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7 Process Strategy PowerPoint presentation to accompany
Heizer and Render Operations Management, Eleventh Edition Principles of Operations Management, Ninth Edition PowerPoint slides by Jeff Heyl © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Outline Process Strategies Product-Process Matrix
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Process Strategy A process strategy is an organization’s approach to transforming resources into goods and services. The objective is to create a process to produce products that meets customer requirements within cost and other managerial constraints
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Process Strategies How to produce a product or provide a service that
Meets or exceeds customer requirements Meets cost and managerial goals Has long term effects on Efficiency and production flexibility Costs and quality
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Process Strategies Deciding on the way production of goods or services will be organized variety of output degree of equipment flexibility expected volume of output Five process strategies Project: Building a custom home Job shop: Beauty Shop Batch: Local Bakery Repetitive Process: Cell Phone Assembly Continuous Process: Oil Refinery
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Product-Process Matrix
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Product-Process Matrix
Project (Building a Custom home) High Variety Flexibility Cost Low Job Shop (Beauty Shop) Batch (Local Bakery) Repetitive Process (Cell Phone Assembly) Continuous Process (Oil Refinery) Low Volume High
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Discussion Question 1 Consider several members of the supply chain of a company that makes plastic toy cars and trucks. Which of the five processes described in the product-process matrix is likely to be used by the following supply chain members? the company that assembles the toys: the company that produces the plastic :
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Discussion Question 2 Which of the five processes described in the product-process matrix is likely to be used? A company that designs custom racing bikes A company that makes low-priced bikes for children
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Product-Process Matrix
Project (Building a Custom home) High Variety Flexibility Cost Low Mass Customization Job Shop (Beauty Shop) Batch (Local Bakery) Repetitive Process (Cell Phone Assembly) Continuous Process (Oil Refinery) Low Volume High
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Product-Process Matrix
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