PM206 - Logistics & Operations Management Planning the Assignment Structuring your assignment • You need to plan and structure your answers • Read the following slides to get some idea • Please ensure that you follow the actual assignment brief as uploaded on the GSM learn • This document does not replace the assignment brief and only suggest some ideas Task 1: • Show how your chosen organisation will compete within its business area. Answer 1 • Introduce the chosen organisation and its selected products/services • Evaluate its market position – Identify its competitors – Its market shares of sales etc. Task 2: • Start your report using the four processes of operations strategy stages, and how these apply to your chosen organisation. – Operations strategy formulation – Operations strategy implementation – Operations strategy monitoring – Operations strategy control Answer 2 • Explain each stage of the above process • Explain how your selected organisation might have followed the above stages to develop their operations strategy Task 3: • Analyse the different business/competitive strategies the organisation might employ using the different operations objectives Answer 3: • Explain the three business competitive strategies available • Explain how the chosen organisation could employ these strategies using different performance objectives. Task 4: Detail the operations management contributions to the organisations' strategy improvement. Answer • Explain what is meant by strategy improvement • Contribution of operations management in the improvement of the organisational strategy Task 5 : Conclude your report and provide recommendations Answer – Conclusion – Recommendations Developing your understanding • Lecture notes 1 – 3 • Consult the following books • Check other articles and books available on myAthens • Ask questions to your tutor Thanks