Explain the processes in the manufacutring framework
Project process
- One-off, large scale, complex
- Defined start & finish
- Many different skills have to be coordinated
Jobbing process
- Small quantaties: one offs/only a few
- Broad skill requirements
- Skilled jobber/team of jobbers complete whole product
Batch process
- Standard products, repeating demand. But can make specials
- Specialized, narrower skills
- Set-ups (changeovers) at each stage of production
Line/Mass process
- Standard, repeat products
- Low and/or narrow skills
- No/almost instantanous set-ups
Continous process
- Standard, repeat products
- Highly capital-intensive and automated
- Few changeovers required
- Difficult and expensive to start and stop the process
Explain the 4V-model and some examples of the implications they have for each V. What can the model be used for?
The 4V-model can be used to understand a company’s position and the strategic implications of its operations.
What are the five key performance objectives? Give an example of internal and external perspective on the objectives.
Examples:
What does sustainable development mean? What three aspects are included that constitutes the tripple bottom line?
Sustainable development: Development that meets current needs without compromising future generations to meet their own needs.
Three aspects:
- Social: People/equity
- Economic: Profit
- Enviromental: Planet. Consume resources at lower rate than reproduction
What are the three areas of components for sustainable operations management? Give examples for each area
What are the strategies (internal/external) for sustainable OM?
- Current internal strategies
Linking continous improvement processes to sustainability. e.g: waster reduction/ energy effiecency - Current external strategies
Improvement based on extended supply chain view. e.g: material choices/ closed-loop supply chain - Internal strategies for the future
Investments in new capabilities & processes. e.g: subsitution of materials/
re-design of products - External strategies for the future
Develop new core capabilities in product, process and supply chains and supporting strategies
There are two ways of organizing sustainability compenetencies. Describe them.
Integration
- Sustainability is internalized with principles of an established methodology by the same indivdual.
- Possible to take on direct ownership of e.g ‘sustainable product development’
Specialization
- Different competencies assigned to particular individuals
- Presumes interaction and coordination of functional specialists (indivudals)
