Assignment:
Group Project: Operations Tour Report
Task
To do this you will need to visit a company and conduct an operations tour across all the company production- and operations-related activities. You will also need to surf the internet as well as the library database to assist you.
Project Outline
Section 1 : Company background, products produced or services offered by the company
Section 2 : Operations Tour
The students should choose topics from their study and further readings within their required textbook.
Topics could include: (Choose two only)
1. Productivity
2. Forecasting
3. Product and Service Design
4. Capacity Planning / Break Even Analysis
5. Quality Management
6. Inventory Management
7. Location Planning
8. Scheduling
(Extra topics may be obtained from the Stevenson textbook)
Section 3 : Company Policy for Performance Measurement
Students should gather information about the policy implemented for measuring the company performance.
Section 4 : Conclusion
Students should add their comments about what they have investigated in the operations tour in the company.