Write a report about the topic below and follow the guidelines given:

Abstract / Executive summary, report body, conclusion.

Choose one topic from below:

Topic 1: Operations scheduling

Operations scheduling involves the distribution and use of an organizations resources in other words, its human resources, equipment, and facilities to produce the goods and services needed to meet forecasted customer demand. Two important activities within the scheduling function are loading and sequencing. Loading means assigning production-related work to appropriate organizational resources. Sequencing establishes the order for performing the work needed to meet production priorities and targets. These scheduling activities enable operations managers to optimize the use of organizational resources during production. This basic concepts about scheduling in both manufacturing and service organizations. It walks you through the main objectives, benefits, and levels of scheduling. Using the example of staff scheduling in a service situation, it explores the practical considerations of scheduling. Discusses two approaches to loading work centers and how to use various sequencing rules to schedule work orders.

Topic 2: Inventory Management

Inventory management is one of the crucial elements of supply chain management in an organization. The organizations need to have effective process, tools, techniques and quality measures in place to effectively manage the inventory level and optimize cost. The inventory management has lots of challenges and it requires proper planning and execution of adopted processes and technologies to manage it in an efficient way. Suggestions for operations dissertations on inventory management are:

• Inventory management is the backbone of supply chain management: True or False?
• The influence of information technology in inventory management.
• Inventory management in manufacturing organizations.
• Inventory management in retail: a case study on any company of your choice.
• Inventory management for e-commerce.