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Operations Management
I developed the new Operations Management course for the Business Management program at Western Technical College to introduce students to the core concepts of operations management and its impact on organizational success. The course covers essential skills, from managing daily operations to planning and executing long-term projects, providing a comprehensive understanding of how businesses function efficiently.
- Author
- Jamie Hammond
- Publisher
- Western Technical College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Business Administration
Contents· 59 sections
- 01: Operations in Business
- 1.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 1.02: Functional Areas of Business
- 1.03: Operations Management
- 1.04: The Transformation Process
- 1.05: Understanding Operations Management
- 1.06: Primary Functions of Management
- 1.07: The Management Process
- 02: Competitive Advantage
- 2.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 2.02: The Strategy Hierarchy
- 2.03: Vision Mission and Goals
- 2.04: Vision Mission and Values (Video)
- 2.05: Competitive Advantage and Strategy
- 2.06: Selecting Business-Level Strategies
- 2.6.01: Selecting Business-Level Strategies
- 2.6.02: Understanding Business-Level Strategy through Generic Strategies
- 2.6.03: Cost Leadership
- 2.6.04: Differentiation
- 2.6.05: Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation
- 2.6.06: Best-Cost Strategy
- 2.6.07: Stuck in the Middle
- 2.07: Measuring Performance
- 03: Process Planning
- 3.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 3.02: Process Design
- 3.03: What is Process Planning
- 3.04: Process Bottlenecks
- 3.05: Process Logic Review
- 3.06: Identify the Steps Activity
- 04: Operational Processes
- 4.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 4.02: Introduction to Flowcharts
- 4.03: Basic Flowchart Symbols
- 4.04: Process Modeling Software
- 4.05: Practice Creating a Flowchart
- 4.06: Continuous Improvement - PDCA
- 4.07: Lean Six Sigma
- 05: Project Management
- 5.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 5.02: Introduction to Project Management
- 5.03: Project Characteristics and Constraints
- 5.04: The Project Life Cycle (Phases)
- 5.05: Life Cycle Phases Explained
- 5.06: Project Stakeholders
- 5.07: Project Scheduling
- 5.7.01: WBS
- 5.7.02: Gantt Chart
- 5.7.2.01: How to Create a Gantt Chart
- 5.08: Project Implementation
- 06: Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- 6.01: Overview and Guiding Questions
- 6.02: Introduction to Supply Chain
- 6.03: Flows in the Supply Chain
- 6.04: Types of Inventory
- 6.05: Inventory Management
- 6.06: The Bullwhip Effect
- 6.07: Logistics and Communication
- 6.08: Measuring Supply Chain Performance