The project will involve the real-life application of the concepts of Production & Operations

Management taught in the class as applied to a business that you choose and I approve.

Select a business that you will research for your group project. When selecting a business, keep in mind:

It must a financial organization (i.e. banks) or a medical facility (i.e. hospitals)

Whether you will be to observe the organizations operations, and/or interview the
managers/employees/supply chain members, and/or perform primary research.
It must be a business located in the Dhaka area.
Your project work must involve your personal observation of the production and operation
processes, activities, and strategies of this business.
It cannot be a business that previous students of MGT 314 have already researched.

Each group will have 6 members. The final report will be between 11-14 pages (double-spaced, 12-
point font). This final report must include the following:

Executive Summary (1 page)

Brief description of the business: explain services provide and/or product(s) manufactured (1
page)
Analysis of the existing production and/or operations strategies (3 pages).
You must include an analysis of the business's waiting line management if your selected
business is a service organization (included in the 3-page limit).
You must include an analysis of the business's facility layout if you're your selected business is a
manufacturing enterprise (included in the 3-page limit)
Application of production and operations management concepts, as discussed during this
course, to this business (3 pages).
Process map (1 page).
Analysis of quality control issues (1 page).
Analysis of demand forecasting (1 page).
Operational problems (if any) observed (1 page).
Recommendations for improvements in the operation of the business (1-2 pages).

GENERAL GUIDELINES
Approach the Project as if you are an external operations consultant for the company. Write the
report as if you are presenting it to the senior management of the company.
Your entire project work must be of professional standard.
You must reference/cite your sources of research using the APA format. Failure to
reference/cite your sources is academic dishonesty.
Do not rewrite Production and Operations Management concepts from your textbook(s). Apply
those concepts to analyzing your assigned company.
Do not copy/paste from other students reports or material available on the Internet. Copying
and pasting are academic dishonesty. NSU now has the anti-plagiarism software. If I detect
academic dishonesty, I will give all group members F in the course and may recommend
additional disciplinary actions.
 Support your conclusions/recommendations with analysis, critical reasoning, factual data, etc.
The quality and depth of your research, analysis, critical reasoning, etc. will dictate your grade
for the Project Report.
Thoughtfulness, correctness, and thoroughness of the analysis
o Fact-based analysis. Support for decision/evaluation statements with proofs.
o Structure and organization of the report (clarity)
o Spelling and grammatical errors o Quality and applicability of recommendations given
You must carefully proof-read your documents. Spelling, grammatical, contextual errors,
confusing/run-on/contradictory sentences, etc. will diminish the quality of your report, and you
will be penalized.
Adhere to the page limit. Failure will result in penalties.
Place process maps, diagrams, other relevant material, and bibliography in an appendix.
Do not resort to filling pages with irrelevant information and graphics.
Adhere to the Production and Operations Management concepts discussed in class.
Submit the documents according to the deadlines. Late submissions will be penalized. Also, you
must submit an electronic copy of your report; this electronic copy will be used with anti-
plagiarism software.
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