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Operations Management Dissertation Topics
Choosing a great topic for your graduate, master or doctoral dissertation can often feel more challenging than actually undertaking the study. Knowing that the time spent on this work, which may be months, or in some cases years, on a PhD or Master’s Degree is so critical to success can making the topic choice seem daunting. Our advice is to always choose a topic that you love, or an area you find interesting because this makes the whole process much less arduous. It’s also often a good idea to look into the areas where your advisor has knowledge and experience so that they can guide and focus your work. Most importantly the topic should be focused and manageable. If these factors are taken into account when choosing a topic in the field of Operations Manager, the overall task will be much easier, interesting and can lead to new routes for you in your professional or academic development. To help in preparing for this great challenge, this article provides suggestions for Operations Management topics in a range of key areas such as the supply chain, scheduling, inventory management and design of services, all of which are current areas in the field.
- Supply chain design and control Dissertation Topics
Inventory Management Dissertation Topics
Production scheduling dissertation topics, product development dissertation topics, design of services dissertation topics, dynamic pricing dissertation topics, industrial risk management dissertation topics, logistics dissertation topics, manufacturing and supply-chain dissertation topics.
- Total quality management Dissertation Topics
Supply Chain Design and Control Dissertation Topics
The development and maintenance of effective Supply chains is one of the most crucial organisational elements of any manufacturing organisation and their achievement of competitive advantage and the building of good customer relationships. The planning, design and effective control of the supply chain and its various elements and stakeholders is of utmost importance to the success of the organisations. Organisations need to evaluate continuously improve and evolve their supply chains, and there is an increasing use of technology and other digital solutions to support control, measure and evaluation of this important facet of the organisations systems. With the development of automation, data analytics and a focus on corporate social responsibility effective and innovative supply chain design and control is moving forward into a new era. For up to date, timely operations management dissertation topics within this area please see the suggestions below.
- What does “Legality” mean in reference to supply chain design?
- The virtual supply chain and its role in streamlining short-term business partnerships
- Supply chain management: Is autonomous transportation a reality and how effective can it be?
- Blockchain technology and its effect on the UK supply chain: Issues and challenges
- Supply chain management and impact of information technology: An analysis of manufacturing firms in UK.
- E-commerce for supply chain management.
- Supply chain management: Case study on Amazon.com and innovative solutions for packing, picking and delivering
- Big Data and its role in revolutionising the supply chain for online retailers
- How the supply chain differs on a B2C site compared to a B2B environment.
- Supply chain control management: A case study on HP, UK.
- Track and trace technology and its contribution to competitive advantage at Johnson and Johnson
- I Robot : the use of Robotic picking and automation by Alibaba and the effect on supply chain efficiencies
- How important will crowd-sourced transportation like Uber and Deliveroo be for reducing costs and increasing efficiency during “last mile delivery”
Inventory management is the supervision of non-capitalized assets (inventory) and stock items. A component of supply chain management, inventory management supervises the flow of goods from manufacturers to warehouses and from these facilities to point of sale.
As an integral component of supply chain management, inventory management refers to the systems of supervision for inventory and stock items, managing and monitoring the flow of goods from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. The processes can be complex and an inventory management system requires clear planning and concise and closely measured processes and technologies to ensure accuracy and efficiency. Suggestions for operations management dissertations topics on inventory management are:
- Inventory management is still the backbone of supply chain management: True or False?
- The influence of big data analytics in effective inventory management.
- The importance of RFID in inventory management at Toyota UK.
- How Smart is Smart Inventory in the grocery retail sector : Analysis of Smart inventory management at Tesco.
- The internet of things and inventory management : how IoT is connecting customers to suppliers in a more efficient way
- Inventory management or logistics solutions: how just in time approaches and inventory technology are changing traditional inventory management processes
- Inventory management for e-commerce.
- Inventory management with multiple procurement modes: A case study in UK.
- Analytical study of inventory management in a car manufacturing organisation.
