Explain Operations Management and the Four Ps of Marketing

What is operations management? What are some industries that might benefit from improved operations management? Discuss one industry and provide two suggestions for improving operations.

Select a consumer item available today and analyze it using the four Ps of marketing. How do these factors affect consumers? What are some things that influence marketers? What influences consumers to buy a product? Discuss two products with which you are familiar. Select one product that is marketed toward you and one product that is marketed toward a different demographic. Have you ever bought a product that was not marketed towards your demographic? For example, Lucky Charms cereal is marketed towards children but you may buy it.