Production and operations management $($MGT $613)$

Assignment no $2$

Case study

Assume that you are working as an assistant manager in the operations department of Allied associates Pvt$.$ Ltd$.$ For the sake of organizational improvement and hopes of getting competitive advantage over the competitors, management wants to implement the concept of "six sigma" in the organization. A team of Marketing and Operations department experts is formulated and are asked for their suggestions and opinion on this decision.

Now you are required to provide the team of experts the recommendations on the basis of your knowledge of "Production and operations management" on the following domains:

$$What are the factors that will explain that the organization is prepared for the deployment of "six sigma'? Provide suitable details to support your point. $(15)$

$$What possible obstacles that the management have to face while implementation of "six sigma". $(15)$