- Warehouse drones and how they could change the face of inventory management : Examination of Sony and Amazon’s plans for connecting robotic automation with inventory management software
- Are wearable scanning devices more time efficient than hand-held units – examination of wearable scanners in a FMCG warehouse setting
- AI and inventory management : The role of artificial intelligence in making accurate stock decisions at Amazon.com
Production planning refers to the organisational function of establishing an overall level of output, called the production plan. The process also includes any other activities needed to satisfy current planned levels of sales, but should also incorporate the the firm’s general objectives in terms of profit, productivity, lead times, and achievement of customer satisfaction, defined with the strategic plan for the organisation. From a managerial perspective production planning requires the development of an integrated strategy where the operation element is the foundation and a crucial element of the production plan. Dissertations in production scheduling could cover any of the following topics.
- Production scheduling techniques in a manufacturing environment.
- Production scheduling techniques in a car manufacturing industry.
- Toyota production scheduling techniques: A case analysis in UK.
- The significance of theory of constraints in production scheduling.
- Production scheduling in steel industry: A case study on Mittal Steel.
- Fuzzy theory applied to production planning as a means of improving the accuracy of planning decision making processes
- How integrated production planning and cross-employee communication increases productivity and employee motivation
- Using AI to improve quality control : A case study of Amazon.com
- Production scheduling optimisation within the Pharmaceutical industry through technology
- Real time communication between multi-site manufacturers and the impact on productivity scheduling
Product development (NPD) is the term used to describe the complete process of bringing a new product or service to market. There are two parallel paths involved in the product development process: one involves the idea generation, product design, and detail engineering whilst the second path involves market research and marketing analysis for the proposed new product. NPD is the first operational stage in generating and bringing to market new products when looked at from the perspective of product life cycle management. If your area of interest is NPD, the following dissertation topics may be useful:
- Fitting in: The world of the techno eco-system and what it means for NPD
- Product development and how the process has been hijacked by consumers wanting to collaborate and innovate with food companies
- Product mix and New Product Development strategies to meet consumer’s ethical and CSR demands
- How do they do it? Critical analysis of Apple’s NPD strategy and process
- Product development strategy In the automotive industry: Toyota’s lean thinking and its effectiveness in launching new products
- Is technology like 3D printing changing the NPD process and what does this mean for small businesses?
- Product life cycles in the digital age – is a new approach needed?
- Product development strategy: case study Amazon.com.
- Impact of information technology on product development strategy: case study on organisations based in UK.
- Crowd-funding, new product development and people powered innovation: a new theory of NPD and its place in the product life cycle
Service Design is the activity of planning and organising people, infrastructure, communication and material components of a service, in order to improve its quality, the interaction between service provider and customers and the customer’s overall experience. The increasing relevance of the service sector, both in terms of people employed and economic importance, requires services to be accurately designed. An operations dissertation on the design of services could include:
- Customer service in e-business : Case study of Amazon.com
- Spirituality, investment and motivation: Why Starbucks services design is a major contributor to its success.
- Service design in fund management company.
- Design and implementation of e-commerce web services.
- Four major characteristics of services and the marketing strategies available for the service organisation.
- Impact of big data analytics in creating effective service design.
- Solutions and experience are the new service mantras, or are they just old wine in new bottles?
- Future technology impact on service design.
- The principles of service design thinking and how to apply them in a small restaurant business
- Applying service design in the NHS: Sequencing a customer journey to improve experience
- Co-creation of the service journey in manufacturing, from order through processing to delivery: examination of the integration of service design at BMW
- Tesla motors and co-creation of a full service journey for customers through partnerships and alliances
Variable, dynamic pricing allows the retailer to change or fluctuate prices due to different variables, conditions, and situations. Being able to manage dynamic pricing strategies is a key ability for companies wishing to succeed in the world of e-commerce in particular. The forces of supply and demand are leading variables that dictate pricing. An operations dissertation on dynamic pricing would make for very interesting reading.
