Assignment:
Outline:
1. Introduction
a. The name of the medical device manufacturing company.
b. A brief description of Ermi Inc.
c. The organization of the company management.
d. The services offered at Ermi Inc.
2. Operations and processes provided at Ermi Inc.
a. Devices available for different operations
b. Devices for knees, ankles, elbows and shoulders.
c. Treatment protocol
d. Devices for treating clinicians.
e. The solutions for treatment failure
f. Proven results from the company operations
3. Conclusion
a. The effectiveness of the organization management in running the operations and processes.
b. General Comment of the processes and operations of the company.
Assignment:OM as a Competitive Advantage in Your Organization
This project will help you synthesize and apply what you have learned in the Operations Management course to your organization. Keep in mind you will analyze your organization from a leadership perspective. You will assess your organization through a competitive priority lens and evaluate the ten OM decision areas and key processes to develop actionable recommendations to increase your company's competitive advantage.
Create a 7 to 9 page paper. Choose an organization (current or past) and complete the below:
1. Describe the competitive priorities of your organization and the product-process strategies used. As a result, what are the key tasks that senior management should focus on doing especially well?
a. Hint: Compete on differentiation, cost and/or response? Process focus, repetitive focus,product focus, or mass customization focus?
2. Refer to the Ten Strategic OM Decisions :
1. Design of goods and services
2. Managing quality
3. Process and capacity design
4. Location strategy
5. Layout strategy
6. Human resources and job design
7. Supply-chain management
8. Inventory management
9. Scheduling
10. Maintenance
Describe how each of the ten OM decision areas is currently addressed.
• 3 - 5 sentences/bullets for each area
Evaluate the decisions made in each of the ten OM decision areas:
• Do they align with the organization's competitive priorities and product-process strategies? Explain why or why not.
3. Describe the operations and key processes of your organization. Describe current-state processes using the following business process maps:
• SIPOC, and
• Detailed process flowchart, swim-lane process map, or value-stream map
4. What specific, actionable recommendations would you present to your company's senior management to improve operations for competitive advantage? Provide a rationale for all recommendations, and consider the following hints:
• Would you present any changes to competitive priorities and/or product-process strategies?
• How would you address any of the ten OM decisions differently?
Operations Management:
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• Would you change any processes? Highlight any changes and include a future state process map.
• What is the timeline for your recommended actions?