1. Operations Planning Product or Service
Workshop #3
Operations Planning Product or Service
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2. In business you wear many hats
It’s a juggling act!
You as the business owner are responsible for everything the business does – you are responsible for the success or the failure of the business.
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3. Common Sense!
Stress that this is not rocket science – only common sense is required.
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4. Building Customers Personnel Supplies Equipment BASIC QUESTIONS
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5. Where? How large? Buy or rent? BUILDING Any special characteristics?
Stop, give the class a few minutes, and ask each team to provide a short list of answers to the questions shown.
Buy or rent?
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6. Operating hours? Fulfillment rate? How do they pay?
CUSTOMERS
Operating hours?
How many customers/orders
do you expect in a day?
Fulfillment rate?
Stop, give the class a few minutes, and ask each team to provide a short list of answers to the questions shown.
How do they pay?
Where do they park?
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7. How many? How much are they paid? Training? PERSONNEL
Stop, give the class a few minutes, and ask each team to provide a short list of answers to the questions shown.
Training?
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8. What do you need? How much? When? Inventory? Where is it purchased?
SUPPLIES
What do you need?
How much?
When?
Inventory?
Where is it purchased?
Stop, give the class a few minutes, and ask each team to provide a short list of answers to the questions shown.
Do you manufacture it?
Inventory control?
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9. Storage? Accessibility? Maintenance? EQUIPMENT
Stop, give the class a few minutes, and ask each team to provide a short list of answers to the questions shown.
Maintenance?
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10. Operations Planning Product or Service
Workshop #3
Operations Planning Product or Service
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