- E-business models of dynamic pricing.
- Dynamic pricing: A case study of the travel industry.
- Consumer responses to dynamic pricing in the airline industry
- Dynamic pricing: A case study of the insurance industry.
- Comparing the use of dynamic pricing in the airline and retail industries
- The importance of dynamic pricing in ‘auctioning’.
- Analysis of the current issues, future trends and opportunities associated with dynamic pricing.
- The significance of dynamic pricing in online retailing
- Dynamic pricing: A case study on easyJet.
- Dynamic pricing in a B2B environment in the UK.
- Dynamic pricing in the UK service industry
- Competition-based dynamic pricing in e-commerce
- Price guarantees and dynamic pricing strategies
The majority of industrial and engineering operations are in the risk world. Almost everything done involves probabilities and consequences. Within these industrial settings, there are many factors contributing to uncertainty, for example, external influences (oil prices, political changes, etc.), equipment characteristics (reliability, availability), materials, contractors’ performance, suppliers, organization complexity, and human error. This is a very important issue within the business world and makes for an excellent operations dissertation.
- Risk management in the UK construction industry: A case study
- Risk management in the pharma industry: a case study analysis in the UK.
- Is risk management different in the banking industry?
- Risk management in the retail industry
- Internal and external factors affecting industrial risk management
- The impact of rapidly advancing information technology on industrial risk management: A case study if the automobile industry
- Big data analytics and risk management for improving business operations
- Risk management in the aviation industry
- Human factors affecting industrial risk management
- Industrial risk management in rural part of the UK.
- The impact of risk management on production decisions
- How can firms proactively manage supply chain risk?
- Critical success factors in supply chain risk management in industrial firms in the UK
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption. The aim is usually to meet the requirements of consumers. To achieve its goals, logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material-handling, and packaging. Operations management dissertation topics for your logistics management dissertation could include:
- Is the rise of intermodal international logistics affecting the operations of manufacturing companies?
- Transport and logistics
- Evaluation of the logistics operations carried out within manufacturing organisations
- The logistic industry and corporate social responsibility: A closer look.
- The impact of recent improvements in information technology on the logistics industry.
- Principles of logistic management: an evaluation in a practical environment using Amazon as a case study
- Anticipatory logistics on supply chain management.
- Logistics management as a competitive advantage: A comparative analysis of Tesco and Asda
- Value chain strategy of the logistic industry in the UK.
- Optimising third party logistics using Big Data
- Vehicle route optimisation in London
- Decision-support systems to tackle the challenges of last mile logistics
- Last mile logistics for the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables in cities
Manufacturing strategy is a functional strategy, which means that manufacturing objectives should be derived from business objectives, and then manufacturing policies developed to address these objectives. Supply chain management (SCM) is the combination of art and science that goes into improving the way a company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. Possible topics for your operations dissertation are:
- Is manufacturing strategy the key to business success?
- Manufacturing strategies of automobile OEMs in China
- Comparing the manufacturing strategies of automobile OEMs in China and the UK
- A case study of Boeing’s manufacturing strategy
- How Dell changed the computer world with its supply chain strategy: A retrospective case study
- Combining environmental management with supply chain management: A case study on BMW
- Examining continuous production as a manufacturing strategy in the pharmaceutical industry
- E-supply chain management: An examination of the use of technology to build superior supply chains
- ERP: A boon to supply chain strategy?
- The impact of information technology on manufacturing strategy
- Using information technology to support an integrated supply chain strategy
- The potential of the Cloud for enhancing manufacturing strategy
- Using an agile supply chain strategy to support supply chain performance
- The impact of manufacturing flexibility on financial performance in the fashion industry
Total Quality Management Dissertation Topics
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a business management strategy aimed at embedding awareness of quality in all organisational processes. TQM has been widely used in manufacturing, education, call centres, government and service industries, as well as NASA space and science programs. If you are looking at the area of Total Quality Management for your operations dissertation, the following topics may be useful:
- Is Total Quality Management enough for competitive advantage?
