Section outline

  •  Aims of this topic

    This topic aims at defining the role of Business Strategy, explaining how a Business strategy is developed, describing the role of Operations Strategy in the organization and the relationship between business strategy and operations strategy as well as how an operations strategy is developed.

    Learning outcomes of the topic

    At the completion of this topic, students  should be able to:

    • Explain Operations Issues in Product Life Cycle
    • Define Product Development Process
    • Provide Manufacturing Process Technology
    • Explain nature of Services
    What students should do?

    E-tivity 2.1; E-tivity 2.2; E-tivity 2.3

    Resources
    1. N. Slack, S. Chambersand and R. Johnston (2007). Operations Management, Fifth edition, New York;
    2. Slides of Chapter 2 of Production and Operations management module.
    • This quiz covers topic 2 and it will be attempted on  wednesday  16/12/2020 from 08:00Am to  Thursday 17/12/2020 at 22:00Pm

    • This quiz will cover topic 2, it will  be attempted on Monday 21/12/2020 from 08:00Am to Tuesday 22/12/2020 at 22:00Pm.

    • This quiz will cover topic 2 and it will be attempted on Monday 11/01/2021 at 08:00Am to Tuesday 12/01/2021 at 22:00Pm. This is supposed to be done by only all Huye students.

    • This quiz will cover topic 2 and it will be attempted on Wednesday 23/11/2022 at 07:00Am to Thursday 24/11/2022 at 08:00Pm.

    • This is for you students who had some problems in attempting the  recent quiz. it will be attempted on Thursday 01/12/2022 at 07:00Am to Friday 02/12/2022 at midnight.

    • This quiz starts today evening and is closing on Tuesday 24/01/2023 at 6:00Pm