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Assignment 1&2: Operations Management - Assignment 1 Assessment 30% Class. Late Submissions Will Be Penalised

This document outlines two assignments for an operations management course. Assignment 1 involves analyzing process blueprints, comparing time study and work sampling methods, and explaining cost differences between early and late production stages. Assignment 2 involves discussing the importance of employee empowerment in quality management, selecting appropriate production capacity, and explaining process reengineering. It also provides a case study about developing a new car engine involving large investment over 5 years with certification risks and competition. Students are asked to explore options for the proposal and examine risks of lengthy product development times.

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Assignment 1&2: Operations Management - Assignment 1 Assessment 30% Class. Late Submissions Will Be Penalised

This document outlines two assignments for an operations management course. Assignment 1 involves analyzing process blueprints, comparing time study and work sampling methods, and explaining cost differences between early and late production stages. Assignment 2 involves discussing the importance of employee empowerment in quality management, selecting appropriate production capacity, and explaining process reengineering. It also provides a case study about developing a new car engine involving large investment over 5 years with certification risks and competition. Students are asked to explore options for the proposal and examine risks of lengthy product development times.

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Assignment 1&2

City Graduate School

Operations Management – Assignment 1 Assessment = 30%


Due Date: 3rd class. Late submissions will be penalised.

1. Explain the generic-step blueprint for process analysis and what are the basic
requirements for each step?

2. Compare and contrast the method of time study to the method of work sampling. What
are the strengths and limitations of each, and for which applications are they best suited?

3. A manager of a company producing computer chips knows that in the early stages of
production for a new product, the expenditures exceed receipts, whereas in the latter
stages, the reverse is true. Give an explanation for this phenomenon.

4. Discuss the role of operations management in strategy development for an organization


Operations Management - Assignment 2 Assessment = 30%
Read the case and answer the questions below
Due Date: 5th class. Late submissions will be penalised.

1. Why is employee empowerment important in a total quality management program?

2. Consider the factors that should be considered when selecting the appropriate
capacity cushion. How does the choice of capacity cushion relate to other decisions in
operations management?

3. Explain the meaning of process reengineering and how can it be applied to a major
process with which you are familiar.

Read the case below and answer all the questions

Product Development Risks

You have the opportunity to invest RM 10 billion for your organization to develop a car
engine for passenger cars. The development plan will span over 5 years. The final
product costing RM 100 million / sale contract could reach a sales potential of
eventually making RM 250 billion for the organization. The new engine can be placed
in service 5 years from now, but only if it qualifies four years from now for certification
clearing commercial use and only if it meets America’s Automotive Administration’s
(AAA) ever tightening standards for environmental pollution and noise reduction.
Certification also has to be obtained from the Malaysian Director General of
Automotive Association of Malaysia (MAA). There is competition from world-class
manufacturers like Toyota, Honda and Nissan who are developing competing engines
with a long successful track record. If you decide to proceed with the project, you
must also determine where the new engines will be produced and develop the
manufacturing facilities. If you decline to proceed, your organization could invest its
resources elsewhere and based on its track record for successful products developed
in the past it could get attractive returns.

Question 1.

Explore your options dealing with this proposal.

Question 2.

In case of lengthy product design and development time, examine the kinds of risks
that the organization will be exposed to.

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