- Can TQM be a factor of sustainable competitive advantage for SME organisations?
- Evolution of quality: First fifty years of production and operations management in the UK
- Implementation of Total Quality Management: an empirical study of UK manufacturing firms.
- Total Quality Management and customer satisfaction in homebuilding.
- The application of Total Quality Management in construction field operations.
- The impact of TQM on innovation
- TQM: Theory and the practical implementation in the UK.
- Creating synergies between TQM and information technology.
- To what extent can TQM be applied in the public sector?
- Using Quality Management to develop excellence in UK’s third sector
- Barriers to the implementation of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model in the UK
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Operations management orchestrates all the processes to produce goods and deliver services efficiently. On this page, we suggest operations management research topics for you to explore the multifaceted dimensions of this field. Go through these operations management topics to discover the role of operations management in organizational success.
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- Starbucks Operations and Inventory Management
- Samsung Group’s Supply Chain and Operation Management
- The Role of Technology in Operations Management
- Operations Management: Apple Case Study
- Human Resource Strategy in Operations Management
- Operations Management: The Case of Concept Design Services
- McDonald’s Operations: Self-Service Kiosk Case Study
- Operational Management: the Case of Apple, Inc. The development of a solid plan is possible after analyzing the operationalization management strategy of Apple and developing recommendations based on the operational theory.
- Hard Rock Café’s Operations Management and Productivity The case deals with Hard Rock café, the modest pub in London, which has grown exponentially within a very short span of 30 years.
- Air New Zealand Airline’s Operations Management This paper analyzes the internal and external environment of Air New Zealand with a view to understanding the main factors influencing its operational plans.
- Kodak: Operations and Innovations Management This paper provides analysis of Kodak’s situation using the 3S model, application to Kodak, providing strategic analysis, systematic analysis, and situational analysis.
- Samsung Electronics: Operations Management Performance Objectives In Samsung Electronics, it can be stated that one of the departments responsible for quality is Corporate Technology Office.
- Nissan Motor Company: Operations Management To ensure financial stability and a strong position in the target market, recently, Nissan has decided to reorganize its operations strategy.
- Heathrow Airport’s Service Operations Management The study evaluates service management at Heathrow airport and evaluates actions and measures that have been taken to improve the service quality at the airport.
- Linear Programming Operations Management Linear programming operations management is a mathematical strategy that is employed for arranging scarce or limited resources effectively while performing various tasks.
- Apple Inc.’s Strategic Operations Management Apple remains one of the most productive corporations in the world. This paper has analyzed the strategic factors that have enabled the American brand to succeed.
- Azure: Service Operations Management Overview The operation that Microsoft nurtures provides customers with numerous cloud services that are assembled under the name of Azure.
- Toyota’s vs. Coca-Cola’s Operations Management The adoption of proper operations management is an important success factor for leading global companies, namely Coca-Cola and Toyota.
- Total Energies: Operations Management The operations management report’s findings for Total Energies show that technology plays a vital role in enriching the goals and objectives of the company.
- Financial Operation Exposure Management Principles There are many principles that a company can implement to counter financial operation exposure. The definition of operating exposure affirms that it involves unexpected changes.
- General Motors Operation Analysis: Project Management Speaking of General Motors, the company’s operational objective is improving performance and the level of customers’ satisfaction.
- Lenovo Group Ltd.’s Operations and Information Management The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of operations and information management and related concepts.
- The Concept of Operations Management Operations management (OM) is defined as the design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm’s primary products.
- Operations Management of a Care Facility for the Elderly Any institution dealing with the provision of care to dependent elderly persons should ensure that its strategies are broad enough to cover the wide range of needs of the elderly.
- Operations Management in Business Operations management is described as the organization of processes used to produce and distribute products and services. There are five main objectives of operations management.
