Part $1(10\%)$ Due June $12$th

$$ Product Selection

$$ Product Development Strategy

$$ Operations Strategy

$$ Manufacturing Design

$$ Quality

Part $2(10\%)$ Due July $03$

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$$ Process Strategy

$$ Layout Strategies

$$ Supply Chain Management

$$ LEAN Operations

GROUP PROJECT

Production & Operations Management Plan $(20\%)+$Presentation $10\%$

Part $1$ Due: June $12$th Part $2$ Due: July $03$

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Overview:

The main assignment for this course is the development and written submission of a production

and operations management plan. As a group of $2$ or $3$managers$,$ you will design a template

for the production and operations management of a consumer or B$2$B product or service that

MUST be approved by the instructor.

$($Important Note: If it is a service, it must involve the use of products in delivering the service.$)$

The project will follow the course schedule and each topic covered will be a component within

your project:

Following the template, you will describe, as completely as possible, all of the components

required. It is expected that you will work on your project on a weekly basis based on what we

cover in class. There are two parts $($submissions$)$ to the project.

You will be required to conduct research on your product. Please use as much primary and

secondary data as possible. The greater the amount of information and data you submit, the

better your grade. You are being evaluated on your creativity and ingenuity as well as your

expertise. Do NOT limit your sources to the textbook. However, remember that you must

rationalize whatever decisions your team makes.

Instructions:

$1.$ Read the chapters in the text. The text does a good job of reviewing the key theoretical

concepts along the way to provide you with tools to guide you in developing your plan.

$2.$ Ask questions. If you are having difficulty with a concept or with a certain aspect of the

project, please ask questions.

$3.$ Work with your team members and attend all team meetings. Do your work in a timely way

and don$$t wait until the last minute.

Project Outline & Submission Requirements

The style of your submission is up to you, as long as the required content is covered, and the final

document is easy to follow. Please feel free to be creative and use whatever format is most

inspiring to you.

Submissions must be submitted by one group member only to the Blackboard drop box. Late

submissions will not be accepted.

Each report should be considered a detailed report to the senior management team that requires

approval. Justification of the product or service viability and its method of production should be

the key objectives of the final report.

Important Note:

This is one big project, split into $2$ sections. Therefore, the decisions you make at the beginning

of your project in your first submission, may have implications on the second half of your

project. It will be important to refer back to ensure consistency throughout your final submission.

Evaluation Criteria $$ Part $1$ Marks

$1.$ Product Selection:

$$ Detailed explanation of product or service idea including:

o Features

o Benefits

o Unique Selling Points

$$ Support this description with evidence from the textbook or other scholarly sources

o Creative and realistic concept

$10$

$2.$ Product Development Strategy:

$$ Complete a SWOT Analysis or another strategic analytical tool to analyze your

product.

o Identify critical areas within the analysis that must be addressed and will be

focus points for the project

$$ Identify the areas which are the most challenging related to operations

management and why

$10$

$3.$ Operation Strategy: $($Refer to Chapter $2)$

$$ Create an operations mission statement

o Explain what your company$$s overall choice of operational strategy is from

the three main choices.

o Why was this strategy chosen?

o How does your product strategy support this choice?

$10$

$4.$ Manufacturing $($or Services$)$ Design: $($Refer to Chapter $5)$

$$ Explanation of how the product$/$service will be created to add value to the customer

o Use diagrams where appropriate

o Explanation must be clear; the reader has no prior information about the

product$/$service$.$ Outline each step in the creation, how it generates value,

and use terms from the textbook.

$5$

$5.$ Quality $($Refer to Chapter $6)$:

$$ What overall definition of quality is your management team using in your approach

to this product or service, and why?

$$ Document the anticipated quality issues with your product.

$$ Create two significant strategies to mitigate quality issues using methods explained

in the text and$/$or other sources.

$$ What is your $$quality standard$$ for this product or service?

$$ How are you going to measure quality to ensure standards are being met?

$20$

$6.$ Document Presentation:

$$ Document is visually appealing

$$ Document is free from spelling and$/$or grammatical errors

$$ Supports this description with evidence from the textbook or other scholarly source

$$ Cit