Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chain Management, 2e
Chapter 1: Operations
Management Value Chains
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
Week 1
Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the importance of operations management and strategies
that contribute to the effective management of manufacturing and
service firms.
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
Learning Objectives (1 of 2)
• Depends on:
• Efficiency
• Cost of operations
• Quality of goods
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
What Do Operations Managers Do?
• Sustainability
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
• Types
Value
• Perception of the benefits associated with a good, service, or bundle
of goods and services in relation to what a buyer pays
Value Chain
• Through the facilities and processes that create goods and services, and
those that deliver them to the customer
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
Supply Chain
• Distribution centers
Sustainability
• Environmental sustainability
• Social sustainability
• Used to evaluate:
Current Challenges in OM
(Collier & Evans, 2021)
Summary
• Collier, D. A., & Evans, J. R. (2021). Operations and Supply Chain Management. Cengage.
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