Module 1 Discussion 1 - Examining principles of Operations Management

Module 1 Discussion 1

Discussion 1: Examining principles of Operations Management

Instructions

1. Your initial post should be roughly 600 words in length, and your responses to peers should be roughly 150 words each. Cite sources you reference in-text and under a "References" section in APA format.

2. Play the video "Operations processes: Inputs, transformation, outputs" and answer the following questions:

· Describe a transformation process within an organization familiar to you; list all inputs, components, and the transformation process that produces either a product or service the organization delivers to its customers.

· Productivity involves achieving maximum efficiency and quality of outputs concerning quantity and cost of inputs. As an operations manager in your organization, what changes would you make to your inputs to achieve maximum efficiency?

· In the video, what four steps in a transformation process must be continuously monitored?

· Many people state that their organization has no customers. Is it possible for a business or department within an enterprise not to have customers? Why or why not?

4. Please put your responses in a new thread for this discussion.

Video

Films Media Group. (2013). Operations processes: Inputs, transformations, outputs. Films On Demand. Retrieved April 16, 2023, from  https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102577&xtid=53757. 

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