Managing And Maintain Plant Assets

Operations management is essential for the survival and success of any organization. According to Heizer & Render (2011), operations management (OM) is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. Operations managers today contend with competition, globalization, inflation, consumer demand, and consistent change in technology. Managers must focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of processes such as cost, dependability, distribution, flexibility, and speed. The intent of this paper is to discuss the processes and operations management of the Kroger Company.

Operations refers to the transformation of raw materials(inputs) into finished products(outputs). The operations process is one of the key business functions and is a crucial component to business success. Like every business, Qantas is affected by many internal and external influences requiring it to have effective strategies to respond to these influences. Businesses that are able to adopt and utilise effective operational strategies are able to quickly adapt and either reduce or take advantage of these influences that impact the business. The effectiveness of these strategies can measured by Qantas’ performance and whether or not it is able to hold it’s competitive advantage. How well these strategies respond to the influences on

Chase, R.B., Jacobs, F. R., & Aquilano, N.J. (2006) Operations management for competitive advantage (11th ed). New York: McGraw Hill/Irwin

Kroger is the largest grocery chain in the world. Kroger is known for their friendly associates, their fast checkout and their fresh product. In order to keep their great image, new process and improved process have to be implemented. As a member of management for the Kroger Company, there a few performance gaps that needs to be bridged. “It has been recognised that the competitive advantage of a company is important, and so is the way of managing it. Related to this are the issues of company performance (the ultimate measure), organizational effectiveness (an internal interim measure), and the processes/enablers for delivering these - a key consideration for the latter is how teams are managed (such as team strategy), which is a core focus of the present journal - Team Performance Management.” (Chau Sum, 2008) As a competitive company, we are currently experiencing

Recommendation:1. Improve Just-in-time systemSpartan Plastic Limited need to improve Just-in-time system, it is control aims to maintain inventory level at zero, with an immediate objective of reducing the capital tied to the inventories. It is an important principle that able to eliminating waste throughout the production system. The waste can occur, through excess inventories and overly large lot sizes, both of which can cause unnecessarily long customer lead times. Let's explain the role of the core JIT practices in enhancing manufacturing performance. JIT manufacturing requires the establishment of JIT supplier relationships with suppliers; Spartan in this case, that is able and willing to deliver the needed quantities of parts as the needs arise and without any defects.

Operations management is defined as the design, execution, and control of operations that convert resources into desired goods and services, while implementing an organizations business strategy (Business Dictionary, 2015). Office Depot Inc. is one such organization that truly understands that solid operations is the foundation to the success they have had in recent years. In this paper, I will give the history and background of Office Depot Inc. and explain why they have been able to keep such a competitive advantage in the consumer and small business supply industry. Additionally, I will

The training a Soldier receives during his Advanced Individual Training (AIT) tends to be very basic. The Soldiers learns how to do maintenance on only a small amount of tasks in order to be considered trained. The follow-on of training will be given at his/her first duty station, through the form of hands-on-training. A soldier will not usually come across every type of mechanical failure in the first year after his/her AIT. The training then lies in the hands of his/her senior maintenance technician to ensure they are proficient in each task. I see to many times that soldiers tend to rush maintenance in order to go home on time at the end of their duty day. Failure to pay attention to detail and take their time leads to mistakes being made, which can cause maintenance to be delayed.

All businesses are affected by a series of external forces or influences. These influences may also change over time and hence the way they interreact with an organisation can also change. Operations Management will use a variery of measurements to monitor external influences to help them respond to these changes, for example, at times of slow hire rates for employees in time of high employment, operation Management may re-train other internal staff to make up shortfalls [Kydos, P29].

This analysis delves into the company’s operation management principles to interpret its successful strategies and offer future recommendations.

The performance of an organizations ' workers, as well as the effectiveness of plans and efficiency of resources, are all aspects of issues that are affected by the specific strategy an organization decides to follow.

The basic requirements for operation managements is understanding of the customers’ needs and satisfied them, and use fewer resources to maximise the efficiency and effective of the company’s productivity. Therefore two typical Australia companies have been shown blew. One is the largest Australian supermarket, Woolworths Limited, and another one is the largest airline company in Australia, Qantas Limited.

Maintenance Management is an orderly and systematic approach to planning, organizing, monitoring and evaluating maintenance activities and their costs. A good maintenance management system coupled with knowledgeable and capable maintenance staff can prevent breakdown problems and environmental damage; yield longer asset life with fewer breakdowns; and result in lower operating costs and a higher quality of instruments. The term ‘maintenance’ means to keep the equipment in operational condition or repair it to its operational mode. Main objective of the maintenance is to have increased availability of production systems, with increased safety and optimized cost. Maintenance management involves managing the functions of maintenance. Maintaining equipment in the field has been a challenging task since the beginning of industrial revolution. Since then, a significant of progress has been made to maintain equipment effectively in the field.

Low-cost, time-efficient manufacturing of goods is a key feature of a successful production company in today’s competitive global economy. Operations management, often abbreviated in the business world as OM, is defined as “...the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs (Heizer and Render, p. 4).” Every day, factories take in raw materials and use the labor hours and skills of their employees to transform those same materials into a variety of consumer products,

Maintenance decision is typically made based on tool condition change/degradation. However, the change does not necessarily lead to poor quality of the product. Change-based maintenance decision making may lead to over-maintenance. This report focuses on develop prognosis for maintenance scheduling model. We first study current maintenance situation in Samsung semiconductor system, follow by that, generating data to illustrate the decision making process according to a potential optimization model that accommodates with productivity and preventive maintenance task scheduling in the report.

The case study illustrates the challenges met by a newly established company i.e. Rio Bravo IV in a high performance and quality demanding Industry. It shows how the best operations management strategy is important and how customer focus is a key feature in the success of an organization. We also see how building the right team for the right job will be key in the success of projects in today’s result oriented world.