{"id":9109,"date":"2023-03-10T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/opscb-574-creating-value-through-operations-competency-1-reflection-competency\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:49:51","slug":"opscb-574-creating-value-through-operations-competency-1-reflection-competency","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/opscb-574-creating-value-through-operations-competency-1-reflection-competency\/","title":{"rendered":"OPSCB\/574: Creating Value Through Operations Competency 1 &#8211; Reflection Competency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Reflection<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Competency 1: <\/strong>Evaluate data-driven processes and approaches of an organization\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>This reflection activity is comprised of two sections, collectively totaling a minimum of 500 words. Complete your reflections by responding to all prompts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operations Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explain what work in operations management looks like and what key operational decisions a firm needs to make to match supply with demand.&nbsp;Determine how to improve process efficiency by off-loading a bottleneck or how to balance a process by relocating work from one step to another.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluate the Lean Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/strong>Choose 3 of the following questions to discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the Lean concept and why is it important to study?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>How can Lean be applied to manufacturing and service processes?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Will Lean work in service environments? Why or why not?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Discuss ways to use Lean to improve 1 of the following: a pizza restaurant, a hospital, or an auto dealership.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Why is Lean hard to implement in practice?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explain the relationship between quality and productivity under the Lean philosophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submit<\/strong> your reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection Competency 1: Evaluate data-driven processes and approaches of an organization\u2019s operations. This reflection activity is comprised of two sections, collectively totaling a minimum of 500 words. Complete your reflections by responding to all prompts. Operations Management Explain what work in operations management looks like and what key operational decisions a firm needs to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[491],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9109"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}