8 1-35  Economic conditions  Innovating  Quality problems  Risk management  Competing in a global economy LO 1.9 1-36  Sustainability  Using resources in ways that do not harm ecological systems that support human existence  Sustainability measures often go beyond traditional environmental and economic measures to include measures that incorporate social criteria in decision making  All areas of business will be affected  Product and service design  Consumer education programs  Disaster preparation and response  Supply chain waste management  Outsourcing decisions LO 1.9 1-37  Financial statements  Worker safety  Product safety  Ethical issues arise in many aspects of operations management:  Quality  The environment  The community  Hiring and firing workers  Closing facilities  Workers rights LO 1.9 1-38  In the past, organizations did little to manage the supply chain beyond their own operations and immediate suppliers which led to numerous problems:  Oscillating inventory levels  Inventory stockouts  Late deliveries  Quality problems LO 1.10 1-39 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The need to improve operations Increasing levels of outsourcing Increasing transportation costs Competitive pressures Increasing globalization Increasing importance of e-business The complexity of supply chains The need to manage inventories LO 1.10 1-40 Purchase answer to see full attachment