Answers:
The
scope of production and operations management encompasses all the activities
involved in producing a good or a service. Imagine how an entrepreneur would go
about it. He would first decide what product or service he wants to sell.
He
then decides what process he will use, where he will make it, etc. Following the
same line of thought, the scope of production and operations management is
listed below:
1. Product selection and development: This deals with the study of how a
product is selected and developed for commercial production.
2. Process selection: This deals with how the process required for producing a
product for commercial purposes is selected.
3. Facilities location: This concerns the parameters that need
to be considered for locating factory premises.
4. Layout planning: This deals with the study of how the factory or plant should
be laid out for optimum production.
5. Material handling: This deals with the study of the significance of material
flow in an organization, the different methods of material handling, etc.
6. Manufacturing system: It is the study of different types of
manufacturing systems and their applicability.
7. Production planning and production control: This concerns the methods followed in
different kinds of manufacturing systems. It includes methods followed for job
loading, scheduling, dispatching, PERT /CPM and linear programming etc.
8. Work studies: This involves method study and work measurement
9. Materials Management: This deals with methods to control
inventory, inventory analysis, etc.
10. Quality: This
deals with quality standards and techniques, TQM, six sigma etc.
11. Safety Management: This involves safety management principles, methods,
etc.