BUS06098-25617: As A Supermarket Manager In A Large Family-Run Supermarket On The High Street: Operation Management Assignment, AIT, Ireland

QUESTION 1

Q 1(a) As a Supermarket Manager in a large family-run supermarket on the High Street, using the Harvard Referencing System and examples to demonstrate your understanding: (a) describe the impacts the 4 Vs (Volume, Variety, Variation in Demand and Visibility) will have on your layout and flow, your process and product design and your HR and training management

Q 1(b)Consider how these impacts (in part (a), above) might differ from your previous location of employment – a small, family-run grocery corner shop in a built-up residential area.

QUESTION 2 

Q 2 Describe 4 key activities of operations management. Use the Harvard Referencing System and examples to demonstrate your understanding.

QUESTION 3   

Q 3 Describing what a ‘Supply Network Perspective’ is in Supply Chain Management, discuss the three important reasons for taking a supply network perspective. Use the Harvard Referencing System and examples to demonstrate your understanding.

QUESTION 4

Q 4(b)Design is important to an organization’, discuss, using minimum 5 reasons to illustrate your point. Use the Harvard Referencing System and examples to demonstrate your understanding.

QUESTION 5 

Q 5 A fast-food restaurant is deciding which applicant for the role of Operations Manager has the best understanding of three key strategic priorities:

The challenge of understanding:

1. 8 categories of waste in the system;

2. 5 Performance Objectives that customers demand;

3. issues facing a decision about a location for a new outlet.

Demonstrate your suitability for the role by explaining how each of these three challenges should be considered in the context of a fast-food restaurant.