Operations Assignment
Before working on this assignment, review the appropriate guidelines for your selected company:
1. Snack Food Company Guidelines.
• If you are focusing on the snack food company, use the information contained in the guidelines first. Then add to the information according to your specific product.
2. Company of Your Choice Guidelines.
For this assignment, respond to the following:
1. Describe how your business operations will work. In other words, you want to explain the day-to-day flow of activities necessary to deliver your product or service to customers. Wherever applicable, identify costs. Be sure to address the following, if applicable to your chosen business, in the post:
• Facilities.
o Describe the facility, including its location.
o Specify whether it is rented or owned; include any associated costs.
o Estimate the cost of utilities, such as water/sewer, gas, electricity, and trash removal.
• Production Process.
o Describe the production process (how you will produce the product) or describe how your business will operate if retail or service company.
o Identify the equipment you will use and associated costs.
o Describe the capacity to produce the product.
o Explain your approach to quality control.
o Explain your approach to inventory, as applicable.
o Where do your supplies come from?
o What is your turnaround time to produce your product once you have received an order?
• Research and Development.
o Explain how you will stay abreast of new industry developments.
o Describe the new products or services that are in development.
• Personnel Needs in Operations.
o Specify the number of operations employees you plan to have.
o Describe their roles.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
• Textbook Chapter 11, "Operations," pages 195-224, provides examples, worksheets, and a sample operations plan.