Compose an analysis of that event or situation using the unit operations concept that you selected.
Unit Directions:
The unit textbook concepts for our discussion in this unit are:
- Application of capacity planning in Operations
- Application of facility location analysis in Operations
- Application of facility layout analysis in Operations
- Economies and Diseconomies of Scale in Operations
- Examples of Process Layout versus Product layout in Operations
Notice that all of these topics refer to the Operations function of a business, to manufacture a product or create a service. We all know that capacity planning is used in all of the business functions, such as in the business information systems (IT), but for the discussion in this unit please focus on Operations examples and articles.
Select one of these concepts and find a current related article that describes it at Industry Unit: http://www.industryweek.com/ (Links to an external site.) , Mnaufacturing.net: http://www.manufacturing.net (Links to an external site.), the New York Times (Click on 'business'): http://www.nytimes.com/ (Links to an external site.) , or the Wall Street Journal:www.wsj.com (Links to an external site.) (you can use the Wall Street Journal every unit in this course).
You'll find one (or several current articles) to analyze. Remember to focus upon your selected operations concept in your analysis.