Reference no: EM133614722

As the vice president of operations, at xyz manufacturing you have noticed that your organization's current operations strategy is not supporting the challenges that the organization is presently facing. In order to maintain a competitive edge, address these challenges with the chief executive officer immediately.

Question 1: Analyze the organization's current vision, mission, business strategy, operation strategy, supply chain, total quality management, just-in-time philosophy, forecasting method, statistical technique, facility location, work design, project life cycle, and project management.

Question 2: Evaluate 2-4 weaknesses that are evident in the selected organization's product life cycle. Generate a new product design and product selection, and then determine three strategies that the organization needs in order to strengthen the operation. Provide support for the rationale.

Question 3: Determine the key components of supply chain management for the company . Determine three major issues that could affect the structuring, sourcing, purchasing, and supply chain of the organization. Provide a solution to each issue.

Question 4: Develop a total quality management tool that identifies and analyzes any future issues. Provide a rationale for developing the selected tool.

Question 5: Analyze three advantages of employing the just-in-time philosophy in the organization. Evaluate 3-5 potential impacts the philosophy will have on quality assurance. Provide specific examples to support the response.

Question 6: Determine a qualitative and quantitative forecasting method for the operation. Next, make a table in which identify the characteristics of the operation that relate to each method. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each method.