Production Management

Students are required to develop a report addressing the four specific tasks set out in the guideline below. Your report should be 3000 words, excluding Title, Abstract, Table of contents, Bibliography and Appendices.
Task briefing
1) Choose a specific operations system and brand within a specific industry
2) Describe all the main processes and activities of this operations system. Identify the nature of these processes and draw a flowchart of these processes indicating all the main activities, processes and resources involved
3) Describe the lay-out or the physical space distribution of all these processes, tasks and inputs within the operations system and identify which typology of lay-out it is as well as its weaknesses
4) Calculate different ratios of productivity of this operations system that measure the efficiency of this system and identify the main drivers or factors that determine the performance of this system
5) Identify the different elements within this system that influences the quality of this system
6) Propose different measures and actions to take to enhance the productivity and the quality of this system. Justify your answer

Students are required to use the Harvard Referencing System. The assignment hand-in will be created by the course tutor.