- Airbus Company Systems and Operations Management In the context of the Airbus and its integration within business, systems and operations management is of significant importance in diverse ways.
- Operations Management and Production System: Case of Olive Garden Restaurant The presented paper is devoted to the discussion of operations management and production system using the case of Olive Garden restaurant
- Roche Company’s Operations Management This report examines three of Roche’s OM decision areas, compares and contrasts the organisation with another firm using the 4Vs of operations.
- WalMart Stores’ Operation Management Operation management is the process that transfers inputs such as raw materials and labor into output in the form of finished goods and services.
- Thai-Lay Fashion Company’s Operations Management The paper reviews operations management in business with reference to the Thai-Lay Fashion Company Ltd., which is situated in Hong Kong.
- McDonald Corporation: Operations Management and Productivity In all the restaurants under McDonald Corporation around the world, there are a number of operations that are related to the overall organizational strategy.
- Lean Process and Operation Management The lean process applied along with the operations management is the popular paradigm that affects the functioning of companies and results in the rise of positive shifts in them.
- Operations Management Definition Operations management is an essential process that uses raw materials to turn them into goods and services. This phenomenon is connected with the supply chain.
- Transport Efficiency Through Operation Management Operations management is one of the management fields which are increasingly becoming relevant in the competitive business environment.
- Construction Company’s Operational Risk Management This work presents an operational risk assessment connected to standard masonry techniques and procedures in the development of five-story apartment blocks.
- Operations Management of Logistics and Supply Chain The effective operations management of logistics and supply chain can deliver various goals such as cost reduction, timely response, waste reduction, and improved profitability.
- Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry’s Operation and Management The paper regards the non-alcoholic beverages sustainability in the context of company analysis. It discusses organizational hierarchy development and finance raising.
- Operations Management Trends and Future Operations management has evolved and changed over the years, affecting areas such as manufacturing and service.
- Strategic Shipping Operations Management: Liquefied Natural Gas This research analyzes some commercial and technical strategies most beneficial to facilitate the transportation of LNG with specialized designed LNG tankers.
- Hard Rock Café: Operations Management and Productivity This paper describes ten operations and performance management solutions at Hard Rock Café that help create the link between raw data processing and the final product.
- Operations Management: Ford vs. Firestone This paper is an analysis of Ford vs. Firestone case “Death on the Highway: Quality Problems at Ford and Firestone” to unearth the operations management crisis in the two companies.
- Metrics and Performance Measurement in Operations Management Metrics is indeed a powerful management tool in aligning company strategies and objectives and ensuring people are working towards a common direction.
- Big Bone BBQ and Wicked Wings Restaurants’ Operations Management The current system of Big Bone BBQ is successful, but it does not realize its full potential due to a lack of automation that leads to imprecision and considerable wastage.
- Local Food Venture and Its Operations Management Building a small business enterprise is a complex task. This case study examines a model of expanding a local food venture to a permanent location and franchise.
- Operations Management and Productivity Operation management aims at ensuring that functions in a business are conducted in the most efficient manner, so as the end results are satisfied customers and reduced cost of production.
- Narkee Ltd.’s People and Operations Management Two main challenges Narkee Ltd faces are people management and operations management, which the firm must fix to remain competitive.
- Operations Management and Related Ethical Issues Ethics dictates how to conduct operations in a morally right or just way, as well as acknowledging the dignity of employees in a business.
- Operations and Information Management: A Case Study of CC Music CC Music has accumulated market knowledge and expertise over the previous years, yet, the industry’s course over the past decade poses a significant obstacle.
- Productivity in Operations Management It is certain that operations management is crucial for every business that strives for development. This field addresses an array of organizational processes.
- Operational Management in Large Organizations Using the example of Zara and Kohl stores, the paper analyzes the most effective strategies that allowed companies to realize themselves as profitably as possible.
- Aspects of Operations Management Operations management is a vast and encompassing term used to collectively describe all business activities, which drive its internal processes.
