The aim of this case study is to define that how operational strategy, customer benefits package and value chain analysis are all work simultaneously for manufacturing goods and providing better services to their customers and how organizations earn huge profit by their goods and services. Operations management is an integral part of all organizations. Basically operations management has the responsibility of controlling number of tools like how to design new products, how to manage its development. Operations management is responsible for fulfilling the demand of buyers with the manufacturing and providing items on time to its customers. Companies cannot become successful in any field if they do not use or follow the operations management strategies properly in their business. Here discuss two organizations which are Samsung and Allphones. Samsung Company manufacturing the goods whereas, Allphones Company provides the service to their customers. Nowadays, Samsung electronics are becoming the second most famous and largest company of mobile phones in the world. It is manufacturing many things like home Appliance, tablets, computers, Laptops, TVs & AV, but here can be discussed only mobile phones or smart phones. Operations management perform the task according to plan of the organization. According to the manufacturing factory operations management would insure about design of products, correct preservation, raw materials as well as it is also has responsible for managing
Every company will focus on supplying a service, product, or both. How and where the product is made plays a crucial role in the company’s success. In order to help visualize how the products are made process maps are formatted. These process maps can help to identify areas that need improvement. In order to implement improvement, process development will be implemented. The form of good that a company supplies is also important and to ensure that the best product is distributed product development is conducted. Target Corporation is a complex company, which provides consumers with their necessities.
There is need to consider several things when we talk about operations and future of a business. Expanded through a minor export business in Daegu, Korea, Samsung has emerged as one of the prominent corporations in electronics around the globe (Samsung, 2015). Samsung has major emphasis on electronic appliances and digital media, memory, system integration, and semiconductors. At present, Samsung has always created innovation through top quality practices and products that are accepted around the global. This paper will present SWOT analysis and Porter model of five forces for Samsung and propose the opportunities to increase profitability and competitiveness. This paper also comprises a
The value chain, made by Michael Porter, is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure, human resource management, technology development, procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic, operations, outbound logistic, marketing and sales, service). (Johnson et al. 2011, p.97-99)
The following paper is about a company that is at the top level of their industry in selling their products and services. The background of this company describes about what kind of company this is and the types of products and services it provides to their customers. This section also includes the recent performance of this company and the varying aspects of what their target customers and whose is the competition.
In recent years, the requirements of commercial and industrial operations in the production of services and goods have been subject to vast changes. In the present era of globalization and increasing international competition, a trend away from vertically integrated organizations has become more and more evident. In fact, most companies nowadays tend to solely concentrate on their own core competencies, outsourcing different steps of the production. However, including a great many of other organizational units to the production systems, has lead to rising complexity in terms of the operations management (Plenert, 2012).
This paper will discuss the business chosen for the assignment. A mission statement will be developed, setting the business apart from others in the same or similar market. The vision statement will also made, discussing the direction the business wants to take in the future. Other topics such as, principles or values will be discussed. Concluding the paper will analyze the mission and vision statement, and values in guiding the business in a strategic direction. Followed by an evaluation of customers need in giving the competitive advantages.
Costco is among the leading global retailers which provide customers a wide range of merchandise, ranging from small to well-known brands. The company began operations in 1983. Over the years, Costco has been a retailer in low cost membership-only leader, in warehouse club of merchandise. Moreover, Costco does not offer frills warehouse business models as its competitors do. Costco’s major competitors are BJ’s Wholesale Club and Sam Club (Costco, 2010).
Some of Samsung's business practice approaches examined by Yang el at (2007) are: SMC, Six Sigma, DMAEV (define, measure, analyze, enable, and verify), SCOR (Supply Chain Operation Reference), Black belt, and advanced planning and scheduling (APS). The collaborative relationship concept of SCM need the integration of key business processes through which information sharing and group planning are provided within and across the supply chain network of suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, and consumers (Bowersox el al., 2010).The Global Supply Chain Forum, a supply chain management research group in USA, has identified eight key business processes of SCM (Corotox et al, 2001), Figure 1: customer relationship management, customer service management, demand management, order fulfillment, manufacturing relationship management, product development and commercialization, and returns management(SCM-Institute,
At Verizon Wireless, the organizational operations play a central part in the company's attainment of its overall objectives as they are perceived as the practical path to the company's goals. At the telecommunications company, the more crucial operations are represented by the development of new technology and its integration with the already existent systems, in order to ensure sustained functionality and continuous
This essay attempts to identify and analyse Samsung’s key features in their operations management. Operations Management is defined as the process where resources, flowing within a defined system (Kumar & Suresh 2009), are combined and transformed in a controlled manner to add value. These incorporate elements such as products, processes, technology, and equipment or quality control systems (Garrido, Martín-Peña & García-Muiña 2007, p. 2119). In addressing these elements the essay wishes to capture, which of these influence Samsung’s abilities successfully to obtain their competitive priorities (Garrido, Martín-Peña & García-Muiña 2007, p. 2120) and process strategies.
The basic requirements for operation managements is understanding of the customers’ needs and satisfied them, and use fewer resources to maximise the efficiency and effective of the company’s productivity. Therefore two typical Australia companies have been shown blew. One is the largest Australian supermarket, Woolworths Limited, and another one is the largest airline company in Australia, Qantas Limited.
Increase customers’ value by adding value to features of the products, improve customer service by being more responsive, increase the range of complementary products and modify as per orders. Differentiation should promote long-term profit and growth. Moreover to benefit from cost advantage, identify both primary and support activities are clearly identify, required a strong know1egde of organization value if value chain will disrupt. Analyse how to create customer value, recognize cost drivers from each activity and identify between link activities by reducing cost from one to
Furthermore, the company’s operating model, and the strategy of manufacturing close to the markets, ensures a constant focus on optimisation and improvement, while securing end to end col¬laboration to deliver against customer
Operational management processes in a firm involves overseeing, formulating and reformulation of the operations of a business. The processes are meant to ensure efficiency in administering resources whilst ensuring there is effective management of client’s specifications and or directions. This is achieved by adding value to the firm’s processes. Such achievements are experienced when a firm embarks in directing its physical and or technical functions towards enhancing its development, production and manufacturing. These should be pre-determined and controlled by market opportunities if a company is to reach its ultimate production levels. Their realisation adds up to ensuring the future of a firm, offering operational
The operations function is important in implementing the strategy of an organisation because the business strategy only defines the long term plans for the company, whereas the operations function focuses on specific competitive priorities in order to meet the organisations long term plan. Prime Bank of Massachusetts had decided on a long term plan for the bank focusing on customer services and they needed the operations function to implement this long term plan through planning & control systems, workers and quality. Problems such as not having enough phone lines for the 24 hours customer service could cause customers to become irritated if they cannot get through on the phone and