LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PROJECT GUIDELINES MS.

MAHVESH MAHMUD
A. Objective: The final project for Advanced Operations Management should focus on a real-life operations-related problem facing an organization/industry and your project report should help the organization/industry over-come this problem through the proposal that you make.

B. Project Documentation: . +. .. 0. 1. 2. 5. 6. A one-page topic approval draft should be submitted to the instructor !"## A$$#%&'( ') as soon as possible. Once this is approved you may proceed *ith the field-*ork. The project report cover page is in Appendi, ''. -ou may use this or further improve it for submission. The project report should not be more than / pages long. 't can have as many appendices as you *ant. This means that you can add data/diagrams/statistics/tables/e,tra information at the end of the report. 't should follo* an A$A style of referencing/formatting. The font-size should be + Times-%e* 3oman4 block justified. $age numbers should not be missing. The diagrams should be properly labeled and sourced. 't should be spell-checked and counter-checked before submission. All aspects/topics e,plored in the report should have ATLEAST 3 TO 5 QUANTITATI E OPE!ATIONS "ANA#E"ENT concepts *hich have been done in class that should be applied to the topic of choice. These should NOT O E!LAP $IT% OT%E! #!OUPS IN &ASE T%E' &%OOSE T%E SA"E INDUST!'(O!#ANI)ATION. 7. The report should be submitted on the day of the deadline announced by the instructor along *ith a feedback form !"## A$$#%&'( ''') signed and stamped by the person contacted in the organization of choice. This is to be attached the beginning of the report. /. A soft-copy of the report should be e-mailed to the instructor on the day of the submission along *ith presentation slides.

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&. &,oice o3 In4u-tr5(Or0ani6ation: The group may choose an industry or an organization to e,plore and understand the taught operations management concepts and issues. 'ndustry analysis *ill result in a macro-level analysis *hile organizationallevel analysis *ill result in a micro-level analysis. There has to be a clear understanding of the t*o and the measures and metrics used for each *ill therefore be different. The different organizations can be e,plored in the follo*ing industries8

-9ealthcare +- Technology .- :eneral Manufacturing 0- ;M<:s 1-Te,tiles 2-9oteling 5- ;ood = >everages 6-Automobile 7-Oil and :as /->anking and ;inance 0-;ashion and Apparel 1-Telecommunications 2-<onsulting 7- 3oad Transport systems +/. <onstruction. - #ducation +-Advertising .-Media 5- Airlines 6- &efense and Armaments

D. O7eration- "ana0ement To7ic- to be e87+ore4 in t,e Or0ani6ation(In4u-tr5 o3 &,oice:

The real-life problem or issue that your group may e,plore can be organized into the follo*ing ?uestions/areas !T9'" '" %OT A% #(9A@"T'A# B'"T4 $B#A"# <OM# @$ C'T9 -O@3 OC% D@#"T'O%" '; -O@ B'E#)8 +.012Chat are the various inventory management4 distribution economics4 production planning4 and supplier-management issues faced at the organizationF Chat are the alternative *ays to organize *orkflo*sF Chen are each appropriate4 especially in the public service conte,tF Chat do the performance measures at (-G organization indicate about efficiency and ?uality of current servicesF Chat are the disadvantages of the service line approachF Chat defines the capacity of a processF Chat determines the speed of a processF 9o* is it calculatedF 9o* much is just rightF 9o* does *orkflo* impact inventory and outputF Chat are the implications of *aiting in lines on *ork processing designF

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Chat value does inventory createF Chat costs are incurredF Chat is the optional inventory level of turnover itemsF establishedF Chy are critical spare parts uni?ue and ho* should their inventory levels be

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Chat are the capacities and utilizations of each process stageF Chere is the bottleneckF 's there sufficient space on the platform to accommodate demandF Chat are the opportunities and challenges of peak demandF Chat are effective response strategiesF

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Chat are the various types of supply chains in different industriesF Chat are the comple,ities of managing supply chainsF Chy is coordination of supply chains so criticalF

/- 'n *hat *ays are public sector supply chains more difficult to manage than those in the private sectorF - Chat are the key features of a >alanced "corecardF Chat are the re?uirements for its successful implementationF +- Chat are the key features of EaizenF Chat are the re?uirements for its successful implementationF .- Chat are the key features of "i,-"igmaF Chat are the re?uirements for its successful implementationF 0- Chat is the "upply-<hain design strategy of company A><F 1- Chat are the global supply chain challenges faced by the multinational A><F 2- Chat #3$/<3M applications are being used to manage supply chainsF 5- 9o* are bottlenecks managedF 6- Chat are the various 9ealth4 "afety and #nvironmental standards that are being follo*ed at the organizationF 9o* are these aligned *ith the TDM policy of the organizationF 7- Chat project management/scheduling/*ork breakdo*n structure techni?ues/methods are used at the organizationF +/- 9o* are product selection and design of products doneF + - Any other topic/?uestion that you *ish to e,plore related to the subject. E. P!O*ESSIONALIS" . $lease refrain from missing other course classes on account of my courseHs project. +. A project presentation *ill also be held at the end of the course !as scheduled in the course outline) and a mini-video of the project may also be sho*n during the presentation !even though this is not mandatory). .. $lease refer to the document on $3#"#%TAT'O% :@'&#B'%#" uploaded on the portal for professionalism to be observed during the presentation. 0. $lease conduct field-*ork dressed in formal attire. One or t*o visits should suffice.

1. $lease choose only one or t*o members from the group to visit the organization. All members of the group do not need to visit the organization. 2. $lease use professional language in all correspondence *ith the organization you interact *ith. 5. $lease make sure that you make appointments in advance before visiting the organization. 6. $lease be on time during your visit to the organization of choice. 7. $lease refrain from using cell-phones during an intervie* or face-to-face meeting!s) at the organization. /. $lease take permission from the organization >#;O3# shooting a video/photographing/using any document of the organization. . $lease be diplomatic in asking ?uestions and refrain from using offensive/"M"-oriented/chat/slang language. +. $lease al*ays thank the person helping you at the organization at the end of each visit/contact and al*ays remain polite and courteous.

*. Project #ra4in0 &riteria:

. ;ulfilling criteria set in sections A4 >4 <4 & and # of this document . +. :etting at least three ticks for a J-#"K in Organizational ;eedback form !Appendi, ''') .. 'dentification and implementation of an appropriate operations-management issue and providing an operations-oriented solution 0. @se of operations-management mathematical metrics 1. @se of good e,pression/diagrams/process flo* charts/videos/e,tra research materials Total /I // I +/I ./ I +/I +/I

APPENDI9 I LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TOPIC APPROVAL FORM MS. MAHVESH MAHMUD

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(TO BE COMPLETED BY THE PERSON CONTACTED AT THE ORGANIZATION. PLEASE ATTACH THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT REPORT)

P+ea-e tic1 t,e a77ro7riate re-7on-e. D . Cas the ?uestion chosen for the project useful from an industry-academic linkage point-of-vie*F -es %o

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