Assignment: Operation Management
You should notice the different areas and that I am expecting to see the following:
1. Your level of understanding of how your actions in the simulation affected metrics.
2. Your ability to state why you made decisions and what you expected to have happen.
3. How your actions ultimately affected the metrics.
I do not care which metrics you choose, but I need you to discuss how your team affected the business operation. It is also ok to say that things didn't work out the way you expected. But, please do your best to use information from the book to support why you did what you did and use the language of the discipline (e.g. the key words the book uses.)
Factory Simulation Paper - Part 2
I know that several of you are concerned about the format and length of this paper since they are not defined. Here are some tips that I have learned about Operations Management that might help.
Two ways that business professionals display information is in a Decision Paper or Information Paper. These are both very similar with the only difference being that the information paper is designed to inform a decision maker and a decision paper is providing the information necessary to make a decision. At this point in your short Operations Manager career I would recommend an Information Paper approach. This way you can specifically inform your boss (the CEO) what you have done to the factory and what the results were.
Here is a typical Information Paper format.
Title Page: With your name, the title of your paper (use something real, not MGT 307), and a date
Body:
Start with an introductory paragraph that informs the boss of what you are trying to tell them.
Bottom Line paragraph that says where you are and what is next. This should be short.
Assumptions paragraph that states any assumptions that you made or will have to make in the future.
Facts and Analysis paragraphs are the meat and potatoes. What did you do? What did you expect to happen? What really did happen? Support these facts with graphics. The graphics can be visual displays of data or tables of data. You choose how best to sell your results. You can do this either as a week by week discussion or by a topic (forecasting, scheduling, etc.).
Summary and conclusion: This set of paragraphs brings all of the highlights to a close.
References - if you need them. I don't require them unless you specifically call out something that the boss may need to take a deeper look at.
Hopefully this format now allows you to tell your story about the three things that you are being graded on:
1. How did your team's factory improve over time? Use real metrics to show that your team became more effective and more efficient.
2. What did your team do and how did it affect your team's results? Use real metrics to show what happened.
3. What would you do differently and why? Use information from the book/slides/videos/class to support your comments.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Team.rar