Reference no: EM132841583
ES985 Operations Strategy for Industry - University of Warwick
Company - AIRLINE INDUSTRY
PMA Task - Compare and contrast the operations strategy for ‘IKEA', the in-module case study company, and a leading company in the ‘Airline' industry. Please note: McDonalds is a company that you cannot select.
Learning outcome 1: Define operations strategy and its importance in an industrial business.
Learning outcome 2: Explain how operations strategy integrates, aligns and interacts with other company strategies.
Learning outcome 3: Describe the impact of operations strategy at different levels within the organisation.
Learning outcome 4: Recognise the need to measure the performance of the operations strategy and identify suitable areas for measurement.
Learning outcome 5: Discuss and give examples of how operations strategy can be formulated.
Learning outcome 6: Appraise and question different companies' operations strategies and draw conclusions from the information.
Learning outcome 7: Select appropriate practices for implementing operations strategy in different environments.
Learning outcome 8: Apply some of the tools and techniques learnt to case study material.
a. define operations strategy and its importance in an industrial context linked to market requirement
b. explain how operations strategy integrates, aligns and interacts with other strategies within the organisation of your choice (i.e. marketing strategy linked to market requirements)
c. describe the impact of operations strategy at different levels within the organisation (i.e. top-down and bottom-up)
d. recognise the need to measure the performance of the operations strategy and identify suitable areas for measurement (i.e. the content and process of operations strategy)
e. critically appraise and question the ‘HOW' of the operations strategies of the organisation of your choice against the ‘HOW' of the organisation adopted for the in-module assessment and draw conclusions from the information (i.e. the use of the operations strategy matrix)
f. select appropriate practices for implementing the ‘HOW' ofoperations strategy in different market environments (i.e. first understand the ‘line of fit' between market requirements and operations performance)
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Attachment:- Operations Strategy for Industry.rar