- Operation Management and Value Chain in Healthcare One of the main challenges in healthcare is that service cost reduction should not affect health outcomes in patients.
- Operations Management Research Operations management is connected directly to the value stream and is thus tasked to maximize its effectiveness and efficiency.
- Operations and Information Management of CC Music The given report outlines the main features of CC Music, a company founded by Chris and Clive. It focuses on the provision of specific services to bands that include social media marketing.
- The Operations Process and Types of Training Management in the Army Training is a significant aspect of improving the skills of soldiers and preparing them for upcoming or potential operations.
- Operations and Supply Chain Management The principal task of this essay is to explain what can happen if a project stage is not completed and if a stakeholder decides not to participate in the project implementation.
- Innovation in Operation Management – Personal Experience To overcome the different challenges faced by companies, they must put in place some strategies like differentiating their products or services from those of the competition.
- Operations Management in Thai-Lay Fashion Company Ltd. Thai-Lay is a textile manufacturing company in Hong Kong with its markets situated mainly in Europe. The company produces a wide range of ready-made garments for adults and children of both sexes.
- Combat Stress and Operational Stress Management Combat and operational stress is emotional and physiological stress which is a direct result of dangers faced in combat or the mere tension of being in combat.
- Introduction to Operations Management Course The “Introduction to management” course built a strong foundation of knowledge connected with the organization’s peculiarities, management strategies, and organization operations.
- CB&I Firm’s Operations and Supply Chain Management CB&I is an American construction and building company that also supplies raw materials to various small and medium-sized firms.
- Emergency Operations and Its Management This essay discusses emergency operations centers, and plans, preparing the populace, the press role, risk communication, and training and preparedness exercises.
- Operations Management: Factors and Approaches Operations management is critical for any business because it can be used for effective work that ensures the possibility to meet the overall business objectives.
- “Operations Management” Term in Academic Literature This paper is aimed at discussing the way in which the business notion of “operations management” is introduced in the academic literature.
- Online Grocery Business: Operations Management The project can have one and more critical paths. When a project has multiple critical paths, project risks increase according to the number of paths.
- Production and Operations Management Depreciation of products means lower prices for goods produced in mainland China. Products with a lower price may increase exports from both Hong Kong and mainland China.
- Project and Operation Management Essentials Operation management can be defined as a system of theories and strategies aimed at optimizing the processes occurring in the setting of entrepreneurship or aimed at completing a specific project.
- Azzaz Shop’s Operations and Information Management Azzaz is a mobile phone and accessories retailer based in England, owned by Lewis. The business started with a single shop, which Lewis has grown into a chain of eleven.
- Nutmeg Enterprises’ Operations Management In the case study of Nutmeg Enterprises, the operational framework of the beverage manufacturer and distributor is provided.
- Launching an Airline: Operations and Management Launching an airline requires a deep understanding of the market forces. The industry has many challenges, from stiff competition, to fluctuating oil prices, and policies that may hurt profitability.
- Oman Refinery Company’s Operations Management T report aims to analyse critically ORPIC’s existing operations management practices, focusing on such areas as HR, quality management, and supply chain.
- Worldwide Chemical Company’s Operations Management The current “fix it” approach maintained by the Worldwide Chemical Company is ultimately faulty. It leads to the decreased first-quality product yields and on-time deliveries.
- General Motors Company: Operations Management Concepts The present essay analyzes the current situation at General Motors and provides some recommendations for effective operations management.
- American Workplace and Operations Management The paper reviews “State of the American Workplace” analysis by Gallup and provides applications of operations management concepts to improving employee engagement.
- Abasco Company: Operations Management Although Abasco, Inc. has been developing at a rather fast pace in the manufacturing department, it has been showing comparatively low performance rates since recently.
- EBags Company: Operations Management Analysis EBags had big expectations for the opportunities that the European market supposedly had in store for the company since there was a niche that the entrepreneurship was going to fill.
