Assessment:
Consider the underlying business information needs of the new business and what information requirements will be needed. Outline the management information structure of the proposed business information system for your new business opportunity as part of the overall proposal based on the feedback received
Consider specific IS concepts to outline your proposed system. For example, what elements do you plan to incorporate into your management information system? What linkages in the information structure are proposed?
Prompt: Assess the history and trends of operations management, focusing on the business or company from your business plan for Amazon.
Specifically, you should assess the significant forces that have shaped operations management in recent history.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
a) Assess the significant forces that have shaped operations management in recent history. How did these forces impact the business operations of your company? If your company does not yet exist, how do you envision these forces will impact the business operations of Amazon?
b) Critique the key obstacles and issues that confronted company management during the evolution of operations management into the modern era. How did your Amazon's management handle these obstacles?
c) Assess changes to operations management philosophies and organizational structures in response to the evolving complexity of business operations. In other words, what has changed and why?
d) Analyze the business operations of Amazon. Consider questions such as these in your response: What organizational processes does the company use? How do the business operations support the strategic plan, mission, and vision of the company? What factors affect productivity and profitability?
e) Determine the key trends in production, quality, resource, and information management with a focus on the business operations of Amazon.
f) Assess the impact of these key trends on the business operations of Amazon and on the business product, service, or other idea in your business plan.
Guidelines: APA-style, Microsoft Word document, 8-10 pages (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. There should be a minimum of two references cited in APA format.
Assessment of Key Industry Change of Amazon
The impact of change on the supply chain of the company will greatly influence the entire Amazon organization operation and create a new level of competition in the market.
Impact of change in the industry
Through the upgrade of the technology and required change in its supply chain, the company will be able to meet its efficient distribution level that will set the company to a new course of production. Some of the changes are: Artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and the business-ready internet of things to build connecting devices and machines to gather data, automate processes, and streamline operations.
The major impacts that are expected to occur on the company are; "the decrease in the whole food prices, the availability of the whole foods products on Amazon.com, and Amazon's prime reward program will be available for whole foods customers." The change will also negatively impact the organization and employees through job replacement by the technology. Also, the change will set the organization towards investing more in commerce and tripping off the traditional retailers (Stadtler, 2015).
Key obstacles and opportunities that have enabled or inhibited the companies change
Amazon enjoys economies of scale of being one of the best-doing business in America with its revenue rising on daily basis. One best opportunity that has led to required change is the increased number of customers served and the continued demand for the company to diversify its services (Christopher, 2016). Apart from the continued incredible performance by the company the change has been faced with challenges such as the increased competition in the market which has also led to increasing the list of mergers and acquisition.
Conclusion
In summary, the Amazon change will greatly improve the organizational effectiveness and eliminate the competition in the market along with changing the face of online marketing by the application of being the most efficient service delivery (Cummings & Worley, 2014).