Background
You’ve been employed as an operations manager for a little under a year now. Your leadership is making their rounds from department to department in hopes of better understanding their associated roles and responsibilities. Your supervisor has tasked you with developing a background paper on operations management and how it is posturing the company for competitive advantage.
Instructions
Please answer the following questions and submit them for grading.
- What is operations management, and how has it evolved since World War II in the United States?
- How have the technology and the global economy impacted operations management?
- How does operations management help firms compete?
- Why are business units bundling manufacturing with services in their market offerings?
- Describe Value Added Chain Management. Why is it essential to an organization? How does it impact an enterprise’s competitive edge?
Length: This assignment must be 750 words (excluding the reference page). Note: Incorporate APA standardization (i.e., title page not required, body (questions and answers with supporting citations).
Reference list: Include 2 scholarly sources.