- The Oasis Company Operations Management The Oasis Company has been in business for quite a while (since the 1990s). The essential purpose of the organization under analysis concerns providing flowers.
- Operations and Supply Chain: Management Course The course serves as a real eye-opener in terms of what gravity the choice of the operation strategy and framework has on the overall efficacy of an organization.
- Franklin Equipment Ltd Company’s Operations Management The purpose of this paper is to discuss the criteria used by FEL to assign members of the project team, the importance of international projects and possible ethical dilemmas.
- Canbide Corporation Operations Management Tools This paper focuses on individual problems and potential solutions of Canbide Corporation with an emphasis on the need to have managers who are experienced to use analysis tools efficiently.
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Essays on consumer returns and environmental sustainability in operations management.
Aditya Balaram
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Spring 2023
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Moore School of Business
First Advisor
Olga Perdikaki
Second Advisor
Mark Ferguson
Consumer returns and environmental sustainability greatly impact the operational decisions that firms make. Focusing on consumer returns, lenient return policies aid consumers with resolving uncertainty but impose additional reverse logistics costs on retailers. The current retail landscape has largely eliminated the possibility of offering more stringent return policies since consumers have come to expect such policies as a given. This has driven retailers to look for innovative solutions while still offering costly free return policies. With respect to environmental sustainability, a number of operational decisions have been examined in the academic literature. These have ranged all the way from examining closed loop supply chains to understanding the impact of operational decisions in varied contexts such as food waste and energy markets.
While returns and sustainability have been jointly examined in the context of closed loop supply chains, in this dissertation, we look at how they independently manifest in unique ways in the apparel industry as well as in the context of crowd-funding. Specifically, in Chapter 2, we examine whether an online apparel retailer can maximize profits by encouraging the seemingly deleterious consumer practice of bracketing. In Chapter 3, we compare two commonly used supply chain approaches to apparel retail (fast fashion and the traditional approach) in terms of environmental impact. We shift gears in Chapter 4, where we empirically examine whether business ventures with a sustainability orientation achieve higher success than those without such an orientation in a crowdfunding setting.
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Operation management explains the processes that a product or service passes through during its production. It deals with the design, manufacture, services, and supply of the product. Operations management deals with the procedures that ensure that a firm delivers the desired product and service to the client.
It considers the concepts of quality, efficiency, and responsiveness to customers (Mahadevan, 2010). These concepts relate to the methodologies of operation management, which includes; operating budget, productivity enhancement tools, peripheral operations, and open line of communication within the staff.
This paper reflects on the relevance and the practical applications of concepts and methodologies of operation management.
The operating budget finances the continued activities of the organization. The money kept under the operating budget primary function is to fund the activities of all units in the business. In addition, the productivity enhancement tools cut down the costs and concurrently, increase the profits.
This makes the products relatively expensive for the customers. The organization makes use of pie charts, flow charts and the other presentation models to enhance better understanding. Moreover, every employee in the organization is accountable for an effective operations management (Mahadevan, 2010).
For this reason, the organization uses open line communication between the different departments. This process is virtually important to everyone within the firm, both the employees and the clients. Therefore, these methodologies relates to the concepts of quality, efficiency, and responsiveness to customers.
Operation management is of significant benefit to the organization. When the business effectively uses its available resources and work force in production process, it will meet their clients’ requirements. Therefore, the management must be creative, energetic, and innovative to improve the production process.
This will increase the company’s profits because the customers will be satisfied due to the high quality of products and services. The organization also cuts on the cost of production.
Mahadevan (2010) explains that operation management provides a background to the future innovations by supporting new ideas and knowledge of employees within the business. Therefore, the operation management is of importance to the success of the business.
The operation management is a chain of activities that all depend on each other for successful outcome. The processes are inter-related, therefore, operation management has to effectively check and monitor these activities.
