For Mercedes benz , you will now develop a comprehensive operations
plan focusing on decisions related to resources and process design, supply
chain management, risk management, and quality management.
You
should use various theoretical models and frameworks and discuss the implementation
and evaluation of the operations strategy you are developing. Please note that
this plan of yours should be competitively sound and applicable to
practical workplace situations in a variety of business sectors.
Detailed breakdown
Introduction
(15%): Introduce
the organisation giving some details about the nature of its business and
operations.
Resources
and Process Design (15%): Considering
the need to choose the correct set of resources and objectives of process design
for your organisation, suggest an appropriate process design that would be the
best for the company.
Supply
Chain Management (15%): Define
what supply chain management would mean in the context of your organisation.
Suggest a suitable supply chain considering the needs and realities of the
company and the economy, focusing on various relationships that form a part of
such a chain. Also, discuss how the proposed supply chain would manage supply
and demand.
Risk
Management (15%): Identify the possible risk
factors in significant decision areas, such as technology
choices, capacity choices, human development, and other areas of operations,
and present a risk
assessment table. Present the frameworks and techniques for managing
risk.
Quality
Management (15%): Discuss
and evaluate various approaches that will build quality within the operation
processes. Also, comment on quality in relation to sustainability.
Conclusions
(15%): Summarise
your work in this section. Highlight the strong points of the operations plan
that you have developed in relation to what the company has at present. Show
the benefits the proposed changes will bring.
Presentation
(10%): Structure,
flow, overall cohesion, effective use of slides, and formatting will be
assessed. Ensure you follow Harvard referencing throughout and provide a
reference list at the end of the presentation. Citations within the text should
also be provided. Please note that your presentation should be in a report
format having separate subheads relating to each of the above sections.
Start-to-finish essay style is not conducive to this report.