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BUS 2103
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT 3: OPERATIONS REPORT
WORTH: 20% of Final Grade
MARKS AVAILABLE: 60 (to be shown as a percentage)
DUE DATE: Due on Thursday 28th May 2015 (end week 15)
PAGE COUNT: Report approximately 4 – 5 pages maximum
CONDITIONS: Poster Display is Group (3 – 4 students) worth 10%
Research Report is Individual worth 10%
Tasks must be handed in by the deadline. Failure to submit
on time will result in a deduction of 10% for each day over
the deadline. First drafts are not permitted. Any questions
regarding the explanation of the project and the requirement
are only allowed.
TEACHER CONTACTS: Email: shaun.hodgson@hct.ac.ae
Phone: 02 694 1248 (direct)
HCT ACADEMIC
HONESTY POLICY: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated within HCT.
Academic dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism (copying)
or any other attempt to gain an academic advantage in a
dishonest or unfair manner. Breaches of the Academic
Honesty Policy will result in dismissal from HCT.
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Faculty – Business Assessment Task 3 May 2015
1.Operations Management Poster Display
You are required to choose a company and create a poster display illustrating what you
have learnt about Operations Management in the company OR the Operations
Management relating to an individual product. The poster must be accurate, relevant,
visually pleasing, creative and clear in its message.
2.Operations Management Research Report
BASICS OF THE REPORT: 4 marks
Title page (1 mark)
The Title can be something like: “Operations Management practices of _______ .”
This should be a separate page. You can include a photograph or logo or something
here.
Table of contents: (1 mark)
The Table of Contents must indicate the headings in the project as well as the page
numbers. The Table of Contents must also be on a separate page.
Basic guidelines for the project: (1 mark)
Use numbered headings and paragraphs. This will make referrals easier and will
make references to the Table of Contents easier.
The project should be typed at 11⁄2 line spacing. The Font size should be 12. You
should use Times New Roman or Arial Font
Page layout should be portrait.
You must quote and include your references. Also include a list of references at
the back of your project. This is very important.
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Faculty – Business Assessment Task 3 May 2015
Structure of the Report (1 mark)
Here is a basic structure for the project. Notice how I have given structure to the
headings. I have numbered them and I have used:
CAPS and BOLD for the main headings
Bold, for the subheadings and
Bold and Italics for the sub-subheadings
CONTENT OF THE REPORT (46 marks)
Marks Section Titles Contents
4 Title page / Table of contents / Guidelines / Structure
5
Introduction to
the Report
Briefly discuss the background of the company and the main
products and/or services that the company sells. You can also
briefly mention something about the competition and how you
believe the company competes (relating this to their
operations).
4
Strategy of the
Company
What do you believe are the company’s “Order Winners”?
Briefly explain how 3 of the factors that affect productivity
relate to the company.
4 Forecasting Briefly explain the basic forecasting approaches and a
technique the company could use.
5
Product and
Service Design
What are the design considerations the company must make
with their product and/or services, for example, legal, ethical,
sustainability, standardized or customized and to what extent,
reliability?
5
Capacity
Planning
Explain the capacity issues your company must deal with. The
3 critical capacity questions; what type of capacity cushion is
needed? What type of constraints could there be in the
operations, and how could they be overcome?
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Faculty – Business Assessment Task 3 May 2015
5
Process Design
and Facility
Layout
Which process design is your company following? Explain in
detail how the product/process matrix relates to the product
and/or service that your company provides? Explain in detail
the type of layout the company is using to create their
product/services.
8 Location
Where was your company located? Explain your answer.
Which location factors did or would have been considered
(were present)? In your opinion, does your company have a
good location? Why or why not?
10 Quality and
Quality Control
Discuss the management of quality and quality control. Which
of the concepts for an effective quality management program
is your company using? Explain 5 of the dimensions of quality
to the product/service.
Total / 50
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