Question: What is your opinion on the questions below?
What are some common elements or aspects of the four operations management areas covered in this course: productivity, inventory, capacity, quality? Compare the relative importance of these in manufacturing (e.g. Excellent Mfg. Co.) to the importance in other kinds of business, e.g. the ones you have been INVENTING. Also, consider several other areas not covered in the course, e.g. facility layout and scheduling. Discuss how these compare in relative importance to areas that were covered.