Assignment 1: Vice President of Operations, Part 1

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Scenario: Imagine that you are the vice president of operations at a production or service organization. You have noticed that your organization’s current operations strategy is not supporting the challenges that the organization is presently facing. In order to maintain a competitive edge, you must address these challenges with your Chief Executive Officer immediately.

Select an existing production organization. Analyze the organization’s current vision, mission, business strategy, operation strategy, supply chain, total quality management, just-in-time philosophy, forecasting method, statistical technique, facility location, work design, project life cycle, and project management. Note: You will need this information in order to complete this and subsequent assignments.

As you collect the information for Assignment 1 and Assignment 2, remember that in Assignment 3 you must prepare a presentation for your Chief Executive Officer.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Evaluate key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy. Determine three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy. Determine the weaknesses that are evident in each task.
2. Formulate a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).
3. Analyze both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process. Develop three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization. Evaluate three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.
4. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
5. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate 3 quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resource ( https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/search/basic?vid=0&sid=efc0a0e3-849d-4345-b9ed-6e09c7d2531c%40sessionmgr4007 )

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the differences between service and manufacturing operations management to identify planning considerations.
• Formulate an operations strategy to conduct production or service operations.
• Explain how an operations strategy impacts product design and process selection.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management.
• Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

See grading rubric below:

Points: 200

Assignment 1: Vice President of Operations, Part 1

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Evaluate key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy. Determine three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy. Determine the weaknesses that are evident in each task.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely evaluated key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy; did not submit or incompletely determined three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy, and did not submit or incompletely determined the weaknesses that are evident in each task.

Partially evaluated key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy; partially determined three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy, and partially determined the weaknesses that are evident in each task.

Satisfactorily evaluated key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy; satisfactorily determined three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy, and satisfactorily determined the weaknesses that are evident in each task.

Thoroughly evaluated key elements of the selected production or service organization’s operational efficiency with its operational strategy; thoroughly determined three (3) tasks that do not align with the operational strategy, and thoroughly determined the weaknesses that are evident in each task.

2. Formulate a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).
Weight: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely formulated a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).

Partially formulated a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).

Satisfactorily formulated a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).

Thoroughly formulated a new operations strategy for the selected organization based on the four (4) competitive priorities (i.e., cost, quality, time, and flexibility).

3. Analyze both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process. Develop three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization. Evaluate three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.

Weight: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process; did not submit or incompletely, developed three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization, and did not submit or incompletely evaluated three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.

Partially analyzed both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process; partially developed three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization, and partially evaluated three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.

Satisfactorily analyzed both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process; satisfactorily developed three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization, and satisfactorily evaluated three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.

Thoroughly analyzed both the structure of the competitive priorities and infrastructure of the production process; thoroughly developed three (3) new enablers that are aligned with the long-term plan of the selected organization, and thoroughly evaluated three (3) pros and three (3) cons of the new enablers.

4. 3 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present