Comprehensive Operations Plan

Individual Student Assignment

Using the materials learned each week throughout this course, create a comprehensive operations plan for the selected scenario. Use the same scenario you selected for Assignment 01.

The written report must be completed to a highly professional level which could be provided to business executives in any major firm. Clarity, appearance, content, spelling and grammar are all important aspects.

Where information is not provided you may make assumptions based upon business logic. These assumptions must be listed in your proposal under a separate page titled: Statement of Assumptions. You must receive instructor approval of your assumptions no later than Week 05.

The operations plan is to focus upon how the business will operate on a daily basis. For this assignment assume that funds are available to start up this business and that the firm has a sales and marketing team in place. Your operations plan does not need to include any financial analysis, strategic planning or competitive/marketing analysis.

Required Content your assignment must contain ALL sections

Your report must contain ALL of the following, in this order. Note that depending upon the scenario you choose some issues will be of a higher concern than others and will require further details.

Identification of the Customer and what they specifically Value from the firm

Scope of the business- what is included and what is not included and why

Nature of the business: VALUE it provides to its customers be very specific this is the intrinsic value

Mission Statement of the firm

Products and/or services offered full description and design of each

Forecast of Demand for products or services for next 12 months forecasting method and how it will be monitored

Process flow of the operation- show diagram and explain fully

Business layout show layout diagram and explain why laid out this way and how this layout improves operations efficiency

Identification of any equipment required to carry out the business

Staffing requirements organizational structure of the operations

Work Systems to be employed within the business work design & who will carry out the work and how will they do it (job descriptions each operations role)

Workforce scheduling and control over processes/work to be performed by activity. Show a typical weekly manpower schedule for operations

Capacity planning and identification of capacity limitations (bottleneck operations) for daily work activities numerical analysis of maximum daily productivity or efficiency attainable

Inventory control: specific items & quantities and materials requirements

Supply Chain list of suppliers and supply methods to be used

Quality explain how quality will be maintained through all work processes/activities (inspection points)

Key Performance measurements (KPM) to measure success of the operation

Operations Risk planning thorough review of types of risks, impact upon on operations and contingency plans to put in place

Other issues important for your business; suppliers, packaging, seasonality, government regulations, environment, etc.

The report must begin with an Executive Summary followed by the Statement of Assumptions, listing any assumptions you make based upon the limited information presented in the available business scenarios. Then each area discussed should take into consideration your assumptions. Each category should be based upon subject materials as presented within each weeks class.

Wording and any graphics must be your own work. Do NOT cite sources within the report. It is not a university research paper.

Report will include a title page followed by the Executive summary, then a List of Assumptions (to be approved by the Instructor) and then the body of the report.

Bibliography and references are not required.

Past typical reports have averaged anywhere from 35-45 pages in length. Please note that it is the CONTENT of the report that matters, not the length.

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