CIMA E1 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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E2 CIMA Flashcards on CIMA E1 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, created by beth auerbach on 28/09/2014.
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PESTEL GBE Political Economic Social/cultural Technology Ecology Legal
3 dimensions of Marketing MARKETING Culture- focus on consumer needs Strategy- select markete to sell in and product/service Tactics- the 7 P's
3 levels of the Marketing environment MARKETING 1) macro- environment PESTEL- NO CONTROL OVER 2) micro- environment- customers & suppliers- SOME CONTROL 3) Internal environment- assets, employees, finance- CONTROLLABLE
Key activities of a marketing strategy ? MARKETING Market research Market segmentation Targeting & Positioning
Market research definition ? MARKETING Market research is the process of gathering, analysing, and reporting data and information relating to the companies MARKET, CUSTOMERS , and COMPETETITORS
W.T.O World Trade Org GBE 150 Members (97% of intern trade) * TRADE AGREEMENTS *GATT IS MAIN GUIDLEINE WTO SUCCESSOR TO GATT GOAL: TO PROMOTE THE FREE FLOWOF TRADE
GLOBALISATION GBE INTERDEPENDANCE OF COUNTRIES INCREASED TRADE INCREASED ACCESS TO CAPITAL RAPID DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY
EXAMPLES OF INTERNAL FAILURE COSTS OPERATIONS MNGMT Def: Costs arising from inadequate qualtiy identified BEFORE the transfer to customer *scapped material *lost material *cost of reqorking faulty output *cost of reviewing product specs *cost of not charging for services to pacify customer
T P M Benefits OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE *Reduce Breakdowns *Improve On-Time Delivery *consistency of product *Reduction of Waste *accurate production scheduling
ECONOMIC NATIONALISM gbe Protect it's own economy and industries
ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION gbe Moving Away from Nationalism and work w/other countries to benefit them both
IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON COUNTRIES gbe *More competition *Alliances with other countries ( easier to achieve) *New Markets open up. *relocation - may move to save labor costs, avoid tariffs & quotas
POLITICAL RISKS samples of gbe *Unstable Government *New Government *Gov Policy on Taxation, Trade Roles, Investment incentives. Corp or employer law changes+ *Change or cancellation of Gov contract
THE WORLD BANK gbe came from Breton Woods ( 1944) 5 Main Bodies
IMF International Money Fund gbe Established at Breton Woods Meeting ( 1944) After WW2 - Help to rebuild economies Now helps former communist nations to rebuild
G8 gbe No official powers or resources uk, usa, france, japan, canada italy, germancy, russia annual summit rotate presidency
OUTSOURCING gbe Outsourcing to specialist external providers: ADVANTAGES: Expertise Cost Savings Flexibility focus on core business DISADVANTAGES: Confidential info risk Loss of in-house expertise loss of control over quality transaction costs impact on culture if redundancies
OM 2 transforming inputs Used to alter the state of resources Labour - the work force Facilities( buildings,equipment vehicles..)
Om Transformed inputs include... They are manipulated and formed into something else Materials Information Customers
Om THE 4 V's of operation Method of analysing transformational processes Volume- high = capital intensive! low= labour intensive Variety Variation in demand Visibility
Mintzbergs operating core
Mintzbergs operating core-2 Strategic apex- formulate/ implement strategy Middle Line- links apex to operating core Operating core- people involved with producing products Techno structure- expert advice/ research work study Support staff- provides assistance outside the work flow ( pr, cleaning)
3 core functions of the Operations Function Operations-responsible for fulfilling customer orders Marketing &sales- identify customers needs. Communicating Product development-
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