Operations Management And Planning Chapter 11

Bell Ringer  Think of a product / manufacturing business.  What is the product?  Where is it made?  How is it made?  Who makes it?

How It’s Made  crayons.html crayons.html

Objectives  What operations managers do.  How do the two types of operating systems differ?  How managers use computers to design, engineer, and produce products  Factors to consider when selecting equipment.  Factors to consider when choosing a site.  The advantages of the three different types of facilities layout.

Role of Operations Manager  What is an operations manager?  Managers responsible for the activities involved in the producing the goods or services.  What activities are they involved in?  Choosing a process  Selecting site  Facility layout  Designing jobs  Planning day to day production operations.

Operating Systems  Continuous flow  Functions all the time  Intermittent-flow systems  Operate as needed

Computer Technology for Operations Management  CAD  The use of computers to design products  CAE  Used to analyze performance of product  CAM  Computers provide instructions to automated production equipment  CIM  Computers used to integrate entire manufacturing process from concept to product support.

Process Selection  What is it?  What factors must be considered?  How important a factor do you think the availability of parts and services is?

Site Selection  What factors must be considered when choosing a site?  Three options for obtaining new space?  Expand site  Move entire operation to new site  Add another facility  Why is site selection important to a company?  Why did Saturn choose Spring Hill, TN?

Facilities Layout  The process of planning the physical arrangement of a facility.  Materials Handling  Types of Layouts  Product Layout  Process Layout  Fixed Position Layout

Operations Manager Assignment  Pick a partner  Complete project worksheet  Ch Oper Mgmt Activity.docx Ch Oper Mgmt Activity.docx

Review  We are going to list and rank the decisions an operations manager must make according to the most crucial to business success.

Job Design and Planning Section 11.2

Dates  Friday, Jan. 21 st – Review for test  Wednesday, Jan. 26 th – Kraft field trip – leave at 8 am  Monday, Jan. 24 th – Chapter Test  Friday, Jan. 28 th – Article Discussion / Blog

Bell Activity Operations – those parts of the company that produce the company’s goods and/or services.  PREDICT how the key terms on page 262 are related to operations.  Think of a job you have been paid to do and write a list of the tasks performed at that job.  Reminder – I need your permission to travel and permission for video form this week.

Video  While watching the video clip, think about the planning, processes, job design and operations that it took to make what it is today.  do-it-transportation/

Section 11.2 Page 262  Read Section 11.2 silently.  Try to remember as much as possible to recall later.  Take a fact from each student in the room  Correct facts through discussion  Reread with ½ the time  Correct more facts and add important new ones.  Reorganize the information in a graphic representation or list group label.

Guided Practice  What is the difference between “job content” and “job design”?  Content – describes what the job is  Design – describes how the job is done.

Assess  Answer Facts and Ideas Review as a class.  Create a 10 question quiz for Chapter 11. OR  Create a crossword puzzle using all of the key terms from the chapter.