1. Operations Management And Planning
Chapter 11

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

3. How It’s Made

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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?

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

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

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

13. Assess
Create a 5 question quiz from chapter 11.1

14. Section 11.1 Page 250 Guided Reading
Students predict what the section is going to be about
Timed reading – remember as much as you can to recall later
Silent Reading
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.