Operations Plan of a Specific Product

MBA 5003 – Assessment 3 Operations Plan – Weightage 40% Guidelines

Assignment Tasks
This assessment will require students to develop a detailed Operations Plan for an operation relating to a specific product (not a company) to be delivered across international borders from one country to another. The main assignment tasks are the following
1. Identify a specific product (not a company) with which you are familiar. Provide a brief description of the product
2. Describe, in general, the key operations in this company and how these operations relate to the company’s strategy, its competitive priorities, and the key performance indicators used by the company
3. Using the operations model presented in Unit 5003 Modules A, B, and C, define in detail one of these operations, clearly identifying the transforming and transformed resources, the transformation process, and the outputs and outcomes of the operation
4. Provide a critical review of this key operation and its management that might underpin its future improvement and contribution to the company’s competitive priorities 5. Present this in an Operations Plan for this operation (based on your analysis and review) which highlights the resources and key management decisions that might need to be made to secure improvement in the operation.