This is the principal disadvantage, the marketing functions, finance, procurement, production, distribution and all other activities has to co-relate well for a successful completion. If the processes are not in place to work together, then the process will fail.
It is of value to have a clear understanding of this topic. Operation management is a wide topic that covers an important part in any organization (Mahadevan, 2010). If ignored, then the management must prepare for low profit margins and customer dissatisfaction.
Finally, the concepts and methodologies discussed above apply to all working environments. Importantly, the business responsiveness to customer satisfaction is vital. The organization must work with the aim of meeting the demands of their clients.
Again, the methodologies involved gives more credit in meeting the clients satisfaction. On the other hand, if these concepts and methodologies are not applied, the business is at a risk of customer dissatisfaction and lack of production. This affects the profit profile of the business, as their profits decreases.
Anyone recommending these concepts and methodologies of operation management ought to present them as critical requirements in an enterprise. For a less knowledgeable audience, this topic is an inclusive monitoring of all the processes that a product or a service undergoes to completion.
Mahadevan, B. (2010). Operations management: Theory and practice . Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
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Original Operations Management Dissertation Topics. Topic 1: Analysing the impact of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on improving business operations of multinational companies. Topic 2: Impact of Just-in-time (JIT) inventory on improving supply chain efficiency of large retail outlets.
Submitted to the Sloan School of Management on May 2, 2023, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research Abstract Encouraged by the plethora of advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in the past decade, this thesis studies the length to which we can push various business oper-
will lead to the thesis purpose. Finally, the outline of the thesis is presented. Chapter 2: In this part of the dissertation, important theoretical knowledge within the area of purchasing is presented. It is divided into three parts. Firstly, the notion of small and medium sized enterprises is defined.
The influence of information technology on the manufacturing firms in Canada. Big data and its function in revolutionising the operations management for online retailers. I Robot: The utility of robotic automation and picking by Alibaba and its impact on the supply chain efficiencies. Inventory Management Operations Dissertation Topics.
Such problems are pervasive in the areas of operations management, marketing, statistics, nance, and economics. This dissertation provides a method that characterizes the structure of the optimal stopping policy for a general class of optimal stopping problems. It also studies two important optimal stopping problems arising in Operations ...
PhD and Masters Theses. Whether you are a member of our doctoral degree (PhD) program or our master's degree (SM) program in operations research, you will write a thesis based on original, independent research conducted under the guidance of our expert faculty. Below you will find a listing by year of the research performed by ORC students.
Towards this goal, this thesis develops data-driven decision-making methods for a selection of challenging emerging problems in supply chain and other business operations. In the first module of the thesis (Chapters 2 and 3), we invent reinforcement learning methods with provable optimality guarantees for inventory management problems.
His PhD is in management science and operations management. S. Alex Yang, MBA '10, PhD '10. Scholarly Publications. Chicago Booth is home to some of the world's most prestigious business and economic journals. Today, the school is responsible for the management of three high-impact journals, while four others were founded at Booth.
Part of theBusiness Administration, Management, and Operations Commons This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Recommended Citation Lim, Heejong, "Essays in operations management" (2016).Open Access Dissertations. 797.
This thesis proposes novel Machine Learning (ML) and optimization methods in (i) predictive analytics, (ii) prescriptive analytics, and (iii) their high-impact applications in operations management. On the predictive side, this thesis tackles the problems of interpretability and predictive power within the context of tree ensembles.
Essays onOperations Management Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Management and Manufacturing by Canan Gunes TepperSchoolofBusiness CarnegieMellonUniversity December2010 DissertationCommittee: BaharBiller(Chair) SridharTayur Willem-JanvanHoeve MustafaAkan
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Title: Operational management model for strategic supplier Year: 2018 Place: Espoo Master ́s thesis. Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management. 55 pages, 18 figures, 6 tables and 3 appendices Inspectors: Professor Petri Niemi, Professor Janne Huiskonen. Keywords: Supplier Management, Operations Management, Key ...
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