1. What four key activities is an Operations Manager responsible for?
2. You mentioned, “to be careful when adjusting time so as not to affect quality or cost.” Khan talks about change as inevitable, for instance: Change due to unforeseeable factors such as the need to correct a design to meet legal standards. Khan, (2006). How would one strike a balance keeping time, quality and cost?
3. Large pharmaceutical companies have prospered by owning their discovery, production, and marketing assets and have traditionally made significant portions of their profits from a small number of blockbuster drugs. How is the pharmaceutical companies business model predicted to change? what are the forces that are influencing this change?