Operation and Material Management
You will need to select one of the questions/statements from the list provided on Blackboard and present your views in the form of an essay. The length is restricted to 800 words per student. You must use at least 10 peer-reviewed articles to support your essay. In addition, you may also draw on information from non-peer reviewed documents such as books, trade journals and articles to substantiate your discussion. You may be critical in your review. However, please be aware of the challenges that you may face in implementing the concepts that you choose to base your arguments on.
Check the Assessment Marking Guide attached here. It is a good practice to cross out the items listed as you proceed along your writing and reviewing process. Check to ensure that all references are correctly cited within the text and be sure to implement the right referencing style. The Marking Guide is a good resource to drawn on to ensure that you are proceeding on the right path as you develop your manuscript. Lastly, proofread your document to make sure that the document you submit conveys the ideas that you have developed for the assignment.
Operations and Materials Management:
Marks: 25 marks
Identify and describe one of the following topics/questions in Operations Management.
- How can OM prepare for natural disasters?
- Why should OM consider Emerging Technology?
- The Emerging Technology XXX supports OM: …. (your choice but must be emerging)
- Carbon Footprint: Why does OM care about this?
- Safety standard from an OM perspective
- OM does not care about internal processes at the supplier
- Collaborative partnerships in Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Statistics: More than numbers for OM
- OM vs. Supply Chain Management: Who has more influence?
- Education is the key to success in OM!
- OM in company XXX: An interesting case study! (choose xxx yourself)
- OM should be operational and not strategic!!! (argue the answer)
- The role of Big Data in OM. Why is it important?
- Humanitarian Operations in OM. Why is it important?
- Machine Learning in OM. How can it help?
- Blockchain Technology impact on OM and Supply Chain networks
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