Read the Nissan case study, and evaluate how the company in the case study uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers.

Write a paper in which you need to address the following:

1. Assess how this company achieves a competitive advantage using operations management. Provide examples found in the case study or outside

2. Compare and contrast service operations and manufacturing operations at the company in the case study. How are they the same? How do they differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers?

3. Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why?

4. Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company?

5. List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain disruptions caused by natural disasters? For example, consider the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan.

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1 The company has in place a build to stock technique for several SKUs in every model and build to order for the others Management feels that this technique not only helped in simplifying its activiti... View the full answer