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Key operations questions<br />

Chapter 4 Process design<br />

➤ What is process design?<br />

➤ What objectives should process design have?<br />

➤ How do volume and variety affect process design?<br />

➤ How are processes designed in detail?<br />

Chapter 5 The design of products and services<br />

➤ Why is good product and service design important?<br />

➤ What are the stages in product and service design?<br />

➤ Why should product and service design and process design be<br />

considered interactively?<br />

Chapter 6 Supply network design<br />

➤ Why should an organization take a total supply network perspective?<br />

➤ What is involved in configuring a supply network?<br />

➤ Where should an operation be located?<br />

➤ How much capacity should an operation plan to have?<br />

Chapter 7 Layout and flow<br />

➤ What is layout?<br />

➤ What are the basic layout types used in operations?<br />

➤ What type of layout should an operation choose?<br />

➤ What is layout design trying to achieve?<br />

➤ How should each basic layout type be designed in detail?<br />

Chapter 8 Process technology<br />

➤ What is process technology?<br />

➤ How does one gain an understanding of process technologies?<br />

➤ How are process technologies evaluated?<br />

➤ How are process technologies implemented?<br />

Chapter 9 People, jobs and organization<br />

➤ Why are people issues so important in operations management?<br />

➤ How do operations managers contribute to human resource strategy?<br />

➤ What forms can organization designs take?<br />

➤ What is the role of recruitment and development?<br />

➤ How do we go about designing jobs?<br />

➤ How are work times allocated?

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