operation management do

• Forecasting


  Predict the future demand for raw materials, finished goods, and services
• Supply chain management


  Manage the flow of materials, information, people, and money from suppliers to customers
• Facility layout and design


  Determine the best configuration of machines, storage, offices, and departments to provide the highest levels of efficiency and customer satisfaction
• Technology selection


  Use technology to improve productivity and respond faster to customers
• Quality management


  Ensure that goods, services, and processes will meet customer expectations and requirements
• Purchasing


  Coordinate the acquisition of materials, supplies, and services
• Resource and capacity management


  Ensure that the right amount of resources (labor, equipment, materials, and information) is available when needed
• Process design


  Select the right equipment, information, and work methods to produce high-quality goods and services efficiently
• Job design


  Decide the best way to assign people to work tasks and job responsibilities
• Service encounter design


  Determine the best types of interactions between service providers and customers, and how to recover from service upsets
• Scheduling


  Determine when resources such as employees and equipment should be assigned to work
• Sustainability


  Decide the best way to manage the risks associated with products and operations to preserve resources for future generations