Task- Over recent years, a number of key challenges have become very Changing Technologies significant to Operations Managers. Six of these concepts are:
? Continued Globalization of markets including 1st and 2nd world entrants.
? Changing customer expectations
? Changing job designs
? Quality management
Global manufacturing Your task is to:
Identify a business you think is interesting and briefly discuss how each of the above challenges might impact that business in the future. (suggested minimum 1200 words)
Choose a minimum of three of the following areas of Operations Management that you think are likely to most impact the success of your chosen business and justify your selection of each.
(suggested minimum 2000 words)
Goods and Service design
Supply Chain Design
Capacity Management
Managing Inventories
Process Selection, Design and Analysis
Facility and Work Design
Resource Management
Quality Management
NOTE: Your work should:
1. Help the reader to understand how each concept interrelates with the